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  • Home
  • WHAT WE DO
    • Volunteer Service Trips >
      • Customized Volunteer Service Trips
      • Open Volunteer Service Trips
    • Gen7 Youth Leadership >
      • Gen7 Upcoming Events & General Info
      • Gen7 Youth Ambassadors >
        • Alumnus- Gen7 Youth Ambassadors
      • Youth Leadership Summit
    • Lakota Language Classes
    • Lakota Ride >
      • Spirit of LakotaRide 2020
    • Race to Winterize Pine Ridge Homes
    • Trading Post
    • indigenous wisdom
    • Reconciliation Work
    • Nagi Circle - Food,Firewood, Mattresses and More
    • Tiospaye Friendship Circle
    • Testimonials
  • HOW TO HELP
    • Covid-19 Response
    • so many ways to help
    • Program Partners
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Tiospaye Friendship Circle
    • Sustained Giving
    • ENGAGING YOUR NETWORKS
    • Nagi Circle - Call to Action
    • Host a supply drive
    • Organization's Wish List
  • Covid Safety Protocols
  • ABOUT PINE RIDGE
    • The History
    • The Lakota People
    • Current Statistics
    • The Land
  • WHO WE ARE
    • Tipi Raisers Team
    • Board of Directors
    • The Organization
    • Featured Volunteer >
      • Previously Featured Volunteers
  • CALENDAR OF EVENTS
  • PRESS & MEDIA
    • News & Articles
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WHAT WE DO
INDIGENOUS WISDOM

INDIGENOUS WISDOM

One of the central themes to our mission is sharing Indigenous wisdom.  This is always done in consultation with guidance from our First Nations friends and is done in the spirit of honoring - and learning from - as it is our belief that society as a whole desperately needs exposure to indigenous beliefs, values and ways of life if there is to be healing as a People and a planet.  Multiple times a year, our Lakota friends travel to the Colorado front-range to share their culture and wisdom.
​To schedule a school presentation, email us at info@thetipiraisers.org
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​Volunteer Service Trips

Another way Indigenous wisdom is shared is through a Volunteer Service Trip.  
These can be designed to fit the schedule of your particular group and customized trips combine cultural experiences, service and recreation. If you belong to a school, university, business, church, etc. and would like to arrange a Volunteer Trip for your community/group please contact us to discuss scheduling and how best to customize a volunteer trip for your group.

On-Site Cultural Experiences Include:

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Community Dinners
Occasionally volunteer groups will host or attend a community dinner in which we share a meal with local Lakota, play, socialize, cook and clean together. These dinners are a great way to connect with one another – sharing stories, learning about each other’s lives and making new friends.

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Horseback Riding
Ride through the prairies with local Lakota guides while learning about the land, the Lakota’s relationship with horses and their history as a “horse nation”.

Powwow (wacipi)
A community gathering focused on drumming, dancing, singing and feasting (volunteer groups attend powwows if they coincide with the Volunteer Trips).
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Discussions with Elders
Volunteer groups sit with elders to learn about Lakota spirituality and values, indigenous wisdom, accurate historical events, ceremonies and arts and crafts.

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Supporting Lakota Artists
Lakota arts and crafts reflect their rich cultural heritage and remain an important aspect of their Lakota identify. Artists are invited to visit our volunteer groups when on Pine Ridge to display their art, conduct live demonstrations as well as teach the history and significance around their chosen medium. Bead-work, quill-work, paintings, jewelry and moccasins are some of the art forms that are shared. Supporting these artists through purchasing their art is an important part of their livelihood on the reservation. 

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The Tipi Raisers is registered as a 501(c)(3) non profit organization in the State of South Dakota. All donations are tax deductible and a receipt will be mailed or emailed.

Donations can be made online or mailed to:
7830 W. Alameda Ave. Ste. 103-186
Lakewood, CO 80226

Physical Location: Little Finger Building
29128 US-18 Oglala, SD 57764

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