This includes projects with Lakota ceremonial leaders and community stewards, supporting projects that uphold cultural traditions, strengthen community well‐being, and advance food sovereignty.

The Oglala Sioux Gardens On Pine Ridge (Slim Buttes Ag. Program)

Run by Milo Yellow Hair, The Fountain’s donation was matched by the International Flow Fund for a total of $10,000 gifted. These gardens feed many in this time when food sovereignty is becoming more and more important to all. The good work Milo and his family do has helped organic gardens spread throughout the reservation. For 2026, the goal is to double this gift to the Garden Project.

The Afraid of Bear Cook Sundance in the Black Hills 

The Fountain’s donation was matched by the International Flow Fund for a total of $10,000 gifted. In a year of strong change, support for this ceremony is so important.
Grandmother Loretta continues to hold the torch of wisdom ensuring that this line of prayer goes on unbroken, passing the ancestral wisdom and traditions on to the youth through their direct living-teachings and living-prayers. For 2026, the goal is to double this gift to Sundance.

Slim Buttes Food Pantry

 Creation and management of a food pantry for Slim Buttes community. 

We are aiming to implement a food pantry to support food sovereignty in the Black Hills and are looking to raise $25,000 to initiate this project.

Sundance Grounds Land Trust

We are initiating this fund to begin to collect the required money to purchase property in the Black Hills. This land will be secured under trust to the People and their descendants as a secure and permanent ceremonial place for the youth to continue following the ancestral wisdom that has been passed to them—Sundance Grounds, creation and management of a food pantry for Slim Buttes community.