The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has purchased the 18-bed facility, which is meant to divert Native children from state foster care and to encourage cultural connections
Past a gravel road lined with old white wooden buildings is a new eight-acre village dotted with colorful houses, tepees and a sweat lodge. The Simply Smiles Children's Village, in this small town on the Cheyenne River Reservation, is home to a program aimed at improving outcomes and reducing trauma for Indigenous foster children.
The Simply Smiles Children’s Village is a small town on the Cheyenne River Reservation that is home to a program aimed at improving outcomes and reducing trauma for Indigenous foster children.
A foster care program on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota is attracting attention from officials elsewhere as they search for ways to reduce trauma inflicted on Indigenous families,