Cultural Health

SDUIH cares for your mind, body and spirit. Our Cultural Health Department offers traditional medicines (petuja, bear root tea, herb infused honey), spiritual guidance, smudging, and a warm and welcome space for relatives to come and talk. We also offer cultural activities throughout the week to take care of your spirit and keep you connected to traditional Indigenous lifeways. Our doors are always open for relatives needing to pray, sing, smudge or just talk. Mitakuye oyasin – we are all related.

Culturally-centered Activities Offered by SDUIH:

Positive Indian Parenting
Therapeutic Sewing & Beading Groups
Dakota Language Lessons
Red Road Approach Recovery Groups
Two Spirit and LBGTQ+ Group
Inipi (Women and Community)
Talking Circle
Wígmuŋke Thiwáhe (Rainbow Family) Red Road Approach
Ašniyapi Ošpaye (Healing Family) Group
Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Group
Women’s Spiritual Group
Therapeutic Coffee and Crafts

For more information about these groups please check out our events page!