Native American March Set for This Morning in Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
This morning, the sixth annual Native American Memorial March is set to take place. Frank LaMere, local Native American activist, said marching from South Sioux City, Nebraska, to Sioux City, Iowa, on Wednesday morning will be a time for Native Americans to strengthen themselves and prepare their families for the work ahead.LaMere, one of the founders of the Memorial March, now in its sixth year, said the walk from Nebraska to Iowa represents native families who came to Sioux City from Nebraska in the 1940s looking for a better way of life.
“Our march symbolizes our desire to start over again and to help our families to live, to grow and to flourish,” LaMere said. “To do this, our families must be intact and presently, they are not. We have lost hundreds of children to adoptive and foster care over the years and though there have been some successes there have been many failures. We will take our opportunity tomorrow to remind everyone of that.”
The sixth annual Native American Memorial March and Dinner begins at 9 a.m. at the Marina Inn in South Sioux City and continues over the Veterans Memorial Bridge to the Woodbury County Courthouse, the Trosper-Hoyt Building and the Four Directions Community Center, 613 Water St., where a meal will be provided for marchers.
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