Monthly Ceremonies & Community Gatherings
Throughout the year, Kunsi Keya Tamakoce offers monthly ceremonies, teachings, and community gatherings that support spiritual growth, cultural learning, relationship building, and collective healing.
Rooted in Lakota values of reciprocity, respect, and relational accountability, these gatherings provide opportunities for participants to deepen their connection to ceremony, community, and the natural world while learning alongside elders, teachers, and fellow community members.
Gatherings may include sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, full moon teachings, talking circles, seasonal celebrations, cultural teachings, and community meals.
Whether attending for the first time or returning as a long-time participant, individuals are welcomed into a space of prayer, reflection, learning, and shared responsibility. At KKT, ceremony is not separate from daily life; it is practiced through the relationships we build, the food we share, the stories we carry, and the responsibilities we hold to one another and the land.
Link to Register / RSVP: Coming Soon
Suggested Donation Contribution: Donation-based
Full Moon Teachings & Talking Circles
Monthly community gathering centered on reflection, emotional grounding, teaching, and connection.
Full moon gatherings create a structured space for talking circles, sharing, listening, and reflection. These gatherings support emotional healing, relational accountability, and community strengthening rooted in Indigenous teachings.
May include:
- Full moon teachings
- Talking circle
- Community reflection and sharing
- Light meal or shared food
- Group grounding practices
Link to Register / RSVP: Coming Soon
Suggested Donation Contribution: Donation-based
Sweat Lodge Ceremony
A ceremonial gathering for prayer, purification, healing, and spiritual connection.
Guided by experienced ceremonial leadership, this gathering is rooted in Lakota ceremonial tradition and emphasizes humility, prayer, and relational responsibility.
May include:
- Sweat lodge ceremony
- Prayer and reflection
- Community teachings
- Post-ceremony grounding or sharing
Link to Register / RSVP: Coming Soon
Suggested Donation Contribution: Donation-based
Important Note: Participation may require prior guidance or invitation depending on protocol
Seasonal Community Gatherings
Community-based gatherings honoring seasonal change, land, and collective responsibility.
These gatherings bring people together through food, teaching, ceremony, and land-based activity. They support connection to seasonal cycles and intergenerational learning.
May include:
- Seasonal teachings
- Community meals
- Land-based activities
- Ceremonial or reflective space
- Intergenerational gathering
Link to Register / RSVP: Coming Soon
Suggested Donation Contribution: Donation-based
Two Spirit Sundance Gathering
At KKT, ceremony is not something separate from daily life; it is practiced through the relationships we build, the food we share, the stories we carry, and the responsibilities we hold to one another and the land.
Founded in 1987, the Kunsi Keya Tamakoce Two-Spirit Sundance is a matriarchal Lakota ceremonial gathering rooted in prayer, sacrifice, healing, and community responsibility. Held annually on Grandmother Turtle Land, Sundance offers participants an opportunity to deepen their relationship with themselves, their community, Mother Earth, and All Our Relations.
Guided by nearly four decades of ceremonial leadership and tradition, the Sundance welcomes individuals who are committed to approaching the work with humility, respect, sobriety, and a willingness to participate fully in community life. The ceremony is supported by shared meals, communal responsibilities, teachings, prayer, song, and the collective care of the ceremonial circle.
Participation is by application and requires a commitment to the values, protocols, and responsibilities of the ceremonial community.
Monthly Ceremonies
Throughout the year, Kunsi Keya Tamakoce offers monthly ceremonies, teachings, and community gatherings that support spiritual growth, cultural learning, relationship building, and collective healing. These gatherings may include sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, full moon teachings, talking circles, seasonal celebrations, cultural teachings, and community meals.
Rooted in Lakota values of reciprocity, respect, and relational accountability, these gatherings provide opportunities for participants to deepen their connection to ceremony, community, and the natural world while learning alongside elders, teachers, and fellow community members.
Whether attending for the first time or returning as a long-time participant, individuals are welcomed into a space of prayer, reflection, learning, and shared responsibility.
At KKT, ceremony is not something separate from daily life; it is practiced through the relationships we build, the food we share, the stories we carry, and the responsibilities we hold to one another and the land.
DONATION-BASED
Donation-Based | Community Supported
Kunsi Keya Tamakoce believes that cultural teachings, mentorship, leadership development, and opportunities for connection should be accessible to youth and families regardless of financial circumstances.
Many of our Youth & Family Programs are offered at no cost to participants through the support of grants, donations, community sponsorships, and volunteer contributions. When appropriate, participants may be invited to make a voluntary donation to help sustain the program and support future generations.
No one will be turned away due to an inability to contribute financially.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
We welcome:
Individual donations
Monthly sustaining donors
Program sponsors
In-kind donations
Foundation and grant partnerships
Volunteer support
Your contributions help provide educational materials, cultural arts supplies, food, transportation assistance, elder honoraria, youth scholarships, and program coordination.
Land Stewardship & Community Gatherings
Land-Based Learning, Community Engagement, Food Sovereignty, Environmental Stewardship
When we care for the land, we care for one another. When we care for one another, we honor the generations yet to come.
At Kunsi Keya Tamakoce, we believe the land is one of our greatest teachers. Our Land Stewardship & Community Gatherings programs invite people into a deeper relationship with Mother Earth through hands-on learning, community service, cultural teachings, food sovereignty initiatives, and shared responsibility for the well-being of future generations.
Rooted on Grandmother Turtle Land, these gatherings bring together youth, elders, families, community members, and volunteers to care for the land while strengthening connections with one another.
Through gardening, food cultivation, harvesting, seed saving, food preservation, ceremonial site care, ecological stewardship, and community work days, participants learn that caring for the Earth is inseparable from caring for ourselves and our communities.
Our work is guided by Lakota values of reciprocity, gratitude, respect, and responsibility.
We recognize that the health of our communities is directly connected to the health of the land, waters, plants, animals, and ecosystems that sustain us.
Program offerings may include:
Community Gardening & Food Sovereignty Projects
Seed Saving & Traditional Food Teachings
Food Preservation & Harvest Gatherings
Land Stewardship Work Days
Arbor & Ceremonial Site Care
Environmental Education & Ecological Awareness
Intergenerational Skill Sharing
Community Meals & Seasonal Celebrations
Indigenous Land-Based Teachings
Volunteer & Service Opportunities
PRICE
Donation-Based | Community Supported
Participation is donation-based whenever possible. Suggested donations may be provided for certain gatherings to help offset costs associated with supplies, food, educational materials, garden infrastructure, land maintenance, and program coordination. However, no one will be turned away due to financial hardship.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Your donations help support:
Community gardens and food sovereignty projects
Seed saving and food preservation programs
Land stewardship and ecological restoration efforts
Ceremonial site maintenance and arbor care
Community meals and seasonal gatherings
Educational materials and cultural teachings
Elder honoraria and guest teachers
Youth participation and intergenerational programming
Tools, equipment, and land-based learning resources
WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE
One-time Donations
Monthly Sustaining Donations
Sponsor a Community Gathering
Volunteer Service
In-Kind Donations
Grant and Foundation Partnerships
At KKT, stewardship is not measured by what someone can afford to give, but by their willingness to participate in caring for the land, community, and future generations.