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Through education and public service we seek to support the well being of Native American children and to raise public awareness of the stereotyping, discrimination, racism and other unique situations facing all Native Americans. |
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Cheyenne River Emergency Update: How you can DIRECTLY help! For Facebook Friends, Click Here For Changing Winds Supporters, Click Here |
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Baseball and Literacy Programs Changing Winds provided baseball and football materials for hundreds of kids on three reservations in South Dakota, and we thank everyone who helped us achieve that goal, notably the Southport Congregational Church, The Fairfield Nationals Little League, Fairfield Girls Softball League, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Pop Warner teams in Monroe, CT, The Fairfield Sun, Tiokasin Ghost Horse and all of the donors from WBAI radio as well as the Girls Softball League in Fairfield. Items have arrived and you can see some of the equipment in use in our New Photo Album! Introducing
Changing Winds has been working in different educational capacities to improve the lives of the Lakota children in South Dakota for almost a decade. Through interviews with parents and teachers, Changing Winds has seen how difficult it has been for Lakota children to celebrate their culture within the educational system and we have found many ways to help: we have provided Lakota language tapes, and books by and about Lakota people and culture to organizations in SD that support the children; and we have begun a program to bring in successful Native role models to give children an idea of the ways they can work within their culture with a strong vision for the future. We are now introducing our newspaper, Hocikala! (Little Voices) where the children will write stories about their own lives, see them in print, and read what other children in different parts of SD are doing, experiencing, drawing, thinking, etc. Our goal is to strengthen language skills, both English and Lakota. The paper will be distributed all over South Dakota. The paper will be distributed monthly through the Lakota Country Times, which reaches 4200 homes, school libraries, Clubs and other organizations. For $60, you can receive Hocikala and sponsor the subscription of a child who will not have easy access to it. For more information and to subscribe, please contact: Hocikala@aol.com To
read more about Hocikala, see Jodi Rave's column: Changing
Winds is a 501 C3 non-profit charitable organization which functions solely
through donations. It is unique in that no member of Changing Winds staff
is paid through donations, so donors can rest assured that every penny
they donate will reach the children it was intended for. Want
to receive a subscription or place an ad in Hocikala? |
To visit our pages for Ongoing Needs, Click Here.
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Thanks to Tiokasin Ghost Horse, whose dedication to
the people of South Dakota makes the warm clothing and heating drive such
a success.
Be sure to visit his website and listen to his Thursday morning radio show and archives at: www.firstvoicesindigenousradio.org. First Voices Indigenous Radio offers so many ways in which we can all better the world. |
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