Programs

Winter Ready Drive

The Winter Ready program is a winter gear readiness program. All students who attend participating schools are able to receive warm winter wear for the upcoming season.

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After School Food Program

The After School Food Program is a keystone to building food resource security. Our participating schools are able to build and maintain on site food lodges for students and the community. As a result of our program with partner schools reading comprehension rates have doubled and attendance is at record highs.

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Nake Nula Waun "I Am Ready" Program

The Nake Nula Waun Program supplies clothing, new shoes, backpacks, hygiene items, beds and bedding, emergency weather items to our youth at partner schools. We aim to assist students in transition or going to foster care but give to all who may require extra care and love.

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Wokini Bison Program

Wokini, in our Lakota Language, means new beginnings. This last autumn we established a small herd in the Wind River Basin. This herd is the foundation of building food sovereignty and security for our after school food program and re-establishing cultural food systems.

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Our Work, Our Mission and Our Values, The Seven Lakota Virtues

Fortitude - Wowačintanka

Facing and accepting challenges with strength, confidence and bravery and finding solutions that will benefit all.

Generosity - Wačáŋtognaka

Contributing to the health and wholeness of one’s people and all life by sharing and giving freely. To share from the heart, to give from the heart openly. Generosity is a way of life.

Kinship -wótakuye

Kinship is essential and it includes the ideas of living in harmony, belonging, relations as true wealth, and the importance of trusting in others.

Respect - Waóhola

Respect For The Self, Family, Community And All Life. All People And Things Are Relatives. This Respect Is Expressed In Prayer And By The Way We Act. The Outcome Of Respect Is Peace.

Compassion -wówaunšila

Compassion And Care For All, Especially The Old Ones, The Young Ones. Care For Others As You Would Yourself Because We Are All Part Of This Circle Of Life. Compassion Is Important As We All Work Together.

Prayer - Wóčekiya

All life is sacred, being in direct communication with creator in all aspects of being we see all life as sacred

Wisdom - Woksape

We live and understand our cultural values and traditions as a way of healing. We share this wisdom with others and incorporate this wisdom into our everyday life.

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