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This initiative has been successfully funded. Thank you to all the donors who contributed to the efforts. The buffalo is the cornerstone of Lakota culture. Bamm's Charging Buffalo House has been fighting to bring the buffalo back to the Lakota, growing a herd on the Pine Ridge Reservation and supplying our pantries with healthy, culturally essential protein. The expansion of the Charging Buffalo House is moving forward. We've achieved a critical step in preparing Bamm's facil

This initiative has been successfully funded. We've secured feed for the Buffalo up to January 2027. Thank you to all the donors who contributed to the efforts. The Buffalo is the cornerstone of Lakota culture. Bamm's Charging Buffalo House has been fighting to bring back the Buffalo to the Lakota. He's been growing a herd on the Pine Ridge Reservation, supplying our pantries with healthy, culturally essential, protein. However, extreme, ongoing droughts have decimated the na

This initiative has been successfully funded. Thank you to all the donors who contributed to the efforts. Edward Joseph, born and raised in Wounded Knee, has spent years quietly maintaining the Wounded Knee Elderly Complex. Recently, the sheer volume of overgrowth and debris reached a breaking point that one elder could no longer manage alone. While local volunteers have stepped up to clear the housing areas and playground, they are running entirely on borrowed equipment and

For Lakota youth, the outdoors is a classroom. Travis Thunder Bull, a veteran, a craftsman (see his diamondwillow and antler canes above), and the regenerative community gardens manager, is leading a multi-day elk hunting and camping trip for young men from the Allen Youth Center over Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend. This isn't about hunting for sport; it’s about passing down survival skills, animal track identification, and harvesting. These skills not only are critical as c