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Sicangu Coalition |
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White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. P.O. Box 227 Mission, SD 57555 U.S.A. |
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Phone: 605-856-2317 Fax: 605-856-2494 E-mail: webmaster@wbcws.org
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“Serving the Rosebud Reservation since 1977” P.O. Box 227 Mission, SD 57555 |
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White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. |
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WBCWS Hosted Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk and 6th Annual Breast Cancer Dinner
By: Javier H. Alegree December 24, 2008
Over 60 people participated on the 23rd annual “National Day of Unity Awareness Walk” this passed October 6th in Rosebud, SD. The walk started at the IHS hospital in Rosebud and ended at the Tribal Building with a few words from vice president Willie Kendle and a gift presented by Nichole Witt, WBCWS’s Grant Manager, as a token of appreciation for the administrations support. The caravan of participants made several stops on their way to the Tribal Building from the IHS hospital: RST Law Enforcement and Tribal Court building were visited; Spotted Tail cemetery was next, to finally arrive at the RST Tribal building. All individuals within a community are responsible for providing safety to women and children and holding the batterer accountable for their actions. It is time for us all to remember those who have lost their lives to domestic Violence, to share the joy of those who survived, and now more than ever to collaborate and support all of those in turtle island that stride to end violence among us. On October 29th, 2008 the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society hosted their 6th annual Brest Cancer Awareness dinner in Rosebud, SD. Every year, over 45.000 American women lose their lives to breast cancer. About one in almost every eight women will develop the disease in our life time, far too many. After lung cancer, this is the leading killer among women under 35 and it is by far the leading cause of cancer death among women ages 35 to 54. The White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. hosted their sixth annual breast cancer awareness dinner on October 29th, 2008 at 6:00 pm at the veterans building in Rosebud, SD. This year’s events focused on honoring and celebrating the lives of those who did not survive and those living with the disease. An arts and craft project was completed during the event and will be displayed at the Rosebud’s IHS women’s clinic. For additional information on breast cancer screening, and treatments call the American Cancer Society help line at 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org. |
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WBCWS Celebrated 31 years of Community Service Last October
By: Javier H. Alegree December 24, 2008
For an entire week, the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. celebrated their 31st anniversary in Mission, SD. Among the activities organized for the celebration were a week long of cultural teachings, a display and exhibition open to the community, an strategic planning meeting for future outreach projects, a two day conference for survivors of domestic violence and those who assist them in their healing journey, a public dinner and concert held at the Rosebud Casino and finally a pow-wow and honoring. The celebration took place at Sinte Gleska University Multipurpose building and student center in Mission, SD. All activities, teaching and exhibitions were open to the communities, visitors and guests throughout the entire month on October. In it efforts to unite, work together and reach out to all members of the community, specially the younger generations, the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society made sure all activities were available to all and culturally specific. Among those activities were hand games, traditional cooking, arts and crafts, quilting, tipi building and women’s ceremonies such as naming, ear piercing and others. On Thursday October 23rd a strategic planning session for future outreach projects was held, this session was open to the public with the idea of understanding our communities needs On October 24 - 25, 2008, along with National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Sicangu Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, a projects of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc. held their annual Survivors and Advocates healing conference in Mission SD. The conference took place at the Site Gleska University multipurpose building in Mission and it was coordinated by the organization as part of their 31st anniversary week long celebration. The given title of this year’s get-together was “Nake Nula Waun, I will be ready for anything, anywhere, anytime”. Mainly geared toward domestic Violence survivors and advocates, the gathering’s main focus was to educate on DV related subjects raging from what is DV to how the federal government responds to violent crimes of such nature in Indian Reservations.
On Friday evening, a free concert was held at Rosebud Casino featuring Jackie Bird and Roxanne Zasue as the main attraction. A dinner was also served to those who attended the concert. To culminate the events, on the afternoon of Saturday October 25th, a powwow and honoring held at Sinte Gleska’s multipurpose building. Staff members, guest and many supporters were honored and recognized for their effort and continuous support. For additional information on services provided by the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, go to www.wbcws.org or call their 24 hrs crises line at 605-856-2317. |
