Lakota Youth Development is a non-profit empowering Native youth of tribal nations in South Dakota through language, cultural values & spirituality by promoting education & healthy lifestyles.

🐝 Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🌍🌼 Today, we celebrate the remarkable stingless bees & their enduring partnership with Indigenous Peoples. Through millennia, these pollinators have nurtured biodiversity and safeguarded ecosystems. Discover more👉bit.ly/42TH6iG #WeAreIndigenous

Applications are still open for our Native Scholarship Program! One student will receive $1,250 to further their studies. The student must be enrolled in a Native American Tribe to qualify. Check out the application on our website. >> ow.ly/c3A850OuWFY

We’re beyond excited to be here to celebrate our relative, Larissa! Thank you so much for all of the donors who’ve made this truly a once in a lifetime experience for our youth.

In our supporting Indigenous businesses era ✨ tag your Swiftie friends in the comments and share which era/product is your favorite!

Dancing is healing. Dancing for your relatives, ancestors, and those who been joined the spirit world continues to heal communities as we honor them. One of our youth had the idea to dance while we were at the 9/11 memorial on Memorial Day.

I can't believe I got to design a city bus honoring Dakota land! You'll see it around town, going to the mall of America etc. The driver was randomly assigned the bus and he was amazed -- he's Ojibwe and Lakota and it was just a coincidence he gets this rad ride as his! ♥️

We lift up and remember the incredible life and legacy of Chief Standing Bear / Maⁿchú-Naⁿzhíⁿ (Ponca), and we honor his inclusion on the new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp. Without his important policy work, we wouldn't be able to do what we do today. #NativeTwitter

Growing up in Minneapolis, I lived in an urban Native community and attended a Native magnet school, but outside of those areas, I never saw anything that showed this was Dakota homelands. As an adult, I use my art to change that! 🙏

#ICWA Stands! 7-2!

Updated summer camp schedule! Youth from all backgrounds ages 12-18 are welcome to come to any of our camps. Please find camp applications on our website lakotayouthdevelopment.org

“Cedar or sage is used for the body, to protect ourselves. We put it in our pockets, sometimes we put it in our moccasins. It’s a form of protection for our body.” - Boye Ladd, Ho-Chunk elder and veteran

Today 147 years ago the Lakota’s and Northern Cheyenne wiped out Custer and the 7th Calvary at the battle of the Little Big Horn while they were illegally invading our homelands. That day we captured the American flag in battle and have never returned it to this day. #LandBack

Lilililililili Congratulations to our beloved Board President and language teacher, Joseph Marshall III, for being inducted into the Western Writers of America Hall of Fame! We cherish your knowledge and voice everyday!

“We are matrilineal people... The fact that the first delegate to be seated is a woman—that's obvious to Cherokee culture." Dive into this powerful article from The 19th where I talk about my journey toward fair representation in Congress. Read more: bit.ly/19thKimTeehee

AIANTA is seeking Artists, Vendors & Exhibitors for the 25th annual American Indian Tourism Conference in Durant, Oklahoma! Apply now on our website, if you have questions please contact Sherrie Bowman at [email protected] or call 505-209-2479 #AITC2023 #wearestillhere #aianta

As the first show with every writer, director & series regular being Indigenous, Reservation Dogs advanced Native visibility, & celebrated the beauty, complexity & power of our communities & culture in ways that no show ever has. Farewell, and thank you. #RepresentationMatters

Forever honored to have this Leksi as our Board of Directors President! Joseph Marshall III came to visit us at our campus showing off us Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame Induction awards from the Western Writers of America.

The Not Invisible Act Commission (NIAC) will hold a virtual hearing on August 2 - 3. Aims are: create a forum for stakeholders to provide testimony to NIAC & facilitate & improve cross-jurisdictional communication, increase resource access & address related issues. #MMIP #MMIWG

We know...there are many terms. We applaud actor Devery Jacobs (Kanien’kehá:ka) for her gentle call in to explain what terms are appropriate to use when talking about or to Indigenous peoples. 📹Clip from The Hollywood Reporter Comedy Actress Roundtable #IndigenousRepresentation #THRRoundtable