Reorganizing business meeting of the Oak Lake Writers Society in Pierre, SD, on October 20, 2018. Members in attendance (left to right, back row) Edward Valandra, Mabel Picotte, Tasiyagnunpa (Livermont) Barondeau, Sarah Hernandez, Deanna Stands, Ross DuBray, (left to right, front row) Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Lydia Whirlwind Soldier, Lanniko Lee, Patty Bordeaux Nelson. Present via phone Tate Walker (unpictured).
As we prepare for this year’s retreat, the Oak Lake Writers’ Society received verification this week of being approved as a 501(c)3 non-profit designation by the IRS.
Donations made after March 18, 2022, will be tax deductible.
Next year, the Oak Lake Writers’ Society will have been together in some format for 30 years! Celebrate with us as we now have officially gained full non-profit status as a Native-led, Native-run organization.
What better way to celebrate, than by supporting our upcoming retreat?
Donations pay our lean staffing and costs associated with this year’s annual writers retreat. Attendees are tribal members from the Oceti Sakowin Oyate and are asked to only make a monetary donation if able. Our culture-based writing retreat depends upon one another, so we do not ask anyone to pay to share their wisdom, and community mentorship, even as they also work on their own writing and craft.
For the first year back in person, we will be meeting November 3-6, 2022, at the Golden Buffalo Conference Center in Lower Brule. We are excited to realize this goal of getting our retreat out into our tribal communities!