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Shebby Lee
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Our People Have Their Heroes Too
Heroes come in all kinds of packages. In fact, many heroes are not even recognized – least of all during their own lifetimes. But...
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Shebby Lee
- Aug 1, 2017
- 4 min
The Story of Sitting Bull’s Bones
The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota was in the headlines last fall and winter because of Native American demonstrations...
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Shebby Lee
- May 1, 2017
- 2 min
Tidewater
Two hundred years after the first Pilgrims, Dutch East Indian employees and English Cavaliers arrived on these shores (and began the...
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Shebby Lee
- Sep 1, 2016
- 3 min
Melting Pot
Many years ago there was a pretty good sitcom on network TV called “Welcome Back, Kotter”. The scripts were funny, the acting was good –...
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Shebby Lee
- Sep 30, 2015
- 5 min
The Tradition of Pow Wow
October is Pow Wow month in the Black Hills, when one of the largest pow wows in North America is held annually. For various reasons –...
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Shebby Lee
- Sep 1, 2015
- 3 min
Sherman Alexie
When I fall in love with an author – which I do with some regularity – it is passionately, deeply, obsessively. I set out immediately to...
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Shebby Lee
- Jun 1, 2015
- 3 min
The Empty Quarter
I’ve written about this subject before (Wide Open Spaces, Jan 2013) but it is never far from my mind because I not only live in what has...
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Shebby Lee
- Feb 1, 2014
- 3 min
Hiding in Plain Sight
People are funny. You can quote me on that if you’d like. As a travel professional I have frequent opportunities to indulge my passion...
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Shebby Lee
- Oct 4, 2011
- 2 min
Black Hills Pow Wow
October is pow wow time here in the Black Hills. One of the largest annual pow wows in the country is staged right here in Rapid City the...
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Shebby Lee
- May 12, 2011
- 4 min
Native America
A long-time friend recently commented after reading our latest newsletter, that I was really doing a lot on reservations these days. She...
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