Teepees raised on Billings Rimrocks to remember COVID-19 victims
Q2 News / Mitch Lagge
Seven teepees sit on top of the Billings Rimrocks to honor community members who have died of COVID-19.
By: Mitch Lagge
and last updated 2020-12-20 22:13:29-05
BILLINGS â On top of the Billings Rimrocks in Swords Park, seven teepees were set up Saturday and lit with colored lights to honor people who are struggling with or have passed away from COVID-19.
William Snell, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leadership Council, helped organize the project called, Lighting of the Teepees, Symbols of Hope. Q2 Spoke with Snell on Sunday while he was driving in extra stakes to keep the teepees secure in the day s high winds.
Symbols of Hope , teepees erected on Billings Rimrocks to remember COVID-19 victims
Q2 News / Mitch Lagge
Seven teepees sit on top of the Billings Rimrocks to honor community members who have died of COVID-19.
By: Mitch Lagge
and last updated 2020-12-20 22:57:21-05
BILLINGS â On top of the Billings Rimrocks in Swords Park, seven teepees were set up Saturday and lit with colored lights to honor people who are struggling with or have passed away from COVID-19.
William Snell, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leadership Council, helped organize the project called, Lighting of the Teepees, Symbols of Hope. Q2 Spoke with Snell on Sunday while he was driving in extra stakes to keep the teepees secure in the day s high winds.
William Snellâs record for erecting a teepee is just under 14 minutes. Itâs a bit more complicated in the winter, he said, but in a little more than five hours on Saturday, seven teepees were standing tall atop the Billings Rimrocks, their white canvas taut against the winter winds moving across the snowy prairie.
âIt was something we wanted to do during the summer,â said Snell, a member of the Apsáalooke Nation who helped coordinate the project through the Pretty Shield Foundation and Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council. âPutting lodges up in the winter is not an easy thing.â
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