Former gang member and now president of Spirit Keeper Youth Society (SKYS), Len Untereiner, talked to the Ben Calf Robe school students to shatter the images that glamorize the gang lifestyle.

"You need to talk to these kids when they're young and let them know that this is an illusion," said Untereiner. "I hate that word, gang, because it glamorizes, it glamorizes the lifestyle that is criminal."

Untereiner told Sweetgrass that he didn't want to go into details about his involvement in gangs, however he did say that the gang lifestyle today is completely different than what it was in 1950.

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