The Red Cloud Indian School has been guests of the Denver Nuggets for 15 years, attending clinics and games in a yearly tradition. But for the team’s VP of Basketball Administration Lisa Johnson, the program has been an essential part of her life for decades.
“I’ve been supporting this school since I was really young,” Johnson said. “My parents had told me to pick a charity or an organization to give back to, when I was little, like 10 years old. I used to share some of my allowance money to Red Cloud.”
The Red Cloud Indian School serves the Pine Ridge Reservation, a community in South Dakota that has its fair share of economic and social challenges.