Wizipan Little Elk

Wizipan Little Elk
Wizipan Little Elk
Nationality	Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Citizenship	United States of America
Education	Bachelor's of Arts from Yale University; Juris Doctor in Indian Law from the University of Arizona;

Wizipan Little Elk is a community leader of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe who seeks to improve the wellbeing of Native Americans in the United States through governmental and economic policies.^[1]

Political career[edit]

Wizipan joined then-Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008 as a Native American Outreach Coordinator and was promoted to the First Americans Vote director. Once Obama was elected president, Wizipan became part of the transition team, the First Americans Public Liaison. Later, he was named deputy chief of staff to the United States Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs.^[2]

In 2011, Wizipan returned to Rosebud Indian Reservation, and became CEO of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation (REDCO).^[2]^[3]

In both 2019 and 2020 he was awarded Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) grants.^[5] In 2021, Wizipan was awarded a Bush Foundation fellowship.^[5]^[6]

^ "Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota". How we go home : voices from indigenous North America. Sara Sinclair, Greg Ballenger. Chicago, Illinois. 2020. pp. 193–265. ISBN 978-1-64259-271-9. OCLC 1144106445.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^ ^a ^b "Wizipan Garriott Little Elk". Four Directions. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
^ "Rosebud Sioux Tribe will create the largest native-owned and managed bison herd in North America". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
^ "WIZIPAN LITTLE ELK". Native American Contractors Association. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
^ ^a ^b Staff, Native Business (2021-05-14). "Wizipan Little Elk Selected as Bush Fellowship Award Recipient". Native Business Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-02. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
^ "Wizipan Little Elk". Bush Foundation. Retrieved 2021-08-02.