Pine Ridge Reservation Organizations
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Anpetu Luta Otipi "Living in a Red Day" Kiyuksa O'Tipi Reintegration Center Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi, Inc. (LOWO) Oglala Lakota Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program
Oglala Sioux Tribe Victims Assistance OST Partnership for Housing, Inc. Saint Francis Home for Lakota Children |
Cangleska, Inc.Cangleska, Inc. is a comprehensive domestic violence prevention/intervention program designed to provide advocacy to battered Oglala women and their children and hold offenders accountable. It has been incorporated as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) since 1996. In 1997, Cangleska, Inc. opened its first battered women's shelter in Kyle and opened a second facility in Rapid City in 2000. Anywhere from 300 to 600 women make their way to the Cangleska shelter each year, along with their 600 to 900 children, infants through teens. The shelter provides them with safety and related assistance as well as providing outreach advocacy services to an additional 800 to 1,500 annually, all with a staff of 43. Cangleska, Inc. provides housing, medical, legal, social services, criminal justice, and advocacy for victims of domestic violence who may not desire or need out-of-home shelter. It provides educational classes for offenders, teaching them how to incorporate Lakota culture and values into their everyday life and family relationships. Cangleska, Inc. also monitors and assists the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe's system response to spousal abuse, provides domestic violence specific training to local agencies, and provides domestic violence probation services. You can provide assistance to Cangleska, Inc. by sending donations to be used to benefit the battered women and their children in their shelters (see suggested donations and shipping address below) or by sending a tax deductible monetary donation in the form of a check or money order made out to Cangleska, Inc. and mailed to Karen Artichoker at the address below. Many of the women and children move out of the shelter and must start up new households from scratch as they often leave their situations hastily and have no opportunity to bring belongings with them. Your donations of supplies, clothing and household items below (new and/or gently used) will help tremendously! If you prefer to donate with a credit card, please call 605 455-2244. You can also donate via PayPal by using the following address to send funds: paypal@cangleska.org For further information on Cangleska, click here to visit their website and please take the time to read this article about Cangleska published in the Chicago Tribune.
Donation Suggestions:
 (an urgent need), formula, clothing (all sizes, all seasons),
umbrella strollers,
bassinets, cribs,
and art supplies (new)
: pots, pans, dishes, small appliances, flatware, etc. (with a special need for new electric skillets)
 (often a family's only means of cooking)
and underwear for women and children to age 18
food items
, toilet tissue etc.
and backpacks
(new)
, winter coats and cold weather gear (all urgent needs)
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