Cultural Awareness and Revitalization

Native American Animals: the Elk, a Protector and Relative

Native Hope

Native American tribes hold the elk, wapiti (Shawnee and Cree) or Heȟáka (Lakota), in high esteem and consider him a relative—a relative who brings strength, endurance, and patience. Tribal Nations ea...

July 19, 2020

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Cultural Awareness and Revitalization

Native American Animals: Horse (Sun'ka wakan) is a Relative to the People

Native Hope

To the Lakota and Dakota, the horse is a relative. What does it mean to be a relative? It is more than a connection through blood—it is spiritual. Although history tells us that the modern-day horse a...

April 29, 2020

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Culture and Identity

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

The Trauma of Loss: Singing for Grief in “Watch Over Me”

Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy

In today's post, Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy, founder of Wonahun Was’te’ Records, shares about grief in Native American communities and how one special song came to life in the wake of a p...

September 6, 2019

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Stories of Hope

Music Is Medicine: The Journey and Conception of Wonahun Was’te’ Records

Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy

Special thanks to Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy for sharing his story below. When I began my journey as a “hip hop artist” I honestly didn’t think it would take me anywhere. I was highly inf...

July 30, 2019

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Education and Youth Empowerment

Purity in Pine Ridge: The Native American Bow and Arrow

Native Hope

Google “Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.” The search results may reveal the following words: broken, failing, suicide, forgotten, and third-world. However, Native Hope knows that Pine Ridge is so much m...

June 7, 2019

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Culture and Identity

The Untold Story: Living the Dakota 38 Memorial

Alexis Estes

The following post was written by Native Hope team member, Alexis Estes, after her experience running in the Dakota 38 Memorial in December 2018. This post is the first of a series of stories that are...

April 2, 2019

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Education and Youth Empowerment

What the Lakota Nation Invitational Means for Native American Youth

Native Hope

The year is 1973. On Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, members of the American Indian Movement are engaged in an extended protest and stand-off with m...

February 15, 2019

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Education and Youth Empowerment

Creating Space to Tell Stories: The Lakota Dream Museum

Native Hope

“I knew growing up that at some point I was supposed to be the things I learned in the stories: compassionate, honorable, and brave, and so forth. I knew this because the storytellers lived the lesson...

June 21, 2018

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Voices of Indian Country

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Native American Animals: the Elk, a Protector and Relative

Native American Animals: Horse (Sun'ka wakan) is a Relative to the People

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

The Trauma of Loss: Singing for Grief in “Watch Over Me”

Music Is Medicine: The Journey and Conception of Wonahun Was’te’ Records

Purity in Pine Ridge: The Native American Bow and Arrow

The Untold Story: Living the Dakota 38 Memorial

What the Lakota Nation Invitational Means for Native American Youth

Creating Space to Tell Stories: The Lakota Dream Museum

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