Whitney Rencountre II To Speak At 12th World Wilderness Congress In August

The organizers and hosts of the 12th World Wilderness Congress are excited to announce that Whitney Rencountre II will speak at the Congress!

Whitney Rencountre II is Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota and is the CEO of Crazy Horse Memorial. He is also the co-founder of Social Distance Powwow. In 2017, Whitney was named one of 605 Magazine’s South Dakota Young Leaders. He was also a 2019 Honoree of the Western South Dakota Child Protection Council. Whitney is the former Chairman of the South Dakota Humanities Council and Visit Rapid City. For 11 years, Whitney served as Director of the Ateyapi Program, a culturally based mentoring program working with over 1,000 Indigenous students each year in the Rapid City Area School District. Whitney has served as Master of Ceremonies for conferences, powwows, and events across the U.S. and Canada.

The 12th World Wilderness Congress (WILD12) is a global forum to coordinate and mobilize the protection of Earth’s remaining wilderness and wild places. It convenes thousands of delegates from around the world approximately every 4 years to seek and agree upon new actions and principles in the stewardship of Earth. WILD12 is hosted by the Oceti Sakowin on behalf of the Sicangu Lakota Treaty Council, and will place a special emphasis on reinterpreting wilderness through Indigenous perspectives.

To register for WILD12, please visit the link below.