Tag Archives: self-sufficiency
Mother’s Day: A Native Mother Who Broke the Cycle of Poverty through Education
A Nez Perce tribal citizen and past recipient of PWNA’s American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) scholarship, motherhood “propelled†her to break her family’s cycle of poverty.
Nurturing Self-Sufficiency
With Earth Day approaching on April 22, it’s timely to think about what the earth provides for us. A home. Food. Water. It’s easy to take these gifts from Mother Earth for granted. But many Native Americans living on remote and geographically isolated reservations don’t have that luxury. Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) understands that […]
Eradicating Poverty, Building Self-Sufficient Communities
Poverty is a principal factor in causing food insecurity, malnutrition, family stress and health issues such as diabetes and obesity.
Youth Development: The Cornerstone of Self-Sufficient Communities
“Let us put our minds together to see what we can build for our children,” urged Chief Sitting Bull. It is a common goal of parents – to provide a ‘better’ life for their children, with less hardship and more opportunity. Unfortunately, Native American youth face many obstacles to realize success in our modern society, […]
Native American Businesses
How many Native American businesses exist, and why is starting a business on the reservation difficult? The impoverishment that spans entire communities on many of the reservations we serve makes it difficult to build a customer base that can support a business long-term.
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
In my recent blog post on Black Elk, a holy man and healer of the Oglala Sioux, I mentioned how the early reservations were before the Indian Reorganization Act… no food, inferior shelter, meager provisions and uncaring superintendents. In today’s topic, I explain the changes brought about by the Indian Reorganization Act and how they […]
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