For Ken, Water Projects Like Lydia Make All The Work Worth It
By far, the most rewarding aspect of our work on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for our water coordinator on the reservation, Ken Lone Elk (Oglala Lakota), is joy, and relief, he sees on the faces of the hundreds who today have running water at their homes. Most recently is Lydia who stopped by the […]
February E-News! | 2021
Kansas City Football Team: #ChangeTheName! In July 2020, supporters of Running Strong joined together with thousands of other activists to call on the Washington Football Team to drop their offensive name, mascot, and imagery. Thanks to the efforts of many over the years, the team agreed to change their name in a historic win for […]
Earth Guardians Inspire a New Generation of Indigenous Activists
The mission of Earth Guardians, among Running Strong for American Indian Youth® newest partners, is to inspire, galvanize and train diverse youth to be effective leaders in the climate and social justice movement using art, music, storytelling, civic engagement, legal and direct action to advance solutions to the critical issues we face as a global […]
February 19, 2021 | News You Can Use!
Read about the first Native stand-up comedian to perform on national television, celebrate Black History Month with the voices of four Afro-Indigenous students, and read about the Navajo Nation’s success in administering over 100,000 Covid-19 vaccines. 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“I needed the thrill of competition, but more important, the victory because of decisions soon to be made…” | Road to Tokyo by Billy Mills
My 1965 track season started on Jan 9 at the San Francisco Invitational indoor track meet. I won the one-mile run competing against a star-studded field of several sub 4-minute milers. Favored to win was Allan Simpson from England. He is noted for having one of the strongest finishes in the world. He was 4th […]
February 12, 2021 | News You Can Use!
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Running Strong and Billy Mills Call for Kansas City Football Team to Drop Native Imagery
Running Strong for American Indian Youth® co-founder and national spokesperson Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota) has long been opposed to sports teams using proud Native Americans as their “mascots.” “It’s time to change,” Billy told Indianz.com earlier this decade on the topic. “It’s time for America to move on. “It’s time for those individuals and those […]
With Running Strong’s Support, Brave Heart Society Continues to Call Culture Home
2019 marked the 25-year-long journey of culture restoration between Running Strong for American Indian Youth® and the Brave Heart Society on the Yankton Reservation in Lake Andes, South Dakota. “This long-range vision and financial support has assisted Brave Heart to become a national leader in cultural protections of land and water, youth, language, indigenous games, […]
February 5, 2021 | News You Can Use!
Ahead of Sunday’s 2021 NFL Super Bowl game, Indigenous groups call for the Kansas City Chief’s to drop their inappropriate use of Native American imagery and traditions. Running Strong for American Indian Youth also urges the Kansas City football team to end the use of their racially and culturally degrading names and logos, and reminds […]
Yuchi Language Project Raises a New Generation of Endangered Language Speakers
The mission of the Yuchi Language Project in Sapulpa, Oklahoma “is to keep alive the rich heritage of the Yuchi people by creating new young speakers of our unique language through breath-to-breath immersion methods with fluent speakers and children.” To that end, Running Strong for American Indian Youth® is proud to be a long-supporter of […]
With Recent Grant to Division of Indian Work, Running Strong Keeps Culture Educational
The Division of Indian Work in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a longtime partner of Running Strong for American Indian Youth®, has been serving the urban Native American community in the Twin Cities since 1952. But perhaps at no point in its storied history have the Native youth of the Twin Cities faced more challenges than today. And […]
Looking Ahead to Running Strong 2021 Goals: Water is Life
What began as a pilot program five years ago, our Running Strong for American Indian Youth® plan to connect a few households on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the main service water line which runs through southernwest South Dakota has grown to become among our largest service projects on the reservation. Since that humble […]
January 22, 2021 | News You Can Use, from all over Indian Country!
Learn about the importance of the Keystone XL Pipeline getting cancelled, read an interview with Dreamstarter Roo George-Warren during two different inaugurations, remembering the first Native American Vice President Charles Curtis, and more in this week’s News You Can Use! 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January 15, 2021 | News You Can Use, from all over Indian Country!
Happy Friday, and welcome to another edition of News You Can Use, from Indian Country! Today you’ll read about California tribes taking on climate and clean energy projects, how one social worker is using traditional healing methods to reach her domestic violence clients, how Native communities are rallying around their elders to receive the coronavirus […]
January 8, 2021 | News You Can Use!
Watch a ceremonial shawl blessing for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, read about burial artifacts returning to their home on New Mexico land, and more in this week’s News You Can Use. 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Mid-Year Report from the 2020-2021 Dreamstarter Teachers!
Over the summer our Dreamstarter Teachers worked tirelessly to coordinate their Dreamstarter Teacher plans to adapt to the COVID-19 classroom restrictions. Because of the love for their students and their passion to improve the lives of Native children, we are proud to present some mid-year reporting on the progress of their projects! Candis Yazzie in […]
Smart Sacks Help Native Students Start the Spring Semester Right!
At the Takini School in Howes, South Dakota, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, and the Keshena Primary School in Keshena, Wisconsin on the Menominee Indian Reservation, hundreds of students resumed their schoolwork, virtually, on Monday, January 4. And while the future is uncertain as to when they will be returning to the classroom, […]
News You Can Use | Happy New Year!
December 2020 E-News
Holiday Parties Bring Cheer to the End of the Year This Christmas, we are determined for Native American children to have a wonderful holiday, ensuring that “Santa” does not pass them by regardless of their parents’ financial situation after surviving the year. As we have every year, thanks to the supporters of Running Strong, we […]
Native Hawaiian Dreamstarter Aukea Ka’aekuahiwi Achieves Community Cooking Dream!
2019 Running Strong for American Indian Youth Dreamstarter Aukea Ka’aekuahiwi (Native Hawaiian), 17, of Kapaa, HI, is realizing his Hawaii dream project, “The Swine Project,” of producing and selling traditional foods by having built a certified underground cooker/steamer, known as an “imu”, and teaching other Native Hawaiian youth the practices for creating traditional pork products. […]
News You Can Use | December 18, 2020
Running Strong’s News You Can Use From Indian Country contains the latest news we are following. These are the stories impacting the areas we serve and as a Native American-led organization, we take pride in letting our partners direct us to where they need us the most in their communities. News You Can Use are updates from across the country that […]
News You Can Use | December 11, 2020
One of our very own Dreamstarters, Aukea Ka’aekuahiwi of the 2019 Entrepreneurs class, is featured in West Hawaii Today; a Fresno school takes action to change their school mascot; and more in this edition of News You Can Use from Indian Country! 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News You Can Use | November 30, 2020
Keep up with the latest developments on Native Americans in U.S. politics, read some recipes to try from Native American chefs, visit Houston’s new virtual Native American museum, and more this week in news from Indian Country! 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This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for our Native American communities
This Thanksgiving all of us at Running Strong for American Indian Youth®, are wishing all of our supporters, our Native American partners, and all Native American children, families and elders everywhere throughout Indian Country especially, a happy – and safe – holiday season. While, of course, 2020 has been a challenging year for all Americans […]
Giving Tuesday is the time for Toys for Tribes!
This Giving Tuesday, Santa and his elves are getting a little help from Running Strong for American Indian Youth® to ensure that hundreds of children on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation will have nice presents under their tree come Christmas Day. Toys for Tribes benefits Native youth on Pine Ridge, who are growing up in […]
News You Can Use | November 19, 2020
A South Dakota nurse speaks about work on the ground in a coronavirus hotbed state, a Dakota artist receives an art grant to recreate Native American art from the past, and more arts and culture in this week from Indian Country! 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Winterwear makes a difference for our partners in Indian Country
For decades, our partners, and the Native American children and families they serve throughout Indian Country, have relied on the kindness of strangers – notably our loyal and generous supporters – to ensure that thousands don’t have to bear the brunt of a frigid winter in a tattered, hand-me-down coat, or worse, merely a sweater […]
News You Can Use | November 13, 2020
Did you know about the first Native American to serve as vice president of the United States, or hear about the opening of the Native American Veterans Memorial at the National Museum of the American Indian? Read about these exciting news and more in this week’s News You Can Use! [visual-link-preview encoded=”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″] [visual-link-preview encoded=”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″] […]
Introducing Dreamstarter® Gold: Jeremy Dennis, MFA
2016 Running Strong for American Indian Youth Dreamstarter Jeremy Dennis’ (Shinnecock and Hassanamisco Nipmuc) original dream was a photography and awareness project titled “On This Site” with the goal of preserving culturally-significant locations around his community in Long Island, New York. Through photography, Jeremy provided insight into how the Shinnecock people and reservation were able […]
Introducing Dreamstarter® Gold: Dr. Cristin Haase, DMD, MPH
2015 Running Strong for American Indian Youth Dreamstarter® Dr. Cristin Haase (Cheyenne River Sioux) was a promising dental student at the A.T. Still University (ATSU) of Health Sciences whose dream was to mentor future American Indian dentists. Cristin’s dream was to implement a mentorship program at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health which […]