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- By Tribal Business News Staff
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The Rosebud Sioux Tribe plans to build a $4.6 million outpatient behavioral health treatment center, expanding tribally operated mental health and substance use services on the Rosebud Reservation.
The 8,400-square-foot facility will be constructed adjacent to the tribe's recently completed detoxification center and near the Indian Health Service emergency department, creating a centralized behavioral health campus. Nearly $5.4 million in grants from the Thomas W. Haas Foundation and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust will fund construction and first-year operating costs.
The facility will house the Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center and include seven treatment rooms, three therapy rooms, a family treatment room, a behavioral health call center, administrative offices and a dedicated traditional healing space.
Skyla Fast Horse, health director for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Health Administration, said the project expands the tribe's ability to provide culturally grounded behavioral health care locally.
“These projects are more than buildings and programs—they are a reflection of our values, our responsibility, and our commitment to the wellbeing of the Sicangu Oyate,” Fast Horse said. “Each initiative brings us closer to healing, self-determination, and a stronger future for generations to come.”
The tribe said the center will integrate evidence-based behavioral health treatment with Lakota cultural teachings and traditional healing practices.
Walter Panzirer, a trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust, said locating behavioral health and substance use services in one facility will improve access to care for tribal citizens. The project is expected to expand outpatient treatment capacity while supporting the tribe's broader strategy to provide behavioral health services within its own health system.
