The Tipi Raisers

Results: + Employed over 100 Tribal members in full time and part time temporary paid positions. + National presentations; teaching Native culture, traditions and history with traditional youth drum/ dance groups. + Facilitated six, annual 400-mile horseback rides - The Ride of Reconciliation - from Denver, CO to the Pine Ridge Indian reservation. + Distributed well over 300 cords of firewood to Tribal members to provide critical heating fuel and wood for ceremonies. + Maintained Red Cloud's gravesite, picked up and removed over 120 cubic yards of trash and debris from the Pine Ridge reservation. + Replaced roofs, windows and siding to over 300 reservation homes in collaboration with OST Housing. + Launched a COVID-19 Response to provide regular distributions of needed food, hygiene and PPE supplies to 30 families across Pine Ridge. + Rated a "Top Rated Nonprofit" for six years running. + Worked with the National Institute of Health to provide a paid internship for a Lakota youth with the NIH. + Provided over $150,000 in material donations (beds, furniture, clothing, appliances, ranch and farm equipment, building materials, etc.). + Provided multiple reservation homes with water lines, wood stoves, insulation, outhouses, new cabinets, drywall and doors. + Launched Gen7 Youth Leadership to convene and empower young leaders; building relationships, bridging cultural gaps and providing the tools and resources needed to bring awareness to pressing issues and make genuine social change in their communities. + Created and planted dozens of community and family gardens to provide fresh and locally grown vegetables. + Provided needed PPE and hygiene supplies to the Navajo Nation, the Ute Mountain Ute & Pine Ridge reservations. + Began restoration on a 17th century Hopi elder's h ome