Project Grant 20184700228671

RETURN TO OCH & EACUTE;THI ŠAK & OACUTE;WINKNOWLEDGE: HEALING THROUGH HORSES, LANGUAGE, AND FOODSTHIS EXTENSION PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED BY SITTING BULL COLLEGE (SBC) LOCATED ON THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION (SRSR). IT ADDRESSES THE AREAS OF AGRICULTURE, WITH RESPECT TO TRIBAL YOUTH AND VETERANS. THE LAKOTA/DAKOTA PEOPLE OF SRSR COMPRISE A DISTINCT LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL GROUP WITH THE LARGER OCH & EACUTE;THI ŠAK & OACUTE;WINPEOPLES OF THE GREAT PLAINS. BECAUSE OF THE LAKOTA/DAKOTA'S CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HORSES, THEY BECAME KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE PLAINS AS THE HORSE PEOPLE. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO EXPAND ON A PREVIOUS EXTENSION SPECIAL EMPHASIS GRANT THAT ENGAGED TRIBAL YOUTH AND VETERANS IN THERAPEUTIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITH HORSES, INTEGRATED INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTO NEWLY ESTABLISHED GARDENS, AND WEAVE THE LAKOTA/DAKOTA LANGUAGE THROUGH ALL OF THESE EXTENSION ACTIVITIES. THIS PROPOSAL IS AN EXPANSION ON THE SPECIAL EMPHASIS GRANT, AND WHILE MAINTAINING MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT'S GOALS, THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON REACHING OUT TO THE ENTIRE LAKOTA/DAKOTA COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN A STRONG DESIRE OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THIS PROPOSAL INCORPORATES HORSES, BUFFALO, FOOD AND LANGUAGE INTO A CULTURALLY DRIVEN PROGRAM THAT WILL CREATE A PLATFORM FOR HEALING IN INDIAN COUNTRY.