Virginia Irving
Virginia Young Dog Irving
has lived in Denver since 1979. She has been on the Denver March
Powwow Board of Directors since 1990. She has chaired three
different committees--Community Services and Demographics--and
currently is the Chair of the Sales Committee.
Virginia is married to Wendell Irving and they have ten children--Dion, Quentin, Angel, Bernadette, Anna, Travis, Latoya, Dolly, Erica and Manny. She is the proud grandmother of Wesley, Daniel, Shaulyn, Bobby & Lauren.
Virg attended Oglala Community School throughout her school years. When she moved to Denver she attended LaVonne's Beauty Academy, Parks Jr. College and Community College of Denver. She has worked for Sears (Finance Department); Denver Indian Center (Child Care Program); US West Communications (Payroll Department). She has been employed for the past 10 years at the Denver Health Medical Center in the Patient Accounts Department as Charge Capture Specialist.
Virg was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. She is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota From the Pine Ridge Agency. She is the youngest daughter of Amos and Dora (Around Him) Young Dog. She has seven brothers--Verdell, Seymour, Marvin, Amos Jr., Myron Shields and the late Gary Young Dog and Lester Young Dog and two sisters Nancy Rouillard and the late Irene Roan Eagle.