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Dream Like Billy 2023

To support a healthy tomorrow for Native American youth, Running Strong for American Indian Youth® is once again hosting our “Dream Like Billy Virtual 5K & 10K Run/Walk” beginning on June 30– Olympic gold medalist and Running Strong co-founder Billy

June 7, 2023 No Comments

Culture & Language Preservation

Oyate Teca Project Offers Arts Classes to Preserve Lakota Culture

Since the start of 2023, at least since the notoriously brutal and frigid weather on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on the Great Plains of South Dakota finally relented, the Oyate Teca Project’s Oyate Ta Kola Ku (Friend of All

May 17, 2023 No Comments

General News

Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day

Today, May 5, is Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day, as throughout Indian Country and elsewhere Native communities and organizations – including Running Strong for American Indian Youth® — are gathering and working to draw attention to the

May 5, 2023 No Comments

2023 Dreamstarter

2023 Dreamstarter® Creatives

In 2021 Running Strong for American Indian Youth® launched Dreamstarter® Creative to support Native artists. Artists are cultural protectors, tradition keepers, and valuable contributors to the contemporary American art world as they connect Native traditions with an ever-changing and challenging

April 28, 2023 No Comments

General News

Tools for Growth at Pine Ridge

They are called “Tools for Growth” because that’s exactly what they are: shovels, rakes, hoes, pruners, cultivators and more, all with the purpose of enabling dozens of Oglala Lakota families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation grow fresh vegetables and

April 27, 2023 No Comments

General News

CERT Training on Pine Ridge

The Oyate Teca Project on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation held a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course on April 14, 15 and 16, at its Oyate Ta Kola Ku Community Center to prepare Pine Ridge residents to help

April 19, 2023 No Comments

Dream Like Billy 2023

June 7, 2023 No Comments

Culture & Language Preservation

Oyate Teca Project Offers Arts Classes to Preserve Lakota Culture

May 17, 2023 No Comments

The importance of addressing period poverty and steps we can take to help.

Basic Needs

Addressing Period Poverty in Native American Communities

Period poverty is a widespread issue that affects roughly 500 million women worldwide. In the US alone, about 16.9 million women live in poverty, and two-thirds could not afford menstrual products within the past year. Further, half of these women

May 11, 2023 No Comments