Della Badwound

Ms. Della describes language as being sacred and medicine. She reflects on the significance of the Lakota language and the ways colonization worked to erase the Lakota language.

Ms. Della describes her involvement in an alcohol prevention program for women through the Denver Indian Health.

Ms. Della shares about her involvement in the White Bison Wellbriety Movement, an alcohol prevention program for Native Americans. The program started in Colorado Springs and is now nationwide and serves non-Native communities as well.

In describing translating and interpreting for her unchi, which means grandmother in the Lakota language, from a young age, Ms. Della also shares some historical context, including receiving food rations. She emphasizes the important of "Language Back" in addition to "Land Back"

Ms. Della shares about her education journey, specifically during the American Indian Movement (AIM). She briefly describes being in her 20s, leaving her convent, and supporting her community during the time of the Wounded Knee Occupation on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1973.

Ms. Della briefly describes her initial involvement in the American Indian Movement.