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Richard Twiss (b. June 1954 Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota) is a Native American educator and author. He is a member of the Rosebud Lakota Sioux Tribe from South Dakota. He is the Co-Founder and President of Wiconi International (Wee-choe'-nee is Lakota/Sioux for "life") .

In 1972, Twiss was a participant in the forced occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Building in Washington, D.C., with the radical political group, the American Indian Movement or "AIM." Twiss later became a Christian minister, author, and public speaker.

His vision is, "To serve the Church as a bridge builder and consulting resource to see Native people come to faith and life in Jesus Christ and fulfill their God-given place in the Body of Christ."

He and his wife Katherine (married 1976), have four grown sons, and they currently have been residing in Vancouver, Washington since 1981.

Richard's father, Franklin "Buster" Twiss was an enrolled member of the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. He was a SFC Army veteran, was born on May 7, 1927. He died on August 17, 1999 in Hot Springs and was buried on August 23, 1999 at Black Hills National Cemetery.

His mother, Winona LaPointe is from the Sicangu Rosebud Lakota Sioux tribe in South Dakota. She was born Winona M. Larvie from Norris, South Dakota on the Rosebud Reservation. She attended the St. Francis Indian Mission School as a young girl through high school graduation.

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