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    Building Strong Women

    Joanne Lewis
    Communality, it is a word borrowed from our Indigenous relatives of the South. It is defined as “the state or condition of being communal. A feeling or spirit of cooperation and belonging arising from...

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    January 28, 2020

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    A Victim of Sex Trafficking Speaks at Local Events

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    J.Dakotah, a survivor, believes in the power of healing through sharing her experience in order to prevent others from the abuse she suffered. January is National Human Trafficking Prevention month. I...

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    January 22, 2020

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    December Events Raise Awareness and Strengthen Community Ties

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    Our community outreach efforts in December were the highlight of our holidays! Thanks to the generosity of our supporters and the work of other local organizations, Native Hope was able to provide gif...

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    January 14, 2020

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    Spotlight: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month

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    In 2010, President Obama declared January National Human Trafficking Awareness month and the United States Senate designated January 11 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking h...

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    January 11, 2020

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    Living to Tell: A Sex Trafficking Victim's Account

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    While this article was originally written and published in 2016, its contents are still relevant, today. In fact, according to Business Insider, "Since 2007, more than 49,000 cases of human traffickin...

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    January 9, 2020

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    The Healing Power of Stories

    Joseph Marshall III
    Photo Courtesy of the South Dakota Humanities Council Whenever the winter wind began to howl on a cold night on the plateau above the Makizita Wakpa—now known as the Little White River—my boyish appre...

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    January 6, 2020

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    Running Dakota 38-1

    On December 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men publicly executed in Mankato, MN

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    After Native Hope team member ran the Dakota 38 Memorial Run in December 2018, she wrote this post. Earlier this month, we shared a post about this year's (2019) Memorial Ride, so we thought it import...

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    December 26, 2019

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    Growing Strong Together: Horses Inspire Healing for Native Youth

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    Native Hope collaborated with the Growing Strong Together founder, Shane Avery, Santee, Nebraska, and youth participants to tell the story of the strength Native youth are finding from the Horse Natio...

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    December 18, 2019

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