SuAnne Big Crow Boys & Girls Club

The SuAnne big Crow Boys and Girls Club is a 501c-3 non-profit corporation which provides critically needed services and support for the youth on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

It was the first charter member of the Boys and Girls Club of America to be established on a reservation and has paved the way for more than 100 clubs that have been opened since. At the 23rd annual Northwest Indian Youth Conference in Billings Montana, SuAnne was acknowledged in the program.

“ SuAnne was a nationally known role model who dedicated her short life to helping make the Pine Ridge Reservation a better place to live for everybody. She dreamed of a place called “Happy Town” a place where young people can learn and be safe from drugs and alcohol, violence and gangs. After her death “Happytown” became a reality and spearheaded the proliferation of American Indian Boys and Girls Clubs across the country. It is with highest respect that we acknowledge and thank the late SuAnne Big Crow. For if it were not for this beautiful dream, Boys and Girls Clubs of America may have never come to Indian Country.”