Porcupine Clinic

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clinc.jpg (10203 bytes) Porcupine Clinic main building on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota.

 

The stained-glass window above the main building entrance.  It depicts the Lakota messiah White Buffalo Calf Woman, who will return to bring peace and healing, a mending of life's sacred hoop.

White Buffalo Calf Woman
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dialysisbldg.jpg (5061 bytes) The Dialysis building.  Many residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation must undergo dialysis treatments for kidney failure due to complications of diabetes.