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A new program launched by South Dakota State University in partnership with the Indian University of North America focuses on ecosystem sustainability from a Lakota perspective.
For the 10 percent of South Dakotans who are tribal members, the Black Hills are much more than an outdoor recreation hotspot. The Black Hills are where their origin story begins.
“Wizipan…That’s the Lakota name and it translates into “the heart of everything that is.” And that’s why the course is where it is at. Because to the Lakota people, to the Northern Cheyenne, the Black Hills is where the center of the earth, the center of the universe, hence the origin story coming out of Wind Cave,” says Barry Dunn.