Lakota+Studies

Lakota Studies



Hau Mitakuyapi - Cante waste yuha nape ciyuzapo! It has been a wonderful year so far in the bilingual or Lakota studies department.

My name is Quentin Red Bear and it is my first year as a Lakota teacher. I have been working with the elementary students and I have been telling Ohunkakan or stories of the beginning and animal stories. We also watched the different short stories from the movie "Dream Keeper". The students learned how to play handgames against each other. They are working on learning the Lakota alphabet, and Lakota phrases that we use everyday at home or in school.

Francis "Spunky" White Lance has been working with the Middle School students.

We really want to encourage the students to be curious about our Lakota way of life. I tell them to test their parents on Lakota words and to ask them questions about their past and who their relatives are.

Aho - Toksa ake!

- Lakota Studies Department

** Young Drum Makers  ** American Horse School boys not only made their drums but completed painting their drums on an usually warm day for this spring. The following boys are pictured with their mentors; Melvin Young Bear, Warren “Gus” Yellow Hair, and Quentin Red Bear; Tim Bull Bear, Isaiah DuBray, Cetan Luta Bullman, Kaleb Brave Eagle, Hobart Yankton, Clay High Wolf, Mekko Bear Killer, MaLakota Moore, and not pictured Vincent DuBray. The boys would like to send a big thank you to their mentors and Academy of Country Music’s Lifting Lives Program through Cangleska Wakan Owayawa. The legacy of song and the heart beat of the Nation lives on. Jodi Richards 21st Century Coordinator