Buffalo Blogs: Reverse the Red & Better Days Ahead
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…
How Tanka Fund Is Supporting Native Buffalo Producers through COVID
“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…
A Thanksgiving Message from Tanka Fund
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…
National Bison Day & Supporting the Return
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…
#SupportTheReturn 2020 Calendar of Events
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Tanka Fund. Over the course of the next month, Tanka Fund is hosting a series of interactive virtual events open to the public to support the return of the…