Arvol runs a non-profit organization, the Wolakota Foundation.
The term Wo-lakota means: peaceful, responsible and caring, a compassionate and generous people. Wolakota encourages people to step forward in recognizing the value of their own cultural roots and in so doing, reconnecting with the strengths and wisdom that all traditional cultures hold in common - our connection to each other and to the Earth.
Wolakota also runs a program called the "S'Unka Wakan Project," which much like Blue Star Equiculture, seeks to explore the mysterious connection between horses and humans.
Wolakota invites everyone to tatohiyatakiya--face the wind--together.
To face the wind is "to take a stand and accept responsibility; to embrace the challenges of the unknown and unseen, exploring both the canyons of the soul and as well as physical possibilities; to acknowledge the natural forces greater than ourselves which contain the power to create and destroy, and to share this understanding for the benefit of future generations; and to experience freedom."
In that light, the lyrics from Jethro Tull's "Heavy Horses" have an even more profound meaning.
Standing like tanks on the brow of the hill
Up into the cold wind facing
In stiff battle harness, chained to the world
Against the low sun racing
Bring me a wheel of oaken wood
A rein of polished leather
A heavy horse and a tumbling sky
Brewing heavy weather.
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