Grantee Profile

Lakota Waldorf Society

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5 Grants
$218,394 Total Awarded
2010 - 2021 Years

Awarded Grants

2021

Donor advised support for food and health and/or language immersion use

2021 Donor advised support for food and health and/or language immersion use

$5,000
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Funding Area

Description

Donor advised support for food and health and/or language immersion use

2020

Lakota Language Immerson: Performing Arts

2020 Lakota Language Immerson: Performing Arts

$90,000
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Community Partners

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Description

Our approach to immersion is through interactive dialog that supports the students in speaking Lakota throughout the day, in social situations, practical work contexts, and artistic activities, as well as classroom lessons.

2020

COVID-19 Response

2020 COVID-19 Response

$12,500
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Funding Area

Description

COVID-19 Response

2019

Lakota Language Program Expansion: Gardening, Native Plants, and Food

2019 Lakota Language Program Expansion: Gardening, Native Plants, and Food

$86,714
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Community Partners

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Description

This program will utilize existing/new resources (school garden, hoop greenhouse, Lakota-fluent elders, Lakota-learning teachers, community outreach, organizational collaboration) to provide language immersion for 50-60 children, K-8, advancing LWS’s mission of incorporating Lakota language/culture into the daily curriculum with Waldorf experiential hands-on teaching methods, leading to ultimate goal of language fluency.