Tasunke Wakan Okolakiciye’s unique process includes returning to traditional Oglala Lakota culture and values within the context of modern day life, which is reflected by

• Understanding the primary importance of the tiospaye. (extended family).
• Recognizing that Spirituality encompasses all areas of our life and returning to our traditional spiritual ways.
• Utilizing our traditional healers f…or our physical and mental health care.
• Practicing our Virtues; Wisdom, Bravery, Generosity and Fortitude.
• Teaching and utilizing our Lakota language and observing cultural protocol such as traditional kinship system and terminology.
• Acknowledging and coping with historical grief and inter-generational post traumatic stress disorder.
• Educating Adults and children about Lakota history , traditions and spirituality.
• Regaining the balance we once enjoyed; living in peace with the earth