Thursday, August 10, 2023 – Riding with purpose

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As the famed Sturgis Motorcycle Rally gears up for its closing weekend, a group of bikers is carrying a message on their two-wheeled machines. Along with their black leather jackets, the bikers who make up the Medicine Wheel Ride wear red to raise awareness of the ongoing problem of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. Many of the riders are Native women who organize events to get the message out.

GUESTS

Prairie Rose Seminole (Three affiliated Tribes – Arikara, Northern Cheyenne, and Dakota), co-director of the We Ride For Her documentary and MMIP Advocate

Sheela Farmer (Sicangu Lakota from Rosebud Sioux Tribe), retired civil servant with Department of the Interior and a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast

Crystaline Bauer (Cheyenne River), receptionist for Indian Motorcycles in Sturgis, S.D.

Shawnee Red Bear-Keith, Oglala Sioux tribal veteran service officer, Red Spirit WRMC member, and Marine Corps veteran

Lorna Cuny (Oglala Sioux Tribe), founding member of Medicine Wheel Ride

Break 1 Music: Rumble (Remastered) (song) Link Wray (artist) Rumble (Remastered) (single)

Break 2 Music: Chase the Child (song) Raye Zaragoza (artist) Fight for You (album)