Concert for Sioux Nation battles racism, domestic violence, teen suicide in Custer, S.D. » Turtle Island Project: Lakota concert helps oldest American Indian domestic violence shelter

Northern Michigan folk band White Water performs with a popular Native American musician on Sunday (August 12, 2007) at the Custer Lutheran fellowship Church in Custer, S.D. during a free benefit concert for the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society (WBCWS).
Organizers say about $1,000 was raised to battle the teen suicide emergency and rising domestic violence at the Lakota Sioux Rosebud reservation in Mission, SD.
Pictured left to right are Bette Premo, local singer Roxanne Sazzue of Fort Thompson, S.D., Mary Bonhag of the northern Michigan duet Duo Borealis, and Evan, Laurel and Dean Premo.
The Premos are from Amasa, MI and have been performing as a family stringband for over 20 years.
The WBCWS has served the Rosebud reservation for 30 years by providing domestic violence services for all women and children including non-Native Americans.
(Photo by Javier H. Alegree, WBCWS Public Relations Specialist; Media and Education)

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