Missions Statement

Oyate Concern Inc.  is a Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) member organization working to serve the Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in south-west South Dakota.  Oyate Concern is committed to the Christian Community Development Association’s 3-R strategy.  The three “R’s” stand for relocation, redistribution, and reconciliation.  Relocation involves living in the community and sharing in the problems and solutions to those problems as a neighbor.  Redistribution works to redistribute resources from wealthier communities to poorer communities, helping build resources back into the communities that they have lost and keeping resources in the community, empowering those in the community.  The third principle is reconciliation.  This involves realizing that God has given us the ministry of reconciling men to Himself.  Our ultimate goal is to raise up indigenous Christian leadership and to empower the community to a stronger, healthier lifestyle spiritually, physically, emotionally.