Devastated by her best friend's suicide, a young Lakota woman creates a girls' boxing team with urgent hope that sport, | dG1fYlJIT1NUWjByTTQ
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00:00Hmm, that's good cedar right there.
00:07Good medicine, Zana.
00:10Keeps all the bad spirits away from you.
00:13Once you get older, you'll understand why we use this stuff.
00:16I know Cheryl is just lighting up the sky, looking down on us, showing us, saying, you
00:34go girl.
00:35I started this boxing club in memory of Cheryl Ziegler.
00:38She's the one that motivated me to do boxing, so I'm doing this in memory of her.
00:42Hi, we're from Laura Brewer.
00:45Good, that means you can take a punch.
00:48The boxing team is for people that want to be a part of something.
00:53I used to get like anger problems and like fight people at school.
01:01I have a lot of things on my mind.
01:04I want people to live a better life than what I'm living.
01:08Like, way better.
01:11Our mind just ain't made for this, you know?
01:16It ain't.
01:17Mama's struggling, grandma's struggling, grandpa, we're all struggling.
01:22It feels like I'm running out of time.
01:26I just want to see my kids happy.
01:31One, two.
01:32One, two.
01:33If Cheryl can't do this, then I can't do it.
01:36You can't be Cheryl, you can't be anybody else.
01:39If you give up, that person behind you gives up, then that person gives up.
01:45You're a fighter, Shona, you're a warrior.
01:48I don't know how much I can take it.
02:01These kids are dependent on me.
02:03Remember who's watching you.
02:06Keep going, Shirley! Keep going!
02:22Let them feel your strength.
02:27I ask for healing for each and one of these girls, because we're all hurting and we're all here for a reason.
02:32I ask that you give us the strength to be strong and give us the tools to be on that red road.
02:48Cheryl, we're having fun, girl. I sure wish you were here, man.
03:02I love you.