Wendy
is donating a share of her profits to Sunka Wakan
na Wakanyeja Awicaglipi, a 501-C-3 nonprofit
organization on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South
Dakota. Its goal is expressed in the organization's
name, which is Lakota for "Bring Back the Horse
and the Child." Even though the horse is still
sacred to the Lakota, only a small number of Indians
on the reservation can afford to buy a horse to share
with their children. Because of high unemployment, poverty,
and social oppression, the youth of the reservation
are prime candidates for becoming involved with gangs,
drugs, alcohol and crime. SWWA believes that teaching
traditional Lakota horsemanship to children and youth
is an excellent way to protect them from delinquency
and antisocial behavior by building character, teaching
responsibility, caring and teamwork. Your purchase of
Healing Power of Horses: Lessons from the Lakota
Indians could help make this goal a reality.
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