Running Strong for American Indian Youth

Four of the five counties with the worst child poverty rates in the nation, are located on SD's Indian Reservations.

Highlighted Water Programs:

Mni Wiconi (Water is Life), SD

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Program Categories

Food Distribution / Nutrition

Our Programs:

Water Well Programs

Running Strong's founder Eugene Krizek at our first water well drilled on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

When Running Strong began working on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Tribal President Joe American Horse identified water as the greatest need on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Today, many Oglala Lakota families live without running water in relative isolation – forcing them to haul water for miles, using whatever containers they can find. Our program for drilling water wells has been a mainstay of Running Strong's assistance to the Oglala Lakota people since 1986.

Our water well program:
Mni Wiconi (Water is Life)

Running Strong for American Indian Youth^® • American Indian Youth Running Strong
2550 Huntington Avenue, Suite #200 Alexandria, VA 22303-1499
703-317-9881 • Fax: 703-317-9690

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