Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center

04/15/2026

National Semi Colon Day. For those who could have chose to end, but continued to keep going. 🖤 ;

04/15/2026

04/14/2026

04/11/2026

1 in 5 women in the U.S. will experience sexual assault.
For Native women, it’s 4 in 5.

For those of us who work in MMIWR, human trafficking, sexual assault, domestic violence, child exploitation, and stalking, this is not seasonal work. This is year-round. Every day we are working to get ahead of it, to create real pathways to prevention, and to build safer communities.

Creating safe spaces and eliminating sexual violence takes all of us. Parents. Leaders. Communities. People who are willing to care enough to take action.

As a mother, it is hard to sit with the reality that my Native daughter faces some of the highest risks of sexual violence. That truth is heavy. It is terrifying. And it is exactly why we continue to advocate, push for policy change, and challenge the systems and mindsets that allow this to continue.

We are still too often standing up against those who minimize harm, excuse predators, or believe nothing needs to change. But it does.

Our young Native girls are powerful. They are beautiful, intelligent, and deserving of a future that is safer than what generations before them experienced. Many of us are only a generation removed from boarding schools, forced assimilation, and the continued history of violence against Indigenous women.

Even if you have never experienced sexual assault, wouldn’t you want a world where no girl, no woman, no person has to carry that kind of trauma?

Wouldn’t you want to be part of changing that? We fight for all children. We fight for all women. And we will always fight for our Native daughters & people.

Help us continue this work. We pour everything we got into changing these statistics! Text NOND to 44-321 or request a training today. We would be honored to share our mission of community safety and prevention.

Not your daughter. Not my daughter. Not Our Native daughters.

04/10/2026

Good evening, relatives

Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center - Native Connections of Rosebud will be partnering with the Sicangu Nation Employment and Training Program (SNETP)on a su***de prevention training called Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) on Thursday, April 16th, 2026.

Event details:
📍Sicangu Nations Employment and Training Program (SNETP) is basement/conference room. in Rosebud, SD
🕕 6pm to 7:30pm
✅ This su***de prevention training is opened to anyone from the ages of 12 years old to adult.

A meal and drinks will be provided.

There are 25 spots available. You can contact the Wiconi Wakan office at (605) 747-2777, to reserve your spot. There is only one training session from 6-7pm.

What is Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)? It's a training that equips you with the tools and knowledge how to recognize:
• Su***de warning signs, clues, and other risk factors of su***de.
• How to question a person about su***de
• How to persuade someone to get the help, and
• How to refer someone to appropriate resources to help them.
• Time: 45 - 60 minutes
• One (1) QPR booklet will be provided
• Receive one (1) year renewable certification to be a gatekeeper

Quote:
"Su***de prevention is everybody's business, and anyone can help prevent the tradegy of su***de."

If you have any questions, you can call the Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center office at (605) 747-2777.

Have a good evening!

04/09/2026

Good afternoon, relatives!

Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center will be doing house to house outreach in the Saint Francis community this afternoon. We’ll be giving out our program and 988 information. If you have any questions for us. You can talk to one of our outreach workers.

Have a good day!

04/08/2026

It's Sexual Assault Awareness Month, join us for SWIWC's webinar series including, "A Talk With Male Survivors" on April 21st. You can attend one or all webinar series here: https://swiwc.coalitionmanager.org/eventmanager/trainingevent/seriesdetails/17

This is a FREE webinar. Anyone can attend.

Questions, reach out to SWIWC. Thank you

04/07/2026

Hello, relatives!

Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center - Native Connections of Rosebud will be partnering with the White River Elementary School counselor on another beading workshop tomorrow, April 7th, 2026

Here we will have an informational booth with the 988 su***de and crisis lifeline set up and our program brochures of our services we offer.

This event is opened to all ages (or the public). We will be providing beading supplies to whomever is interested in learning how to bead or anyone who already knows how to bead and wants to create something.

If you have any questions, please contact the Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center office at 605-747-2777. You can ask for Gabriel Good Shield. Or you can call the White River Elementary School at 605-259-3135. You can ask for the elementary school counselor, Theresa Leader Charge.

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04/06/2026

Learn to save a life in just one day!

Join us on Friday, May 15th, 2026, at the Pahin Sinte College Center for an essential training in First Aid, CPR, and AED. Earn your certification and gain critical life-saving skills that can make a real difference in emergencies. Open to all—limited spots available, so pre-register now!

Scan the QR code, contact us at 605-867-5404, or use the following link to secure your spot.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heartsaver-first-aid-cpr-aed-porcupine-sd-tickets-1986581125624?aff=oddtdtcreator