Medicine Wheel Healing Community was formed in 2010 by Carol Koski, Rollin (Ron) Holton and James Robideau. The dream was to develop a Healing Community which will help Native youth in continuing to recover after alcohol and drug treatment by utilizing practical knowledge and strategies of modern addiction psychology, along with the ancient traditional insight, wisdom, and healing methods of the elders.

Medicine Wheel Healing Community was also planning to hold educational experiences that will lead Native people to healthy lifestyles.

Carol Koski built a two-story building on her property which was near completion when Ron passed away in June 2011. Six weeks later Carol also passed away. The property is up for sale now.

James Robideau, as the only remaining Board Member, found four new Board Members to ensure a fully functional Board.

Medicine Wheel Healing community is a 501 (C) (3) Non Profit Organization in active status which is incorporated in the State of Nebraska.

• Working as a tribal law advocate
• Being a ceremonial leader and educating people about Native American culture and ceremonies in the US and Europe
• Developing halfway houses and related programs
• Developing and directing a battered women's shelter on the Pine Ridge reservation
• Working as an agri-business foreman for a tribal program in Oklahoma
• Working as a social service director in one of the country's leading Indian health clinics
• Planning and leading conferences on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Effects among tribes
• Working as a Social Worker (Child Protection) on Pine Ridge Reservation
• Being the President of "Dakota Youth Project" a Non-Profit Organization which was dedicated to help Lakota Youth.

Isabella Schon is originally from Germany. In 1995 she began to visit the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota once a year. She stayed with Native American families and learned about their history, culture and everyday problems.
The experiences she made on Indian Reservations prompted her to start organizing help for the Lakota people.

In the summer of 2003 she moved to the United States and became a Board Member of the "Dakota Youth Project" (DYP), a Non-Profit Organization helping Lakota youth. She was responsible for the “Support a Rez Kid” program, which helped to find sponsors for youth on Pine Ridge Reservation. DYP became inactive in 2011 and Isabella Schon is continuing to find sponsors through a private initiative.

Isabella Schon works as a freelance translator and has experience in the administrative field, project management and entrepreneurship.

He is a Field Coordinator & Program Director for American Indian Youth Running Strong.

From 1980 - 1982 he was the Administrative Assistant to the vice-president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

From 1985 - 1986 he was the
Administrative Assistant to the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Tom Cook's work also includes:

• President, High Plains Community Development Corporation, Chadron, NE 1997 to present

• Commissioner, Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs, Northern Panhandle from 1999 to present

• Founding and current board member of the Chadron Native American Center from 1986 to present

Joe American Horse is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and one of the traditional chiefs.

His current work includes:

• Associate Justice, Oglala Sioux Tribe Supreme Court
• United Nations delegate, Oglala Sioux Treaty Council
• Black Hills Sioux Nation Council delegate
• Running Strong for American Indian Youth, Advisory Committee member
• Spokesman-At-Large, Oglala Sioux Tribe
• Overseer, Afraid Of Bear / American Horse Sundance

Joe American Horse with a picture of his
ancestor Chief American Horse

Joe American Horse's work also included:

1956-57 - State Gold Medalist,
1 mi. (4:28/9, 4:28.1, resp.)

1972-75 - Vice-President,
Oglala Sioux Tribe

1980-83 - Vice-President,
Oglala Sioux Tribe

1982-84 - President,
Oglala Sioux Tribe

1986-88 - President,
Oglala Sioux Tribe

1989-91 - Judge,
Oglala Sioux Tribal Court

1990-94 - Associate Judge,
Oglala Sioux Tribal Court