SARE Panel: Youth Led Sustainable and Ethical Beekeeping LAKOTA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Connections Across the Generations
Friday, November 8th, 2024 – 9:00am MT – The Joe Rovere | Minnilusa Pioneer Room
Established in 1992 and located on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Reservation, LAKOTA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (formerly Native American Advocacy Program) is a statewide, non-profit, grassroots organization serving persons residing on and off the lands of the tribal nations in South Dakota. Honey Lodge is a Lakota youth-led social enterprise offering raw honey and natural products.
Their mission is to “reclaim Lakota language, culture and spirituality by promoting education and healthy lifestyles for our youth through culturally based strategies”.
Marla C. Bull Bear, M.A. is Sicangu (Burnt Thigh) Lakota, a wife of Naca Charles W. BullBear, mother and grandmother and has been sharing traditional knowledge with youth for over 30 years. Mrs. Bull Bear, founding Executive Director of Lakota Youth Development (LYD) received her Master’s in Community Counseling from a tribal university located on the Rosebud Reservation Her passion is the work of Lakota Youth Development and its culturally specific prevention program, teaching self-sufficiency with land stewardship and youth development through Lakota language immersion, apprenticeships in bee keeping and cultural heritage tourism enterprises.
