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Native American reservations in South Dakota brace for the coronavirus

Native Hope

COVID-19 is blasting minorities and underserved populations at an alarming rate. One member of the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota remarked that if COVID-19 hits, it will “spread like wi...

April 24, 2020

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Education

Native American Animals: The Turtle (Keya) Symbolizes Grandmother Earth (Unci Maka)

Native Hope

Turtle–Keya The turtle is a sacred creature among Native American tribes. Each tribe’s cultural view of the turtle/tortoise, is slightly different; however, the deeper meaning remains the same: the tu...

April 13, 2020

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Health and Wellness

IHS sorely underfunded despite tribal leaders' request for supplies.

Native Hope

This April all communities around the world are striving to defeat an unseen killer among us—COVID-19. Coincidently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health [OMH] ce...

April 8, 2020

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Community Outreach

March Hope Report

Native Hope

March was filled with giving hope and sharing love with the various community members and tribal organizations—partnering to helping those in need. In response to COVID-19, multiple trips to the local...

April 3, 2020

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Education

"It doesn't have to be a life sentence..." Part 2

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“Something good must come out of this. All it takes is one more time, one more try, one more prayer,” offered Gifford Standing, recovering meth addict.

March 31, 2020

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Community Outreach

Recovering addicts, "It doesn't have to be a life sentence..."

Native Hope

“The effect it [drug court] had on me was it opened my eyes to reality, because it [meth] wasn't only hurting me—it was hurting my family,” shares Jason Goodface, recovering meth addict and Lower Brul...

March 31, 2020

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Education

Native American Animals: the buffalo (tatanka) provided “life”

Native Hope

Tatanka is Lakóta for “big beast” or buffalo. It roamed the plains of North America in prolific herds.n fact, 200 years ago, tens of millions of buffalo roamed the plains of North America, but by 1884...

March 25, 2020

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Community Outreach

InvenTeam grant positively impacts Lower Brule community.

Native Hope

Tribal School Wins MIT Grant Lower Brule High School, Lower Brule, SD, received a $10,000 InvenTeam grant from Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]—not only are they the first South Dakota reci...

March 17, 2020

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Community Outreach

Does basketball provide a sense of inner peace and purpose?

Brandon Ecoffey

It never took much effort to find a game of basketball on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. If the weather was decent, all you needed was a ball and a hoop. When the sound of the ball slapping the pa...

March 13, 2020

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Native American reservations in South Dakota brace for the coronavirus

Native American Animals: The Turtle (Keya) Symbolizes Grandmother Earth (Unci Maka)

IHS sorely underfunded despite tribal leaders' request for supplies.

March Hope Report

"It doesn't have to be a life sentence..." Part 2

Recovering addicts, "It doesn't have to be a life sentence..."

Native American Animals: the buffalo (tatanka) provided “life”

InvenTeam grant positively impacts Lower Brule community.

Does basketball provide a sense of inner peace and purpose?

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