Bach visits Badlands for DukeEngage

Rebecca Bach received a site exploration grant from Duke Engage to travel to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.  Bach will visit the Oglala Lakota reservation in July to explore the potential for a Duke Engage program to begin summer 2013.  Duke Engage programs typically operate for 8 weeks and include cultural immersion and community service.  To learn more about Duke Engage and its programs select this link:

http://dukeengage.duke.edu/about-dukeengage

Pine Ridge reservation faces a number of serious social problems including unemployment, poverty, lack of adequate housing, inadequate health care and others, but is also home to the Badlands National Park and the National Historic Landmark Wounded Knee Creek, site of the Wounded Knee massacre.