Community Outreach

Powwows and Hand Sanitizer: Native Hope Meets Needs in Indian Country

Native Hope

As we move into fall, Native Hope has been hard at work on projects in our local South Dakota community. In addition to our recent successful campaign to raise money for a baseball field for Native ch...

October 4, 2019

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Community Outreach

Becoming Officer Lowe—Native Hope Fellow Joins the BIA Police Force

Joanne Lewis

It takes a special person to choose a career in law enforcement. As the first responders for protection and justice, the expectation is high for an officer to be fair, discerning, and strong. But what...

September 13, 2019

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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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Community Outreach

Native Hope Leaders’ Society “Siouxper Elite” Peer to Peer Impact

Native Hope

Native Hope Leaders’ Society member Ramez wants to create a positive impact on his friends and classmates from his native community. That’s why Ramez volunteers his time to teach youth and families to...

August 21, 2019

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Education

Lose the Language, Lose the Culture

Native Hope

Imagine losing the ability to question, to state, to joke, to think. Language is the core of expression and offers a unique view of the world. It encompasses a history—the history of a people and thei...

August 1, 2019

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Education

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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Community Outreach

Summers on the Rez: Community through Baseball

Native Hope

Summertime comes with familiar sights, sounds, and smells. The feeling of the sun baking your skin. The fireworks on the Fourth of July. The thwack of bat on ball when you head to the local baseball g...

July 10, 2019

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Community Outreach

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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Education

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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Voices of Indian Country

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Powwows and Hand Sanitizer: Native Hope Meets Needs in Indian Country

Becoming Officer Lowe—Native Hope Fellow Joins the BIA Police Force

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

Native Hope Leaders’ Society “Siouxper Elite” Peer to Peer Impact

Lose the Language, Lose the Culture

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

Summers on the Rez: Community through Baseball

Purity in Pine Ridge: The Native American Bow and Arrow

The Untold Story: Living the Dakota 38 Memorial

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