Humble library is life-changing for the Hoopa Indian reservation

On the misty, pine-scented Hoopa Indian reservation, a river valley 60 miles from the nearest stoplight, a cedar building filled with 9,000 books and a lot of hope is changing lives.
In this community, which is fighting 30 percent poverty, 27 percent unemployment and crippling substance abuse, the agent of change is the Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library. It’s a fountain of knowledge that’s practically all things to the Hoopa people, said “library lady” Kristin Freeman.

January 19, 2008 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. smidler says:
    January 26, 2008 at 3:19 am

    Great Work
    Keep up the good work. You are changing lives, one at a time and making a difference.

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