Sasheen Thin Elk

Ramona J. Marozas

High school seniors from Lake Andes, S.D., and Andover, Minn., won college scholarships at the 9th annual Native American Journalism Career Conference at Crazy Horse Memorial, April 22-24.

The $2,000 presented to Sasheen Thin Elk of Andes Central High School broke the $1 million benchmark for the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation Scholarship Fund. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and his wife, Ruth, began the fund with $250 in 1978.

Thin Elk plans to pursue a broadcast journalism degree at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.

Ramona Jeanne Marozas of Andover High School in the Twin Cities area also received $2,000. She will pursue a broadcast degree at St. Cloud State University.

The scholarship funding comes from memorials established for Lem Price, a journalism conference student; Robb DeWall, longtime communications director at Crazy Horse; and Peggy Sagen, a conference mentor and Rapid City Journal executive editor.