Reva Maureen DeCorah-Barta, a Citizen of the Ho Cank Nation and National Secretary of the American Indian Movement (AIM) passed away early Thursday morning, August 9, 2007. A service will be conducted Friday with the arrival of the body at 4:00 p.m. at the Ho Chunk Center just north of the BIA headquarters in Winnebago, Nebraska. Traditional wake services will begin at that time under the direction of Ho Chunk Elder, Mr. Warner Earth. Her body will return to "feed the grasses of sacred Grand Mother Earth" at the Rave Cemetery just northeast of Winnebago on Sunday afternoon August 12th. I met Reva this past fall in Sioux Falls, SD and visited at the Barnes and Noble book store were we had a cup of coffee. Reva and her husband helped transport food during the events at Wounded Knee.
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