Category: ILI Lakota

REFLECTIONS: ILI - Aloha Aina

8/11/2019

ILI Fellow Carol Zou shares her thoughts on ILI Intensives.

ILI Fellows, including Carol Zou (left) and Edyka Chilomé (right) during ILI Intensive #2 in Hawai’i. Photo: Melisa Cardona

2018 was the year I lovingly nicknamed
“the year I cried at conferences.”

In September 2018, ILI Partner First Peoples Fund hosted the first of three place-based intensives for ILI Fellows in Lakota Territory/South Dakota. The five-day leadership immersion brought together the second cohort of ILI Fellows for shared learning, personal exchange and direct experience with the true history and sacred places in Lakota Territory.

2018/19 ILI Fellows Cohort at Red Shirt Overlook in Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Photo by Melisa Cardona

“This work is so important,” said First Peoples Fund President Lori Pourier. “The partners who came together to start ILI have long term relationships, but we need to widen the circle and provide space for other arts & cultural leaders who voices are an important part of the larger story.”

He Sapa Tanyan Yahi / WELCOME TO HE SAPA

1/18/2019

By Lori Lea Pourier, Maka Citomi Omani Win | Woman Who Walks the Earth.
Oglala Lakota, President, First Peoples Fund

Photo by Carlton Turner

My Lakota name was given to me by my Unci Olivia Black Elk Pourier who made her journey to the Wanagi Yata (the place of the Spirits) when my daughter Shahiyela, now 19, was 8 years old.

During your stay you will learn about the Lakol Wicho’an (the Lakota Way of Life) and how we are taught that our life here on Unci Maka (Grandmother Earth) mirrors the stars (Lakota cosmologies). Our Creation Story begins in the Black Hills. Through story and in practice you will learn about the Lakota virtues of Woksape (Wisdom), Woohitika (Bravery) Wowacintanka (Fortitude) and Wacantognaka (Generosity).

REMIND, RECONNECT, RECLAIM

1/17/2019

Lynette Two Bulls is the ILI Host Facilitator for the Lakota Territory, the location for the first of three place-based intensives for the ILI Fellows. She shared her thoughts about empowerment, leadership and the sacred Black Hills as a powerful and centering place to start ILI Fellows on their year-long journey together.

Photo by Melisa Cardona

Lynette Two Bulls is Oglala Lakota and Cheyenne and her Lakota name Tuŋwéyaŋ kiyapiwiŋ means “Scouts Woman.” She is originally from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and now resides with her family on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Lame Deer, Montana.

HIGHLIGHTS & RESOURCES FROM ILI LAKOTA INTENSIVE

1/16/2019

Get a glimpse into the ILI intensive experience through this day-by-day look.

ILI Facilitator Nijeul X. Porter (l) and ILI Fellow Joe Tolbert (r) at Pe Sla (Black Hills). Photo by Melisa Cardona

REFLECTIONS: ILI Intensive #1

1/15/2019

ILI Fellow Christopher Sims shares his thoughts and experiences from Lakota Territory

ILI Fellows Robert Martinez (l) and Christopher D. Sims (r)

“This is professional and spiritual development I will need to continue my work - the work we are all doing
in our own unique ways.”

#ILILAKOTA Instagram

1/14/2019

Get an Instagram glimpse into the ILI intensive experience

KEVN Black Hills News Coverage

9/17/2017

KEVN Black Hills FOX News Coverage of Sept 2107 Gathering in Lakota Territory in South Dakota hosted by First Peoples Fund.

REFLECTIONS: ILI - Aloha Aina

2018 was the year I lovingly nicknamed
“the year I cried at conferences.”

IN THE SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY

He Sapa Tanyan Yahi / WELCOME TO HE SAPA

REMIND, RECONNECT, RECLAIM

HIGHLIGHTS & RESOURCES FROM ILI LAKOTA INTENSIVE

REFLECTIONS: ILI Intensive #1

“This is professional and spiritual development I will need to continue my work - the work we are all doing
in our own unique ways.”

#ILILAKOTA Instagram

KEVN Black Hills News Coverage

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A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM

2018 was the year I lovingly nicknamed
“the year I cried at conferences.”

“This is professional and spiritual development I will need to continue my work - the work we are all doing
in our own unique ways.”