WÓŽU
HEALING GARDENS
The land is not just a resource,but our relative.
Our Calling
Of Remembrance
Wóžu Healing Gardens Is A Nonprofit Built In Partnership With Lakota Tribe Members, Restoring And Strengthening The Innate Connection Between People, Land, And Food.
At Wóžu Healing Gardens We Cultivate With Remembrance The Infrastructures Of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Regenerative Agriculture, Sovereignty & Wholeness, Cultural Education, And Local Economic Development.
The Meaning of Wóžu
In The Lakota Language, Wóžu (Pronounced Woh-Zue) Stands For "Sowing of Plants for Ones Own, Moving Of Plants for Ones Own.”
The Earth Holding the Seed, The Seed Held By The Soil. For The Quiet, Radical Act Of Putting A Seed In The Ground With Trust, Care, Love & Reciprocity That Sustains The Life Of It.
We chose this name because it Encompasses everything we Envision and the story we Are Cultivating.
For The Seven Generations Behind Us, Who Planted What We Now Harvest & For The Seven Generations Ahead, Who Will Inherit What We Plant Today.
What We Are Building
we are stewarding 65 acres of land at star bear ranch in elbert, colorado
Wóžu Healing Gardens will be Bringing Together:
land rematriation
food Sovereignty & Agriculture
Community
Ceremony
Education, Earth Schooling & Cultural Expression
Local Economics & Soil Restoration
Mental Health & Wholeness
Women’s Reproductive Health
Youth and Elder Support
The Wound is everywhere.
And so is the Medicine of the Land.
Wóžu is the response — a living framework for any community ready to return to the land and heal.
➢LAND BACK ➢INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY ➢REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ➢LAND REMATRIATION ➢COMMUNITY
➢LAND BACK ➢INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY ➢REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ➢LAND REMATRIATION ➢COMMUNITY
About the Artist:
Delane Has No Horse
Oglala Lakota artist Delane Has No Horse, is the lead artist behind the Wóžu logo and integrity of our art program. Delane grew up in Wakpamini Lake, South Dakota and now resides with his family outside of Kyle, South Dakota nestled in the Bad Lands. He has devoted his life to helping the people, within his teaching and giving of his artwork he inspires native youth and the community at large.
For many years he has created hundreds of art pieces that are rooted in Native life ways, resiliency, and cultural integrity.
His bold and unique artistic style is expressed over multiple medias including producing powerful pieces on canvas, material, leather, digital art and building sized murals. His art can be found throughout Turtle Island, all his pieces merge the mystical with everyday life. The scope of Delane’s work is limitless and we are honored here at Wóžu Healing Gardens to have his guidance, and collaboration.