Ellowyn sews a star quilt for her family memorial in 2007 |
By Trace Hentz
Oglala Lakota Elder Ellowyn Locke, in her mid-60s, has been
on dialysis since diabetes took away her kidney function over 10 years ago. Three
times a week, from 6 to 10 am, Ellowyn has dialysis to clean her blood, which essentially
keeps her alive. There is no elder
transport in Porcupine, South Dakota where she lives, so she uses her small monthly
social security check to pay for gas and necessities like food. She has no
pension from the years she taught the Lakota language in the rez schools before
she was laid off in the 1990s. Since
then she sewed star quilts for a living and sells her handmade jewelry and
horsehair dolls to German tourists in the summer months.
READ ABOUT THE LOCKE FAMILY: https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=127975&id=56341
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