Grassroots Non-Profit Assistance Programs
for the Lakota Sioux Reservations of South Dakota
 
Seven Fires Foundation www.7fires.org
Bandon, Oregon - Reno, Nevada - Seattle, Washington
Tammy Van, Director:  dir@7fires.org
Numerous Lakota projects and assistance programs including
Lakota Project l & II  www.lakotaproject.org
 

Pathways to Spirit, Inc.  www.pathwaystospirit.org
Fort Collins, Colorado
Carmeen Klausner, Director: pathwaystospirit@comcast.net
A 501c3 non-profit organization with numerous assistance programs for Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations including clothing, furniture, heat, mobile homes, and a new children's library and museum for the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge Reservation.


Billy Mills Foundation www.indianyouth.org
2550 Huntington Avenue, Suite #200 Alexandria, VA 22303-1499
703-317-9881  info@indianyouth.org 
Numerous assistance programs on the Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Sioux Reservations of South Dakota
 

Other Respected Organizations
 
He Ska Tokala Sobriety Society www.linkcenterfoundation.org/heskatokala
Headquartered in Mni Sa, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation
Gary Christensen, Director:  akicitanuni@hotmail.com
He Ska Tokala is an indigenous organization promoting and supporting sobriety and the education of language, traditions, and traditional herbology as well as supporting philanthropic projects for the Lakota Nations.
 

Lakota Funds www.lakotafunds.org
Native American Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)
Dr. Dowell Caselli-Smith, Executive Director dsmith@lakotafunds.org
A community development organization actively promoting the socio-economic sustainability of the Oglala Lakota People of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Its culturally-appropriate strategies include micro loans for local artists and craft people, business loans, business and technical mentoring, personal finance and business classes and community workshops, technical assistance and targeted community and business development.


Respected Non-Profit Native American Educational and News Resources
 
Wambli Ho News Archives www.linkcenterfoundation.org/wambliho
Wambli Ho, Voice of the Eagles - Brighton, Colorado
Stephanie M. Schwartz, Editor:  SilvrDrach@gmail.com
Member, Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)
Wambli Ho, Voice of the Eagles, also known as Wambli Ho News, was a Colorado non-profit internet news organization specializing in original reports and photos which covered Native American news and, in particular, issues and significant history-making events of the Lakota Nations from 2002 through 2006.
Link Center Foundation is proud to allow its website to be the home for the Archives of all the Wambli Ho News articles, photographs, and special reports.
 

Native Village News ~ Native Village Publications  www.nativevillage.org
Toledo, Ohio
Gina Boltz, Director and Editor:  nativevillage500@aol.com
Member, Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)
Native Village News is a Native American Internet News and award-winning educational resource website for Native youth, teens, adults, families, educators, and schools. Native Village is also a supporter of other organizations' assistance and/or educational programs throughout North America.
 

My Two Beads Worth News  www.mytwobeadsworth.com 
Jeanne Chadwick, Editor and Director:  webmaster@mytwobeadsworth.com
Member, Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) -
My Two Beads Worth is an American Indian/First Nations/Indigenous non-profit news e-zine providing news reports and many other special features. Also a supporter of other organizations' assistance programs for reservations throughout the continental U.S.
 

NDN News  www.NDNnews.com
Bear Butte, South Dakota
Tamra Brennan, Editor and Director:  tamra@NDNnews.com  
Internet News on Native American Issues and Causes. Supporter and resource for other organizations' Native American assistance programs.
 

Cokan Tiospaye Owayawa www.cokantiospaye.com
Porcupine, South Dakota
Carolyn Tail, Director cokanct@goldenwest.net
An innovative, community-based Lakota vocational school for high school drop-outs on the Pine Ridge Oglala Reservation in South Dakota. This school offers courses in life skills as well as development of vocation and trade skills in areas of interest to the students, with the objective of developing self-sufficiency as the main goal. The school also houses the Reservationís only children's library created by the Colorado non-profit organization, Pathways to Spirit.


Lakota Educational Initiatives www.lakota-educational-initiatives.org
Lakota Sioux Indian Outreach, Inc.
Cynthia Day Getchell, Director Eewoblu.win@Gmail.com
Mary Martin, Co-Director MaryMartin@citynet.net
An all volunteer non-profit organization established for the benefit of the Lakota People in the interest of preserving Lakota language and culture for generations to come. The primary focus is literacy and education on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations in South Dakota. This organization also provides the John Around Him Memorial Scholarship for high school seniors who demonstrate commitment to their communities and Lakota values.


Wolakota Foundation  www.wolakota.org
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Arvol Looking Horse and Paula Horne, Directors:  paula@wolakota.org
A grassroots non-profit organization emerging from the needs of traditional Lakota (Dakota/Nakota) people to maintain their cultural and spiritual lifeways for the sake of future generations. Since it's inception, the organization has sought to promote and protect as well as educate others about the traditional values and wisdom of Indigenous People.  The Foundation also sponsors World Peace and Prayer Day events each June, Memorial Rides, and other projects.