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Doris Eagle
I pray a lot, I really pray a lot. And there's a lot of love in our house. We all love each other. We tell each other we love each other.
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Maintaining the sense of community that is so important to the Lakota people, 64-year-old Doris Eagle has always made sure that her grandchildren's lives are filled with love and humor. During HOMELAND, Doris worked part time as a cook at the Early Head Start program in Pine Ridge in addition to caring for her family: eight grandchildren whose parents are either unemployed or suffering from chronic alcoholism. She has worked tirelessly to break the pattern of alcoholism in her family, a disease that has devastated Native life over the past several centuries.
Doris, known for her fry bread, puts her professional cooking experience to good use preparing meals for up to 20 people at a time. Carrying on a storytelling tradition, she teaches her grandchildren about the Lakota people and tribal history. Doris's love and good humor provide the cement that holds her family together, inspiring community, generosity and faith.
After HOMELAND:
Doris continues caring for four of her grandchildren and working as a cook at the Early Head Start Program in Pine Ridge. She has received 80 acres through her mother's probate and plans to build a home on the property, starting with the kitchen. Her oldest grandchild Christina graduated from eighth grade in 2000.
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