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    2017 Chamberlain Powwow

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    A Gift of Hope for Mother’s Day

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    Native Hope and Dreamstarter in D.C.

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    We are excited to share our involvement in the Dreamstarter grant initiative! Trisha Burke, Native Hope's Creative Content Specialist, has been in Washington, D.C., this week with Stephan Cheney, a yo...

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    Tiyospaye: The Heritage of Lakota Family

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    The heritage of Native Americans is rich in community and family bonds. In the Lakota culture, the word tiyospaye encompasses the conviction that family is not only made up of immediate blood relative...

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    April 24, 2017

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    The Cangleska Wakan, Sacred Hoop, was the first Medicine Wheel

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    Our beliefs represent the core of whom we are. They convict us, guide us, and enrich us. The Lakóta, Dakóta, and Nakóta people are rooted in a heritage of values and beliefs passed on from their ances...

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    April 20, 2017

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    Health and Wellness

    Join us in the Circle of Hope!

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    Native Americans today are facing serious challenges as a result of events that happened almost seven generations ago, when our culture and way of life were almost completely destroyed. When such deva...

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    April 8, 2017

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    Native Spotlight: It Starts from Within

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    One day, when all is said and done and it is my time to go, when the Creator, along with my ancestors, comes to say, “My boy, what have you done for your people?” I want to be able to say, “Where do y...

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    Impacting a Community: A Vision of Hope on the Reservation

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    How does tangible change take hold of a community and make a profound impact? It doesn’t happen overnight or even over a handful of years, yet it only takes one small pebble to make a ripple that even...

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    March 31, 2017

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    Becoming a Lakota (Part 2)

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    “During my junior year, I became the right hand man to Brother Renee Roy. He was an English major, and he was fostering me to go to Notre Dame. He introduced me to Macbeth and Hamlet…I loved that,” sh...

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