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I was born in South Dakota and am a Hunkpapa/Oglala Sioux. I was raised partly on the rez up until I was 12 then I went into a foster home situation. I remember living in a log cabin with a wood burning cook stove and we had a hand pump which you had to prime to get it started; there was an out house too and this home was powered by karosene lamp s.As I was growing up I didn't know it at the time but I was being raised as an Indian and the stark contrast came when I started living with those white families was a huge culture shock, but the good thing about them was they were for the most part good people and provided structure and a safe environment.
