Leon Leader Charge
Leon is an enrolled member of the
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud S.D.,
and also a part of the
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, S.D.
Leon was awarded
the 2023 Minority Fellowship Award for
Master's Addiction Counselors by the
National Board of Certified Counselors,
the NBCC Foundation, and NAADAC.
Ecoffey, B. Sicangu Citizen Honored by National Indian Health Board, Lakota Times, Oct. 27, 2016.
Ecoffey, B. Rosebud Man Recognized for Positive Contributions, Lakota Times, Mar. 31, 2016.
Oyate Today interview with Gene Tyon & Leon Leader Charge
Soto, C., West, A.E., Ramos, G.G., Unger, J.B. (March 2022). Substance and behavioral addictions among American Indian and Alaska native populations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Wendt et al. (2019). Substance Use Research with Indigenous Communities: Exploring and Extending Foundational Principles of Community Psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology.
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
Factsheet on Suicide Among Racial/Ethnic Populations in the U.S.: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)
Sjoblom et al. (2022). Centering Indigenous Knowledge in Suicide Prevention: A Critical Scoping Review. BMC Public Health.
Effects of Historical Trauma on Native Americans
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women from Native Hope
Edwards, K. M., Siller, L., Leader Charge, D., Bordeaux, S., & Leader Charge, L. Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Sexual Harassment Victimization Among Girls on an Indian Reservation: An Examination of Rates and Risk and Protective Factors. Violence Against Women.
Siċaŋġu Co aims to improve the financial and social well-being of tribal relatives.
Rosebud Sioux Tribe: History and Culture
Lakota Language Consortium has been active in keeping the Lakota language alive for 20 years.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (federal government agency)
South Dakota Urban Indian Health
National Indian Law Library (NILL) - is a law library devoted to American Indian law. NILL serves the public by developing and making accessible a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources
High Country News: Indigenous Affairs covers news items from 12 western states and the indigenous communities that live in those states.
Indian Country Today (ICT)
Lakota Times, published at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Martin, SD