Brave Heart Society

Project:

Mni Wizipan Wakan S'Kopa Nagi Nakijicin: Defending the Spirit of the Sacred Water Bundle of the Missouri River

Regions: Missouri River, Lake Andes, South Dakota, Turtle Island
Grant Awarded: 2019
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We support the Brave Heart Society, which is currently working towards passing a resolution to recognize the sovereignty and rights of the Mni Sosa (Missouri River.) The Missouri River is currently managed for economic imperatives, rather than ecological or culturally competent imperatives. The goals are: to restore the rights of the spirit of their river through promulgation of resolutions for local Traditional Societies, Oceti Sakowin Tribal Governments, and regional Tribal Alliances; to continue and complement their current Biocultural Region work to re-indigenize the landscape and hydroscape; and to protect their river from conflicts over water that have been prophesized, and establish buffer zones that they create with their Indigenous narrative in the Missouri River Watershed.