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Join Us For Wopila Gathering 2024!
Wopila for all you do as a friend to Lakota Law! On Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, we hope you'll join us for our fourth annual virtual Wopila Gathering, featuring an amazing array of Native culture and music and a host of Indigenous difference-makers talking about what comes next for Indigenous and environmental justice.
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Wopila Gathering
A Live-Streamed Celebration to Honor, Inspire, and ActivateWopila (our deep gratitude) for friendship and support!
Here's the planned lineup for Tuesday, Dec. 3 beginning at 4 p.m. PST (7 p.m. EST), hosted by Lakota Law's Henry (Ozuya) Crow!
Opening Invocation
Introduction from Henry (Ozuya) Crow
Meet our new parent organization, the Sacred Defense Fund, with director Chase Iron Eyes.
Hear about the Future of Indigenous Leadership the young Native leaders of the Native American Youth Organization.
A discussion of Sacred Defense at a Time When Nothing is Sacred with Lakota Law organizer & spokesperson Tokata Iron Eyes.
Closing Prayer
Plus videos and special appearances and performances from an amazing array of talented Indigenous artists and musicians including AntoineX, Sage Bond, and Miracle Spotted Bear between each conversation. Stay tuned for further details, and we look forward to seeing and sharing space with you!
* Program is subject to change.
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A Legacy of Justice
Since 2005, the Lakota People’s Law Project has partnered with Native communities to protect sacred lands, safeguard human rights, promote sustainability, reunite Indigenous families, and protect tribal health.
We work in Lakota communities to counteract treaty violations, protect sovereignty, and confront systemic racism. We're helping to defend sacred lands and water, end the removal of children from their families and traditions, uphold human rights, promote sustainability, and amplify Native voices.
Taking Action
In our Lakota Law Action Center, you can get involved and make a real and lasting impact! Check out our campaigns and take action to end pipelines, protect tribal health and safety, safeguard Native children, and so much more. Tell lawmakers to respect treaties and return stolen lands and sacred sites to our continent’s original peoples. We invite you to build unity among frontline communities and become part of the larger movement for equity.
We launched the Lakota Child Rescue Project in 2005 to assist the return of Lakota children to their families, tribes, and communities. We then broadened our mission to include a tribal foster care program funded with direct funds from the federal government, bypassing the state of South Dakota.
In 2016, the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) threatened sacred lands and water, so we expanded our mission to combat the contempt and disregard for First Amendment rights and Lakota sovereignty. In court, we defended Chase Iron Eyes, who faced six years in federal prison for defending his tribe’s ancestral lands.
Since 2017, the Lakota People’s Law Project has responded where and when we’re needed most in Lakota Country. Whether we’re protecting the Native vote, providing disaster relief, or providing resources for children at Standing Rock, we continue to safeguard Lakota communities and win justice for the People.
As we move forward under the Sacred Defense Fund, we will continue to win Indigenous and environmental justice under full Indigenous leadership! Expect an expansion of program priorities, a renewed focus on legal action, and new and exciting partnerships with other Indigenous-led organizations.