Oyasin
Community
        School
Bloomington, Indiana
Oyasin: a Lakota word pronounced oh-yah-see which means "a burning desire to know
or to learn"

The Oyasin Community School is a nature-based school where we run programs that
guide youth towards building knowledge of place and a sense of stewardship for nature,
community, and self. With nature as our backdrop we seek to inspire and facilitate
experiences, awakenings, and creativity in the individual. Instructors act as mentors and
guides using subtle teaching tools like cultural facilitation, questioning, storytelling,
observation, and role modeling. It is our goal to awaken and foster curiosity, passion for
learning and life, caring and helpfulness, creativity, and gratitude... all which combine to
bring out the best of who we are and our greatest potential.
Whenever possible our programs are run outdoors in a natural setting where an
individual will inherently develop leadership qualities such as humility, quickness,
teamwork, and adaptation.
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2012 Program Areas

Dragonfly Day Camp, 7-9 and 10-12 year olds, June 2012

For Homeschoolers

Little Turtles, 4-6 year olds
Curious Otters, 7-9 year olds
Rompin' Foxes, 10-12 year olds
Wandering Coyotes, 13-17 year olds
Survival Adventure Camp, 13-17 year olds, July 2012
Wilderness Parkour, 7-17 year olds
Rite of Passage Programs, 13-16 year olds

For Public Schoolers

After-School Program, 7-12 year olds (see Otters or Foxes above)
In-School Programs, grades 1-12
Rite of Passage Programs, grades 7 & 8
Click here to download and print the youth programs application, medical, and
waiver forms.
Please mail them in to us or bring them to us on the first day of the program.

Mail to:
Wild Nature Project
P.O. Box 7351
Bloomington, IN 47407

*Please allow a few days for them to get to us in the mail before the start date.
Otherwise bring them on the first day of the program.