About Us

cantetenza1Cante Tenza Okolakiciye also known as the Strong Heart Warrior Society of the Lakota Nation is an ancient Lakota warrior society as well as a modern day human rights movement that exists as perimeter guard to protect traditional and grassroots elders and oyate.

Cante Tenza works alcohol and drug free to protect, enforce and restore treaty rights, civil rights, and sovereignty of Native people and their communities across Turtle Island.

The headman is Canupa Gluha Mani who was given the honor to lead Cante Tenza by his grandfather Uncle Roy Martin and other elder men born in the late 1800s and early 1900s.