Great Plains dwellers include all occupants of North Central Nebraska and South Central South Dakota.  Many races and ethnic groups settled here after the region’s first residents, the Lakota people.  While the population increased substantially over the last 200 years, the region continues to meet the contemporary definition of frontier and rural.  Unfortunately, the health status of Great Plains dwellers has declined markedly over the same period.  The economy of the region lags behind more urbanized areas, and some counties of the region are actually the poorest in the U.S. This combination of disease burden, limited economy, unique cultural features, and remote geography creates special challenges to both intervention and prevention efforts.  Here is where a non-profit entity based in the region and dedicated to health solutions can really make difference.

The Minnechaduza Foundation graphic depicts stylized icons for the two major cultures of the Great Plains:  a Native American teepee and silluoetted grain elevator—nearly constant features of this region.  Like the cultures they represent, these icons share a wide base from which they extend upward like the hope and spirits of their people.

The Minnechaduza Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity created in 1999 in the State of Nebraska to execute the following mission:

Development and support of scientific, clinical, and community initiatives that support improved health of Great Plains dwellers while promoting and preserving their unique cultural and historical values.

Minnechaduza Foundation

P.O. Box 85

148 1/2 E. 1st St.

Valentine, NE  69201

402-376-8027

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Our Number 1 Priority:  Healthy and safe children through healthy families