Due to the pandemic, the live LakotaRide 2020 has been cancelled.
Please join us for the
Spirit of the LakotaRide- July 11th - 31st!

While nothing can come close to replacing the Horse Medicine and the experience of riding with a community over weeks and hundreds of miles we are, nonetheless, excited to bring you the Spirit of the Lakotaride to honor previous Rides and Riders and as a way to move the objectives of the Ride forward. This year, those objectives will largely center around fundraising for the Covid-19 Action Fund - as we are in the midst of witnessing all of the ways in which this pandemic is disproportionately impacting our friends on Pine Ridge. Visit our Covid-19 Action Initiative page to see how we are working to provide employment and needed food and supplies on Pine Ridge. 

The Spirit of the LakotaRide will take place over the 21 days that the actual Ride was scheduled (July 11 - July 31) and will tell stories from Pine Ridge on Facebook Live, featuring horse round-up and training session, a tour of Pine Ridge, culture workshops and more! We will also connect with LakotaRide alumnus to take a look back at the five previous Rides and share stories and pictures. 
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We are also working on tentative plans for a live "Wopila Ride" during the Spirit of the Ride. This will be a much shorter and much smaller Ride at the end of July to honor those individuals, organizations and communities who have supported the LakotaRide over the years. If the Wopila Ride can be done safely, it will take place on the front range of Colorado (in adherence with CDC guidelines and state and county regulations) and can also be followed virtually. 

Look for updates here and follow us on Facebook as we remember LakotaRides from years past and honor the SPIRIT OF THE RIDE!

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LakotaRide 2020
 A RIDE OF RECONCILIATION

About the (Actual) LakotaRide:

The 6th Annual LakotaRide- A Ride of Reconciliation- was to begin at the Cherokee Ranch and Castle in Sedalia, Colorado on July 11th  and conclude over 400 miles later on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota on July 31st.

​​The purpose of the Ride, which is at the core of the Tipi Raisers' mission, is to bring Lakota and non-Lakota People together; to work, play, struggle, talk and of course, Ride! It is through experiences like this, and through the other activities that the Tipi Raisers facilitates, that we can begin to understand, heal and ultimately reconcile the trauma of America's complicated history with the Lakota people.​ The LakotaRide also serves as an important fundraiser to support our year-round, humanitarian projects on the reservation, the Gen7 Youth Leadership program as well as Native culture presentations- sharing indigenous wisdom- off the reservation. 

More about the LakotaRide:

• Registrants and volunteers (whether riding or not) can join the Ride; camping, supporting the riders, caring for the horses, etc.​
• Lakota tribal members living on Pine Ridge ride for free and Tipi Raisers will help with transportation and expenses.​​ 
• Inexperienced riders are welcome.​
• The Tipi Raisers provides horses, tack, support vehicles and Lakota guides throughout the Ride.
• If you wish to provide your own horse, you will need to provide tack, food, current coggins, health certificate, horse trailer as well as a driver.
• Only the most experienced riders will ride during the first week of the ride through the heavily populated metropolitan areas.
• A group rate is available for groups of 3 and no more than 4. 

Can't join the Ride but wish to Donate?  Revenue generated by the LakotaRide supports the following programming:

• Providing employment and job training for tribal members as we work on Winterizing and improving homes throughout the reservation.
• Providing firewood, clothing, gasoline, mattresses, food and necessary supplies throughout the year to families in need on Pine Ridge.
• Providing scholarships for Native and non-Native youth to participate in Gen7 Youth throughout the year; visiting each other's communities, learning about one another and gaining skills to make meaningful change.  
• Hosting cultural events to share indigenous wisdom, ​art, drumming, dancing and the Lakota perspective on historical events and current conditions.

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Thank You LakotaRide 2019 Supporters!

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WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN JULY!