Sacred purposes, doing business as, the institute of indigenous americas legacy (i. Am

Legacy), in partnership with the center for justice innovation (center) will utilize this cvipi award to implement wicoti awaunyankapi keepers of the camp, a community-based violence response designed to support rapid city, south dakotas indigenous community. To achieve this goal, i. Am. Legacy and the center will: 1) engage in a community violence assessment process, 2) engage diverse stakeholders to form a multidisciplinary community advisory board to guide and coordinate anti-violence responses, 3) develop a violence reduction strategic plan to implement community violence responses that are adapted to the local indigenous communities, 4) participate in on-going action research to guide the implementation of strategic responses to violence, 5) strengthen community outreach to enter neighborhoods with high rates of community violence and respond collaboratively to community issues with an intertribal community collective, 6) implement indigenous focused events with collaboration from local elders and tradition keepers to replace violence with culture and community connection, 7) increase organizational capacity to ensure sustainability of efforts to address community violence, 8) share lessons learned with the larger tribal justice field.