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![One of the highlights of my trip to the Rosebud was picking sage with some of the women. Breathtaking wilderness blurred past the car window on the way to the sage field: rolling hills, creeks carving paths in the landscape, open fields of flowers I did not recognize, the cold wind unveiling itself through the waving branches. Then, a cluster of trash the size of a bathtub passed by the window. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
One of the women, disheartened, quickly remarked, “Great. That’s what people are going to think of when they think of Native American reservations.” This struck me for two reasons. The first reason, is that this was the moment I realized how desperately the Rosebud want to change the external world’s perception of it. The second reason is that this was also the moment that I realized just how lopsided that external perception is. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Sure, there is unsightly trash discarded amidst the beautiful wilderness, but looming beyond that debris is just that: the beautiful wilderness. Why does the world choose to only focus on the blemishes of the Native American reservations, when there is so much good, so much potential and the desire to rise above [in spite of or because of] those blemishes?"
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--By Grace Intern, Bethany Moon reflecting on her visit to the Rosebud Reservation
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