Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance was an Oglala Lakota speaker and activist from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, best known for her participation in the group known as the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, which was founded in New York in 2004.
She was part of a youth ambassador program with her sister that aimed to connect young people with Native American spirituality.
[8]In 2004, Beatrice was approached by the directors of The Center for Sacred Studies to join their group, the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.
"[5] In 2008, she joined the 13 Grandmothers group in delivering a petition to Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City by hand, requesting the Pope to revoke the three papal bulls authorizing the conversion and subjugation of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
However, the letter which Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance wrote on this topic was featured on the National Catholic Reporter website, under the title "The past is a very living thing: Try not to forget it.