The Sicangu Lakota Treaty Council will participate in the Biden Administration’s first-ever White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities. The Summit will explore effective climate resilience strategies that aim to help build communities that are resilient to the effects of climate change. Participants will develop a roadmap for the administration’s National Climate Resilience Framework, which lays out objectives to align with investments to protect communities from the effects of climate change.
For Wiyaka Brewer, Native American Studies courses at T.F. Riggs High School deepened the footsteps of a familiar path. Brewer, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, recalls the
nation podcast, and he teaches indigenous histories to young people across the country. and he has a way with words. is there a difference? are these bison or buffalo? white people call them bison. and there is a whole thing about it. we get mad when people call it bison. today he is teaching to this young person. this is the land of my ancestors. what keeps you here? it s fundamentally from the land. we can t be a nation without the land. it s who we are. it s our identity. the ochete the ochete chacone. let me try. ochete chacone. i promise to work on it. we re all learning. tell me about their role. it means the nation of the seven council fires. there are seven bands that are just lakota. there is lakota, dakota and
South Dakota’s History of Indigenous Erasure in Education. When someone mentions the name South Dakota, most people are immediately drawn to a few things: Mount Rushmore, farming, and Native Americans. Native Americans are the largest racial minority group in.
Despite the influence of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota peoples in South Dakota, the state’s history of forced assimilation, failed legislation efforts, and a lack of teacher confidence have limited the presence of Indigenous culture and values in its education systems.