Shebby LeeNov 1, 20193 minOur People Have Their Heroes TooHeroes come in all kinds of packages. In fact, many heroes are not even recognized – least of all during their own lifetimes. But with the recently ob...
Shebby LeeAug 1, 20174 minThe Story of Sitting Bull’s BonesThe Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota was in the headlines last fall and winter because of Native American demonstrations protesting an oil pip...
Shebby LeeMay 1, 20172 minTidewaterTwo hundred years after the first Pilgrims, Dutch East Indian employees and English Cavaliers arrived on these shores (and began the long, agonizing process ...
Shebby LeeSep 1, 20163 minMelting PotMany years ago there was a pretty good sitcom on network TV called “Welcome Back, Kotter”. The scripts were funny, the acting was good – it made a star out o...
Shebby LeeOct 1, 20155 minThe Tradition of Pow WowOctober is Pow Wow month in the Black Hills, when one of the largest pow wows in North America is held annually. For various reasons – including recent healt...
Shebby LeeSep 1, 20153 minSherman AlexieWhen I fall in love with an author – which I do with some regularity – it is passionately, deeply, obsessively. I set out immediately to devour every literar...
Shebby LeeJun 1, 20153 minThe Empty QuarterI’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 been derisively call...
Shebby LeeFeb 1, 20143 minHiding in Plain SightPeople are funny. You can quote me on that if you’d like. As a travel professional I have frequent opportunities to indulge my passion for people-watching as...
Shebby LeeOct 4, 20112 minBlack Hills Pow WowOctober 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 first week of Octob...
Shebby LeeMay 12, 20114 minNative AmericaA long-time friend recently commented after reading our latest newsletter, that I was really doing a lot on reservations these days. She doesn’t know the hal...