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Camping at the Waniyetu Wicoti in Yellow Bear Canyon on the lands of the Oglala Lakota Nation. (Courtesy GIW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

INTERIOR \u2013 Genera\u00adtions Indigenous Ways (GIW) presents its Wan\u00adiyetu Wicoti 2025 (Win\u00adter Camp) on February 14 \u2013 16, 2025, at the Yellow Bear Canyon on the lands of the Oglala Lakota Na\u00adtion. Campers ages 11 years and older will learn about the Lakota winter plant harvesting, the nonmigra\u00adtory bird nation, snow flake sciences, Lakota astronomy and historical geology, and their connection to Lakota creation stories.<\/p>\n

Application deadline is Wednesday, February 5th, 2025. Go to tinyurl.com\/22amc4tz<\/a> for the camp application. For questions regarding application pro\u00adcess please call Helene Gaddie at 605-454-8425 or Waylon Gaddie 605-454- 8893, or the GIW Office 605-433-5007. You can also email camps@giways.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Campers who are ac\u00adcepted will receive camp supplies needed to have the best quality experience at Waniyetu Wicoti. Only completed applications will be considered. Participants need to be able to commit to 2 1\/2 days of camping, checking in Friday, Feb\u00adruary 14th and going home Sun\u00adday, February 16th.<\/p>\n

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Campers enjoying the outdoors at the Waniyetu Wicoti in Yellow Bear Canyon. (Photos courtesy GIW)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

GIW is a community based Na\u00adtive nonprofit organization ded\u00adicated to empowering American Indian youth with the knowledge of science, technology, engineer\u00ading, and mathematics (STEM) education enhanced by Oglala La\u00adkota values and way of life. It is currently located near the commu\u00adnity of Lost Dog on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. GIW is fiscal\u00adly sponsored as an affiliate of Sev\u00adenth Generation Fund, a 501(c)3 Native non-profit organization.<\/p>\n

The GIW website quotes Rich\u00adard Two Dogs, an Oglala Lakota spiritual leader, who said \u201cWoce\u00adkiya ki ecela\u201d \u2013 Prayer is the only way.<\/p>\n

GIW offers a K-12th grade In\u00addigenous science curriculum de\u00adrived from the Medicine Wheel Model established by the success\u00adful outcomes of the Native Science Field Centers at Hopa Mountain and on the Blackfeet Reservation. <\/p>\n

GIW provides year-round ed\u00aducation programs for Native stu\u00addents from the large land base of the Seven Council Fires, which covers the state of South Dakota. Its current range and focus encom\u00adpass the Pine Ridge reservation area. However, GIW welcomes the participation of youth from all backgrounds who have a desire to understand and strengthen the Oglala Lakota relationship with land through discovering and ex\u00adploring the unique ecosystems and environmental issues of the area.<\/p>\n

According to co-founder and Executive Director, Helene Gad\u00addie, \u201cGIW has an after-school program that runs throughout the school year that teaches the basics of the scientific method and how to implement it with the Lakota cultural aspect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen one of the focuses is sea\u00adsonal camps based off a Native Science Field Center model which was successful in bringing the sci\u00adences back to the culture our La\u00adkota people lived in everyday life. We broke it down into the differ\u00adent seasons and we incorporated the sciences to match the seasons of our way of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a fall camp, a winter camp, a spring camp, and a Sum\u00admer Science Field Institute. As part of the Summer Science Insti\u00adtute we have one week committed to Lakota physics. We do it in a fashion of bow making. Each stu\u00addent who comes to camp will take home their own bow that they made and they learn how to inte\u00adgrate a scientific method into that. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking their own bow also teaches strength and endurance. They learn fortitude. They learn how not to give up. When they fin\u00adish, you can see the confidence in them. \u2026Whenever you bring La\u00adkota culture and Western science together, they have a really strong impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe founded GIW to save our land, to save our waters, and to build leaders in our community. We founded GIW to hang on to our culture and to build strong fu\u00adture scientists\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cNot everybody who comes through GIW programming will be a scientist or engineer. They\u2019re learn to be stewards of the land. They\u2019re learn to be good natured humans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe teach our traditional foods. We teach our traditional ways of life. The kids take those practices and those values home. Our youth that take part in our program are becoming leaders in their tiospaye.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom them taking that extra step going into the unknown of bettering themselves, they bring their families with them. Whether it be learning about recycling or learning about respect or learning about togetherness, they\u2019re bring\u00ading pride to their family and into their entire community.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see the kids that have been coming for three years, their parents are now volunteering, their family members are now vol\u00adunteering in this program. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis has proven to be a pre\u00advention program also in the most positive way \u2013 suicide prevention, drug and alcohol use prevention\u2026 When a Lakota child knows where they come from and knows their culture, they\u2019re stronger individu\u00adals and they\u2019re more likely to suc\u00adceed at anything that they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2025 calendar of GIW sea\u00adsonal camps includes:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Winter Camp, February 14-16, 2025 \u2013 Lakota Astrono\u00admy & Historical Geology<\/p>\n

\u2013 Spring Camp, June 3-5, 2025 \u2013 Lakota Physics Camp \u2013 Bow Camp<\/p>\n

\u2013 Summer Camp, June 30- July 3 & 7-10, 2025 \u2013 Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fall Camp, November 24- 30, 2025 \u2013 Lakota Culture Sus\u00adtainability & Wild Life Sciences<\/p>\n

An eloquent 7-minute You- tube video about GIW featur\u00ading Helene Gaddie is available at tinyurl.com\/yjzastap<\/a>. GIW can be contacted by phone at 605.433.5007 or by mobile phone at 605.454.8425. GIW\u2019S Facebook page is: Facebook.com\/<\/a> GIWAYS. The mailing address is 20750 BIA 2, Interior, SD 5775<\/p>\n

(Contact Grace Terry at grace\u00adterrywilliams@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/span> <\/p>\n

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Camping at the Waniyetu Wicoti in Yellow Bear Canyon on the lands of the Oglala Lakota Nation. (Courtesy GIW) INTERIOR \u2013 Genera\u00adtions Indigenous Ways (GIW) presents its Wan\u00adiyetu Wicoti 2025 (Win\u00adter Camp) on February 14 \u2013 16, 2025, at the Yellow Bear Canyon on the lands of the Oglala Lakota <\/p>\n

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