Rosebud, SD — Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 5) -
Philimon currently works for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Child Care Services as supervisor for Lakota language, history and culture. His job title, wakicunza, derives from the traditional Lakota leadership position: the wakicunza served as a camp director, organizing the movement and set up of a camp within a Lakota village. Philimon served in the U.S. Army on active duty from 1982 to 1986, honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant. He has worked for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in various capacities, from police officer to a director of the resource development office, where his experience led him to write grants and proposals for economic development. He has worked with Harvard University to create two Native nation rebuilding reports on constitutional reform and economic development for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
