THE OGLALA LAKOTA CULTURAL & ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE

Cause Area

  • Community
  • Disaster Relief
  • Environment
  • Homeless & Housing
  • Hunger

Location

660 BIA 41CHADRON, NE 69337 United States
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Mission Statement

A great agreement places humans as stewards of the earth. Humanity's end of the deal is to balance and harmonize nature. To uphold that deal, every decision OLCERI takes is aimed to serve the seven generations before us, the seven sacred directions, and the seven future generations. Our grassroots approach promotes sustainable community development that provides for a free, equitable, and just society with fair and rightful resource distribution. At OLCERI, We listen to our feelings. We follow our hearts. We do what is good for the people and the planet. We have great hope and we wish for you to join us. Hecel Lena Oyate Ki Nipi Kta Cha Lecamu. Mitakuye Oyasin (Translation: We are doing this so the people can excel and thrive in life. We are all related.)

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For decades, the founders of OLCERI strove to support the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. We’ve provided hands-on education, offered direct assistance with local food sovereignty, and established and helped maintain hundreds of family gardens. Scores of residents have been trained in the skills of green architecture and land restoration (permaculture). We have also intentionally created fruitful bridges by welcoming outsiders who volunteer their time.

Over the past several years, momentum has been building in the area of sustainable housing. We worked to create durable, mass-reproducible, climate-fortified, fully-equipped, multi-generational homes using well-tested green technology. Now that we have established an effective model, OLCERI seeks to construct thousands of such dwellings across the reservation and eventually expand throughout the world.

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