Lakota Women Initiative

10/07/2026

🧵❤️ Crazy Patch Quilt Project — Generational Teaching with Love ❤️🧵

Lakota Women Initiative is bringing the Crazy Patch Quilt Project to Butte Creek Community in Wood, South Dakota, one of the communities on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.

This project brings elders, parents, and children together around the quilting table. Each child will have the opportunity to create their own unique Crazy Patch quilt block to take home—a small piece of something made with their own hands and with the guidance and love of family and community.

This is about more than quilting. It is about generational teaching, sharing knowledge, creating memories, and keeping the spirit of making and teaching alive.

Your donation helps us provide fabric, sewing supplies, and the materials needed to make this experience possible for our children and families.

Every stitch carries love. Every piece tells a story. Every child takes home a piece of what they learned.

Wopila tanka to everyone who supports Lakota Women Initiative and helps us bring opportunities like this to our communities. ❤️🧵

Donate. Share. Help us keep the knowledge going from one generation to the next.

10/03/2026

09/28/2026

🌸 **Ending September with Gratitude** 🌸

As we close out the month of September, Lakota Women Initiative (LWI) is incredibly grateful for a generous donation from a wonderful supporter in Chandler, Arizona. ❤️

This special donation of fabric and sewing supplies will help us move forward with our Crazy Patch Quilt Project for one of the communities on the Rosebud Reservation. We are so excited to bring this hands-on project to our community youth and families and to create something meaningful together.

Our generous donor wishes to remain anonymous, but we want you to know how deeply grateful we are. Every donation, no matter the size, means the world to us. Your generosity helps us create opportunities for our communities, support our youth, celebrate Lakota culture, and keep our traditions alive through hands-on learning and creativity.

We’ll be sharing updates and pictures as this project comes together. 🧵❤️

Wopila tanka — thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

With gratitude,
Lakota Women Initiative
Promoting sustainability and cultural advancement through community, culture, and education.

01/21/2026

Today, Lakota Women Initiative was able to provide vital support to a Native mother and her children in their greatest hour of need, serving as a shining testament to the power of community. Food is medicine, and every family deserves access to nourishment without having to choose between survival and sustenance. We acknowledge the daily struggles our relatives face and remain steadfast in our commitment to empowering our communities with meaningful support. This is the essence of community care – uplifting one another with compassion, dignity, and love. Wóphila tȟáŋka

12/20/2025

🎄A Winter Blessing Made Possible by Community ❄️. Your generosity helped a mother and her children stay safely housed this winter. Thanks to your donation, we provided emergency rent assistance, preventing displacement and bringing relief, reassurance, and peace during a critical moment.

🎄We're deeply grateful for your support, which protected a family and preserved dignity. 🙏🏽Thank you for making a meaningful difference this season.

12/16/2025

The Lakota Women Initiative, based on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, expresses profound gratitude to Barbara Page for championing the Lakota Bazaar at the Albany County Fairgrounds, a triumph that spotlighted a food and clothing drive and silent auction, yielding remarkable support for our cause.

08/08/2025

We were honored to present our knowledge and attend the ASES 2025 Conference and connect with so many amazing people who are leading powerful renewable energy projects across the country. It was inspiring to see the innovative work happening everywhere — from solar and wind to community-led sustainability efforts — and to meet the great leaders making it happen.

The Lakota Women Initiative may be small and just starting out, but we’re here, keeping it real and committed to bringing our vision to life. Our roots run deep, and our mission is grounded in community, culture, and resilience.

As we move forward with our upcoming projects, we’ll keep you posted. Thank you to everyone who shared their time, knowledge, and encouragement — your work fuels our determination to keep pushing for a clean, just energy future.

03/11/2025

Our mission at Lakota Women Initiative is guided by an unwavering prayer and a steadfast plan rooted in ancestral wisdom. While government grants may shift and redirect funding, they cannot alter our sacred purpose for empowerment, cultural revival, and economic independence. Every setback strengthens our resolve, and our commitment remains constant.

Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ—All My Relatives.
Chief John Spotted Tail