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"Akisni in Lakota language means wellness, recovery, and healing," Curtiss Heidebrink says.
"We chose this word as the foundation of our program though we will serve all of our North Dakota Indigenous Nations."
The Lakota word means "wellness," "recovery," and "healing," and Heidebrink is the director of the Akisni Warrior Lodge program at James River Correctional Center in Jamestown, North Dakota, which has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota Caring Foundation to implement a trauma-informed healing curriculum to reduce recidivism among North Dakota's Indigenous population, the Grand Forks Herald reports.
"This curriculum has effectively reduced recidivism from 66%-28% among Alaska Natives so we are highly anticipating similar results here," says Rachel Bye, a rep for the F5 Project, which will use the funds to implement the curriculum at the AWL.
The AWL, which opened in 2023, is designed to provide culturally rooted programs for inmates at the James River Correctional Center.
The F5 Project provides care coordination and peer support for individuals needing reentry, recovery, and mental health resources.
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Foundation: Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Skoll Foundation, Target Foundation, Ford Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
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The University of Utah's Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy has narrowed its list of finalists for its $500,000 Climate Launch Prize to seven. The goal of the prize, which is one of the...more
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Canada is putting its money where its mouth is, with a $2.5 million investment in five projects in India meant to help the country's poor, the Toronto Star reports. "Many of these novel projects...more
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Foundation: Community Foundation of Southern Indiana
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Foundation: Community Giving Foundation
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When Hannah Davis  traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.
