What is Lakota Indian Family Trust (LIFT)

LIFT is an organization chartered under the laws and regulatory authority of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c) (3) organization.  Our long-term objective is to serve the people of the Oglala Sioux Tribe living on or near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and provide much needed services that will help to address the severe problems that are destroying our families and to help restore self-sufficiency.

LIFT will provide a focused, personal approach by working with families in each of the 9 districts on Pine Ridge.  We will conduct a needs assessment which will include all members of the family regardless of age or status and develop program services to meet each individual need.  LIFT will access the many resources already available and create programmatic services for those needs that are not provided for currently.