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Tasunke Wakan Okolakiciye (Medicine Horse Society)

The Tasunke Wakan Okolakiciye (Medicine Horse Society) works to provide Lakota cultural, language, and hands on education services to the Lakota Oyate.
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Area of Impact:

Pine Ridge Reservation, SD

Affiliate Since:

September 21, 2012

Tasunke Wakan Okolakiciye’s unique process includes returning to traditional Oglala Lakota culture and values within the context of modern day life, which is reflected by

  • Understanding the primary importance of the tiospaye. (extended family).
  • Recognizing that Spirituality encompasses all areas of our life and returning to our traditional spiritual ways.
  • Utilizing our traditional healers f…or our physical and mental health care.
  • Practicing our Virtues; Wisdom, Bravery, Generosity and Fortitude.
  • Teaching and utilizing our Lakota language and observing cultural protocol such as traditional kinship system and terminology.
  • Acknowledging and coping with historical grief and inter-generational post traumatic stress disorder.
  • Educating Adults and children about Lakota history , traditions and spirituality.
  • Regaining the balance we once enjoyed; living in peace with the earth
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