Wamakanskan Wawokiye Oti: Helping Animal Center

Kathleen WoodenKnife of the Rosebud Indian Reservation has worked for years to help provide affordable animal care to her community. She has organized numerous low-cost/no-cost pop-up clinics, enlisting veterinarians and volunteers to deliver wellness checks, vaccinations, spaying/neutering, food and medicine that serve hundreds of animals for the Sicangu Lakota Oyate.

Kathleen has worked to create a nonprofit veterinary and wellness clinic to serve the four-leggeds. Wamakanskan Wawokiye Oti, is a veterinary hospital whose mission is to meet community need. The Lakota name translates to “Helping Animal Center.”

As manager of Wamakanskan Wawokiye Oti, WoodenKnife has helped over 1,500 dogs, horses, cats, and rabbits receive affordable care in 2021 alone.

All donations go to helping Kathleen's important and live-saving work at Wamakanskan Wawokiye Oti.