“Bison are the same as us and that is how we feel about them. They are our brothers and our sisters; we try to treat them with the same respect as we treat each other.”…
By Trudy Ecoffey, Executive Director of Tanka Fund “Let’s think about the best days as Indian people as being in front of us, not behind us.” – Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective as spoken at the…
“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” — Chief Sitting Bull By Trudy Ecoffey, Executive Director of Tanka Fund In the last few months as we…
By Dr. Trudy Ecoffey, Executive Director of Tanka Fund Greetings and Blessings from southwest South Dakota. For many people, Thanksgiving offers up images of the warm and fuzzy picture of the Wampanoag Nation of people…
by Trudy Ecoffey, Tanka Fund Executive Director “A cold wind blew across the prairie when the last buffalo fell — a death-wind for my people.” — Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull The first Saturday of…