Impact

• Direct and indirect jobs created
• Payments made to disadvantaged businesses
• Payments made to local and regional businesses

• Individuals reached through cultural and educational programming
• Pounds of buffalo meat made available to local community
• Artists supplied with materials
• Value of charitable donations (meat, skulls, hides, etc.)
• Acres under Indigenous management
• % of Board of Directors identifying as Native American

• Acres under regenerative management
• Acres dedicated to bison grazing
• Abundance and diversity of Native plants
• Abundance and diversity of invasive plants
• Pounds of forage produced per acre
• % of carbon in soil
• Greenhouse gas emissions mitigated (sequestered, avoided, and reduced)
• Number of bird species identified
• Bulk density (i.e. soil compaction)
• Average soil surface stability class
• % of ground cover

Even more important than the measurable outcomes identified above is the fact that Wolakota will re-establish the sacred relationship between Lakota and buffalo in a modern context. 

We believe this could lead to the following impacts – and others which are beyond what we can currently imagine.  

• Improved diet and health outcomes
• Strengthened cultural identity, leading to improved mental health outcomes
• Increased sense of pride and empowerment for Native enterprises
• Heightened awareness of Indigenous leadership and values
• Improved understanding of the role of Indigenous solutions to global issues
• Increased demand for sovereignty