The Dakota Tiwahe Service Unit

10/29/2025

All adults welcome, couples encouraged. There will be child care.

10/24/2025

The Video Post is Now Closed
Instead of a wheel of names all 7 participants of the video post will receive a gift card. We have 4 $25.00 and 3 $20.00. We will put them in blank envelopes and you'll randomly choose one. Thank you for watching and sharing. Just stop by the front desk around 11am and see Shirley. Otherwise she'll be here until 4:30pm except at noon.

-Roni
-Tracy
-Deana T.
-Micki
-Cynthia
-Bernie
-Wynona

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10/23/2025

https://youtu.be/set1w_YI6qw?si=opjrQZrR0UMw-qWs
This is this week's video for Educational Day. You can watch & share in the comment something you learned. Friday before noon we will do a wheel of names & will be picking 4 winners for 4 gift cards. Thank you for participating and sharing.

Here are some phone numbers if you or someone you know may need someone to talk to:
R**E AND ABUSE IN**ST NATION NETWORK 1-800-656-4673
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 1-800-799-7223
STRONG HEARTS NATIVE HELPLINE 1-844-762-8483

What does abuse really do to your brain? Whether it’s emotional abuse, psychological manipulation, or physical violence, trauma doesn’t just hurt in the mome...

10/22/2025

Good day everyone, I wanted to send out a reminder that today is our community drive thru. We will be handing out meals, candy bags and shirts to the first 100 people that participate. I wanted to take this moment and share a little with you.

Every year, among ourselves at the office we try to find something that matters to put on our shirts. We are typically influenced by the causes our community fights on a constant basis.
This year, we utilized Carl Jay John’s design from the Memorial March to Honor Lost Children. This march happens every November for the sake of children who were removed from their families. The staff here at DTSU try to walk every year in Sioux City with those relatives on behalf of the cause.

The committee in Sioux City unfortunately keeps trying to remove Carl’s design from their event. The design has been with the March since its inception. Afraid the design would be forgotten, and his story behind the design would be forgotten, we decided to reuse the design in hopes no one would forget him or the children of the March.

Carl Jay John was a Santee Sioux Nation tribal member who resided in Sioux City, Iowa his entire life. He spent a few summers in Santee and made friends here who are still living and remember him. Carl was asked by Frank LaMere, an advocate for Native people who since passed on to make a design for this event he and his friend Judy Yellowbank who since passed on were creating. Carl was not related to anyone, had no political status, he was an at-risk youth in the Siouxland area who loved to skateboard and hang out with his friends. He was an artist in the making.

A short time after he made the design for the March, he did have an accident where he lost so much oxygen to his brain he was deemed vegetative at 13 years old. His mom, who is my sister, cared for him in her home for 14 years before he passed on at 27. And although he would not live a life like others, everyone knew him for skateboarding and his contribution to the Memorial March.

We look forward to seeing everyone after work. And I know there are other activities starting at 5pm but I can assure you the drive thru goes by fast. We are usually done within 20 mins.

10/20/2025

You can post your family activity pictures in the comment section of this post.

10/20/2025

Today is Family day for Domestic Violence Awareness Week. Come to the DTSU for a Halloween kit. 1 per family. Post this evening on this page. Will provide a $20 gift card tomorrow after the post. Thank you.

10/01/2025

03/07/2025

We are open today at noon until GA/Foster checks have been picked up. If you need your check dropped off due to weather call us at 402 857 2342 so that we can arrange a driver to drop it off to your home.

- the front door of the tribal building is open.

11/12/2024

This Saturday in Santee NE

11/12/2024

This workshop ties into Saturday Buffalo Harvest here in Santee NE.

11/08/2024

Our local Legal Aid Native American program needs help! Please take the time and scan the qr code and fill out . Legal Aid is trying to figure out how to better serve us when we need their assistance.

10/30/2024

Lateral Violence video gift card winners
1. Brandi C.
2. Twila R.
3. Sissy D.
4. Deana T.