Community Building

Months before the Rapid City demonstrations, city leaders and others were already organizing a tour of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Though many people make the 80-mile drive from Pine Ridge to Rapid City on a weekly basis, the same often isn't true for citizens of Rapid City. The tour was intended as the first step toward better relations between the two communities.

One Black Hills organization is expanding its effort to bridge cultural gaps in South Dakota.The group Community Conversations includes not only members…