Lakota Life on the Reservation
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Waterford Public Library
6:15 p.m. Refreshments
6:45 p.m. Business Meeting
7:00 p.m. Program
Martha Bradshaw will speak to us in February about her experience working on the Lakota reservation in South Dakota. She describes the experience as extraordinary. “Learning more about the history of the Lakota tribe and the significant challenges that the people face, caused me to change my whole approach as I prepared to work with the children in the day camp. Our days were long and hard with work projects in the morning and summer day camp in the afternoon.”
She will be sharing with you some of the hopes and challenges that dominate the life of the Lakota people on the Reservation. 2019 will offer another opportunity for her to work with the Lakota people.
Mrs. Bradshaw is a graduate of Eastern CT State University with a degree in early childhood education. She taught 4th grade at Pine Point School and after completing Montessori training she founded A Child’s Garden Montessori in 1983, retiring in 2001.
She has been active in Noank Baptist Church, the Stonington Rotary Club and the ECSO. As an avid traveler Mrs. Bradshaw has visited 70 countries on 7 continents. She lives in North Stonington with John, her husband of 51 years.