Our Approach

We Put Youth
First

Our focus on youth programs fosters change across age groups and entire communities.

American Indian-Led

Our leadership is committed to preserving the traditions, languages and sanctity of American Indian communities.

We Help Where Needed Most

Rather than coming into a community and announcing what we will do, we listen to what our partners tell us they need.

Billy Mills

Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota (Sioux) is Running Strongโ€™s National Spokesperson. An Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Olympics, Billy has dedicated his life to serving Native American communities.

Program Spotlight

Organic Food and Gardensย 

Our organic gardens and food programs tackle malnutrition by providing healthy meals and fresh produce to Native American children and their families. We help to establish community gardens, household gardens, and communal greenhouse programs while also integrating educational and cultural aspects and how to plant traditional gardens.

Program Spotlight

Clean Water

When Running Strong for American Indian Youthยฎ was formed in 1986, getting clean, safe drinking water to the residents of Pine Ridge was one of our top priorities. Previously, Running Strong satisfied this need by drilling water wells. However, the need for wells declined as the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System was created and water lines were laid providing access to water. This past year throughย Dinรฉ NaabehรณTรณ (the Navajo Peopleโ€™s Water Challenge), Running Strong connected 13 households to water in these communities, providing 92 individuals with access to clean, running water.ย ย 

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When Running Strong for American Indian Youthยฎ was formed in 1986, getting clean, safe drinking water to the residents of Pine Ridge was one of our top priorities. Previously, Running Strong satisfied this need by drilling water wells. However, the need for wells declined as the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System was created and water lines were laid providing access to water.

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We're celebrating Menstrual Hygiene Day by turning period poverty into period power with our feminine hygiene kits! With your help, we can achieve our goal of providing 3,000 kits to indigenous women and girls in need.

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Were celebrating Menstrual Hygiene Day by turning period poverty into period power with our feminine hygiene kits! With your help, we can achieve our goal of providing 3,000 kits to indigenous women and girls in need.

Together, we can end period poverty, donate today  - https://runningstrong.harnessgiving.org/donate/?checkout=10228&campaign_id=10739&selected-method=one-time&amount=50

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Souksavahn Keovorabouth, 29, is a member of the Navajo Nation. We granted them the Dreamstarter grant so they can amplify Indigenous Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit voices authentically, on their own terms, and within their own communities.

Over the next year, Souksavahn will conduct research around Indigenous Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit storytelling through interviews and consultation with the tribe, the Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit community, and knowledge holders.

๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ!

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Souksavahn Keovorabouth, 29, is a member of the Navajo Nation. We granted them the Dreamstarter grant so they can amplify Indigenous Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit voices authentically, on their own terms, and within their own communities.

Over the next year, Souksavahn will conduct research around Indigenous Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit storytelling through interviews and consultation with the tribe, the Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit community, and knowledge holders.

๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ!

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Lululululu!!!

Anagali (Shace) Duncan is a 20-year-old member of the Cherokee Nation from Stilwell, Oklahoma and hopes to amplify Native voices and perspective, and correct history by launching a podcast that centers Cherokee history and resilience.

๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ!

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Anagali (Shace) Duncan is a 20-year-old member of the Cherokee Nation from Stilwell, Oklahoma and hopes to amplify Native voices and perspective, and correct history by launching a podcast that centers Cherokee history and resilience.

๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ!

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"It is extremely important to raise Native Voices and perspectives for the purpose of keeping our Hawaiian culture, traditions, and lifestyles alive. The stories we capture from our Native people need to be shared. Kupuna will leave behind a legacy for their families and communities, ensuring that their stories, language, and wisdom are preserved for future generations.
- ๐‘ฒ๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Š ๐‘จ๐’—๐’†๐’Š๐’“๐’-๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’

Kuliamaiโ€™s dream is to foster a stronger connection and cultural understanding within his community by creating a multimedia archive of elder stories.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก & ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

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It is extremely important to raise Native Voices and perspectives for the purpose of keeping our Hawaiian culture, traditions, and lifestyles alive. The stories we capture from our Native people need to be shared. Kupuna will leave behind a legacy for their families and communities, ensuring that their stories, language, and wisdom are preserved for future generations.
- ๐‘ฒ๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Š ๐‘จ๐’—๐’†๐’Š๐’“๐’-๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’

Kuliamaiโ€™s dream is to foster a stronger connection and cultural understanding within his community by creating a multimedia archive of elder stories.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก & ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

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KamiJo Whiteclay is a proud member of the Apsรกalooke/Crow Nation in Montana and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts. Her art is inspired by her communityโ€™s rich cultural heritage, intertwining Apsรกalooke design and identity.

Through our Dreamstarter program, KamiJo will be running the Daasawuuรก Kuulushbรญoo (To Create Within the Heart) Project, focusing on uplifting Apsรกalooke youth by encouraging creativity in the arts and inspiring fearless storytelling in the next generation.

๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

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KamiJo Whiteclay is a proud member of the Apsรกalooke/Crow Nation in Montana and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts. Her art is inspired by her communityโ€™s rich cultural heritage, intertwining Apsรกalooke design and identity.

Through our Dreamstarter program, KamiJo will be running the Daasawuuรก Kuulushbรญoo (To Create Within the Heart) Project, focusing on uplifting Apsรกalooke youth by encouraging creativity in the arts and inspiring fearless storytelling in the next generation.

๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

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THE ENEMY INSURRECTIONISTS ARE AT THE GATE. DEFEAT TREASONOUS , TERRORIST, CORRUPT, & CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE & JAIL CORRUPT & CONVICTED RAPIST RTRUMP. DUMP CAREER CRIMINAL RTRUMP. CRIMINAL RTRUMP FOR PRISON 2024. VOTE FOR PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS EVERYWHERE. CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, EXPENSIVE, & DESTRUCTIVE.

Jarrette Werk, an award-winning multimedia journalist, is a citizen of the Aaniiih and Nakoda Nations of the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana. He now works for Underscore News, a news outlet dedicated to amplifying Indigenous voices on a mass scale.

Thanks to our Dreamstarter program, Jarette and a team of Indigenous storytellers will produce a yearlong series of stories celebrating Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest through compelling written narratives and beautiful photography.

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ-๐ญ๐จ-๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. โค๏ธ

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Jarrette Werk, an award-winning multimedia journalist, is a citizen of the Aaniiih and Nakoda Nations of the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana. He now works for Underscore News, a news outlet dedicated to amplifying Indigenous voices on a mass scale.

Thanks to our Dreamstarter program, Jarette and a team of Indigenous storytellers will produce a yearlong series of stories celebrating Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest through compelling written narratives and beautiful photography.

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ-๐ญ๐จ-๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. โค๏ธ

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Congratulations Jarrett’s Werk

Lululululu!!

How can I contact this guy directly? Does anyone have an email address?

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