Sacred Storm Buffalo grand opening a huge success
Above: Chris White Eagle, Sacred Storm Buffalo GM, shares plant's importance.
Summary
More than 300 people came out July 27 in Rapid City, S.D., to meet the Sacred Storm team and tour the new processing facility, field harvesting trailer and the Warrior Lodge employee housing. Tanka Fund partnered with two other Native nonprofits, Wambli Ska Okolakiciye and Makoce Agriculture Development, to purchase Sacred Storm Buffalo with support from NDN Collective.
Key highlights from the event:
Meeting Tanka Fund Buffalo rancher partners and talking to young Wambli Ska apprentices, who are learning the arts of field harvest and meat processing
Learning about the Makoce Food Hub, which is committed to re-indigenizing Native food systems
Enjoying delicious Buffalo and other treats. Attendance was so strong that we ran out of food!
Playing games, such as a dunking booth, and listening to music
Guests received a swag bag with a variety of goodies from participating organizations
Read more about Sacred Storm Buffalo and Tanka Fund’s vision for how it can help support the facility here: Tanka Fund realizes 10-year goal with partnership in Buffalo processing plant
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From left: Chris White Eagle, Sacred Storm Buffalo GM; Nick Hernandez, secretary-treasurer of the Tanka Fund board of directors and Founder/CEO of Makoce Agriculture Development; and Dawn Sherman, Tanka Fund executive director.
Above: Sacred Storm Buffalo was established in partnership between Tanka Fund, Wambli Ska, and Makoce Agriculture Development with support from NDNCollective.
Above: Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective CEO and President, throws balls to try to dunk his son, Jozaya, at the dunking booth at the GRAND OPENING of Sacred Storm Buffalo.
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