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​We are a community of Native Lakota and non-Natives who believe that the wisdom, culture and traditions of the Native people can inform and benefit the Modern World at the same time that the Modern World can empower and support the Lakota in creating more prosperous and humane living conditions on the reservations.

ABOUT THE TIPI RAISERS

Through a variety of collaborative projects and events, we strive to build alliances and strengthen communities for people both on and off the reservation. Our volunteer groups work alongside the Lakota People on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota to ease conditions of poverty, ride horses together, reconcile the past and learn about one another’s cultures. Additionally, the Lakota People travel to Colorado -and nationally- with the Tipi Raisers to share their wisdom, culture and traditions.

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OUR MISSION

Native Lakota and non-​Native people working and playing together; honoring indigenous wisdom, reconciling the complicated history we share and
co-creating mutual understanding and humane, desirable living conditions on Pine Ridge and surrounding reservations.

WHAT MAKES THE TIPI RAISERS UNIQUE

The Tipi Raisers is a community grounded in Spirit and the Seven Lakota Virtues.

Lakota Virtues
Wocekiya - Prayer  •  Waohola - Respect  •  Waonsila - Compassion  •  Wowijake - Honesty
Wawukiye - Generosity  •  Wahwala - Humility  •  Woksape - Wisdom

The organization embodies a sensitivity to the ongoing injustice and trauma that the Lakota People suffer at the hands of the American government. It is at the core of our mission and a deeply held belief that the indigenous wisdom of the Lakota is desperately needed in today’s modern society and our programs and actions center around this philosophy. Through a variety of collaborative projects and events, we strive to build alliances and strengthen communities for people both on and off the reservation. Our volunteer groups work alongside the Lakota People on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota to ease conditions of poverty, ride horses together, reconcile the past and learn about one another’s cultures. Additionally, the Lakota People travel to Colorado – and nationally – with the Tipi Raisers to share their wisdom, culture and traditions.

THE TIPI RAISERS