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Small-town South Dakota rodeo club cancels 'slave auction' after outpouring of anger on social media

Small-town South Dakota rodeo club cancels slave auction after outpouring of anger on social media The rodeo club in Faith, South Dakota had advertised a slave/branding auction for next Monday, until apparently pulling the event. One state legislator says the derogatorily-named charities have been routinely held across western South Dakota. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × PIERRE, S.D. A so-called slave auction fundraiser for a rodeo booster club in Faith, S.D., has been scuttled after social media exploded with anger, calling the longtime event s name racist and derogatory. The president of the school board in Faith, Scott Vance, told Forum News Service on Thursday, April 21 the event scheduled for next Monday is not associated with the school. He declined to comment more.

Faith Rodeo Club's 'slave auction' canceled due to controversy

A recent advertisement for Faith High School Rodeo Club’s “Slave/Branding Auction,” a fundraising event that includes a pancake supper and a pie auction, has caused backlash on social media, forcing it to be canceled. The auction was scheduled for April 26 at the Legion Hall in Faith, which is near the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation.  The concept of a “slave auction” for fundraising purposes has existed in South Dakota since at least 2008, when the Belle Fourche School District held a slave auction fundraiser. “A slave auction offers a day s work from each of the active competitors. Club members are proud that most of them could handle about any chores from waiting tables to hauling hay or moving cattle. Club members also brought craft items they d made for the auction,” the Butte County Post reported in a March 30, 2011 article about a BFHS Rodeo fundraiser.

Small-town South Dakota rodeo club cancels 'slave auction' after outpouring of anger on social media

Small-town South Dakota rodeo club cancels 'slave auction' after outpouring of anger on social media