RBC - Northern Plains Election November 2015

 Northern Plains Regional Baha'i Council Meeting in Denver December 2015:
Greg Hansen, Dru Hanich, Jennifer Doney, Max Defender, Barbara Mark, Karen Pulkrabek
(below) Bronwyn Castillo, former member and Alan Schulte.

Rosebud, SD November 2015

29 September 2015 Tutor Reflection Meeting Rapid City, SD

August 2015 Book 5 Animator Training Wakpala, SD

October 2015 Boise, ID Inter-Institutional Meeting

Reflections on Life of the Spirit Standing Rock September 2015

August 2015 Standing Rock, SD with "gems of inestimable value."

Our much loved and respected Elder Delores Taken Alive

This is our parting picture from the August Animator Training and Practice! So sweet!

Thank you Magdeline Rose, Wyatt Morgano, Cheyenne Defender, Emma Guzman, Christine Calkins, Max, Karen Pulkrabeck, Erick Gooden, Lea Long Feather, the Famous Tim Crawford, Ray Miller  along with the wonderful visionary youth and junior youth  who are destined to change this world! 

7 August 2015 Passing of Jacinta Defender

NPRBC 2015 Fargo, ND: Smiles All Around!

June Visit from Australia: Chris Kavelin

 Chris, Paul, and Carly.

Chris, Bernard, Alice, Riaz. Everyone was so happy that he was here!

Cool, wet morning at Pine Ridge Junior Youth Camp, May 2015

Karen Pulkrabeck and Max Defender, Chairman NPRBC

More photos from Native American Baha'i Conference, in Houck, Az from Riaz Castillo

McLauglin, SD: Studying Ruhi Book 5 Junior Youth Empowerment Program

Photo from Riaz's Facebook page via Aubrey Nunal Carey (how much we miss them!!!)"Studying Book 5 @ SD, USA"

The aim of the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program is to assist junior youth (ages 12-14) to take ownership for their spiritual and intellectual development, to develop a strong sense of purpose and the volition needed to make good decisions, and to engage in meaningful social action in their communities. — with Riaz Castillo, Leonora Jumao-as Nunal, Malcolm Kevin and Kevin Isgor-Locke.

Pine Ridge Rocks! 23May2015 The Institute Process supported by your gifts to the Northern Plains Regional Baha'i Council.

The power of the Institute Process is evident in these children and junior youth from Pine Ridge, SD. These are the next leaders of the Pine Ridge community and surrounding communities where they have spirituality and knowledge in their hands and on their side❤🌱 Thank you to those of you who sent prayers of strength to all of us at the Pine Ridge, SD, junior youth camp. Continue to send your prayers to those lovely children, junior youth, youth, and elders of that blessed land and around the rest of the world for love and growth to become infused into our daily activities. A big thank you to Cindy Catches, Paul Catches, Carly Martin and others from the community who made it possible to come to their home and experience growth, learn about healing and growth, and enrich our knowledge of the culture❤ I am also thankful to the Creator for sending us so many blessings. Here are more pictures from the Pine Ridge junior youth camp for everyone to enjoy🌱 Cheyenne Defender

— with Carly Martin and 12 others.

Stopping in Martin on the way home from Pine Ridge. Naomi One Feather