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Pine Ridge Extension
Community development efforts have been hampered by a lack of available
information, access to training, and collaboration among stakeholders.
Through leadership development and collaborative programming, community
visioning and both project initiation and completion could be enhanced.
Shawn Burke
Pine Ridge Cooperative Extension,
HCR 49, Box 185,
Porcupine, SD 57772
4-H Afterschool Program
The national 4-H Afterschool program was the main avenue for teen
leadership training this year. The Pine Ridge office developed modules
and conducted training with 15 teens at Crazy Horse High School in
Medicine Root District on Pine Ridge Reservation, and subsequently
placed 6 of these teens as leaders for the Lakota Quillwork program,
funded in part by the SDSU 4-H Afterschool grant. A total of 43 youth
participated in this program, learning the tradition lore and history
of quillwork, and going through the process of preparing and dying
quills, then creating simple b
Environmental Education Initiatives
The Pine Ridge office has engaged in a number of environmental
education initiatives. South Dakota Rangeland Days is an annual event
involving SDSU, Oglala Lakota College, NRCS and several other local
partners; at the two regional events recently held the Extension
office helped plan and organize learning activities for ages 8-adult,
in such topics as plant morphology and identification and range
suitability for cattle or grouse habitat.
FRTEP 20 Years of Excellence.ppt
Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) - 20 Years of Excellence!
The powerpoint presentation from the 2010 FRTEP Day at the 2010 IAC-INCA Conference in Las Vegas, NV, December 6, 2010 that hilghlights the work being done at our FRTEP offices across the country.
FRTEP 2010 - 20 Years of Excellence!
Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) - 20 Years of Excellence!
The powerpoint presentation from the 2010 FRTEP Day at the 2010 IAC-INCA Conference in Las Vegas, NV, December 6, 2010 that hilghlights the work being done at our FRTEP offices across the country.
