I am Gene Tyon, my parents are Gene and Agnes Tyon, I grew up in Pine Ridge, SD.

Heath R. Ducheneaux is of the LeBeau/Ducheneaux tiospayes on the Wakpa Waste Oyanke, known as the Cheyenne River Reservation in north central South Dakota. He comes from the Blackfoot community and currently resides in the Pejuta Haka district of the Pine Ridge Reservation with his hasani and their children.

Leon Leader Charge is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, S.D. and, also a part of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, S.D.

As He Haka Sapa reminds us that there is happiness after the storm, Lynn Cuny believes that her work as the Director of Advancement at Thunder Valley CDC is a direct reflection of that truth. Lynn is committed to the progress of building opportunities, the movement of systematic change and the sustainability of TVCDC community.

Verlyn Long Wolf, MS., is the Oaye Luta Okolakiciye Healing Program Director and Adult Female Mentor.

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Dr. Valeriah Big Eagle, Ed.D., Wakan Wocekiye Win (Sacred Prayer Woman), is an enrolled member of the Ihanktonwan Oyate and currently serves on the Title VI Indian Education Parent Advisory Committee and the Indigenous Education Task Force for Rapid City Area Schools.

Hau mitakuyepi, Jeremiah Moreno he miye lo. Oglala wicasa hemaca. Denver, Colorado hematanhan. I am a Lakota Language teacher for Central High School in Rapid City Area Schools, located in the sacred Black Hills, the homelands of the Oceti Sakowin.