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2023 offered many opportunities for us to impact our community and meet tangible needs on reservations. Because of your support, we were able to change lives and improve circumstances. Thank you for y...

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    A Victim of Sex Trafficking Speaks at Local Events

    Native Hope
    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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    Living to Tell: A Sex Trafficking Victim's Account

    Native Hope
    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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    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...

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    August 1, 2019

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    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...

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    July 30, 2019

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    Building a Culture of Endurance: A Video Interview with Dirk Whitebreast

    Native Hope
    The day Dirk Whitebreast lost his sister was the last day he touched alcohol. A member of the Sac and Fox tribe (Meskwaki Nation), Whitebreast and his two sisters were raised by his grandmother and gr...

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    March 7, 2019

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    Wayne William Snellgrove, Man of Two Mothers

    Native Hope
    The folllowing biographical story was written by Charlotte Miller and shared with Native Hope by Wayne Smoke-Snellgrove. Wayne William Snellgrove stepped off the tiny duel prop plane in Wadena, Saskat...

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    January 9, 2019

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    Stories of Hope
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    In the Field with Native Hope: November

    Native Hope
    The Native Hope team is back with some updates on our work in the last month! Through the power of the internet and social media, we are able to have larger conversations with the country and world ab...

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    November 29, 2018

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    Sharing Stories can Bring Healing and Inspire Hope

    Native Hope
    “A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.” -N. Scott Momaday, Native American author Most of us are surrounded by stories. Whethe...

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    November 15, 2018

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    "Writing Was My Outlet, My Church": Poetry and Wisdom from Sunny Red Bear, Native Author and Activist

    Sunny Red Bear
    This November, Native Hope launched a movement of healing, solidarity, and hope focused on hearing and sharing Native stories. #StorytellingHeals is an effort to share more stories of hope, creativity...

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    November 9, 2018

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