South Dakota Indian Education Summit

This is a close-up view of an American Buffalo eating grass. Five small birds are also eating bugs from the grass. There is dew on the grass and the buffalo's fur.

Welcome to the SD Indian Ed. Summit. During this session, you will learn about SDPB’s Native American Studies resources. SDPB provides educational content like the Tatanka: A Way of Life Lesson Plan, winter count activity ideas, and programs like Lost Bird of Wounded Knee. (Newsletter)

— Example Resources —

A colored drawing of two Native Americans embracing superimposed on an image of a buffalo.

Tatanka: A Way of Life

This video resource explores how the reintroduction of Tatanka to the Native People helps them reclaim their identity, culture, and traditions.

Photo of the Red Horse winter count at the Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum in St. Francis, SD.

Lesson Plan: Class Winter Count

During this lesson, the students will create a winter count image by identifying an important event that occurred in their lives during the school year.

A black and white pencil-drawn map of the Native American Reservations in South Dakota - the Reservations are colored red. Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Lower Brule, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Yankton, Flandreau Santee, and Lake Transverses are included.

South Dakota Native American Reservations

Learn the names and locations of the Native American reservations in South Dakota and complete an interesting activity.

— Resource Update —

Archival photo of two Native American boys lying in two twin hospital beds holding hands, from American Experience Native American Children Taken from Their Families.

Taken from Their Families: Native American Boarding Schools

Learn about the experiences of Native American children, some as young as five, who were forcibly removed from their families and placed in government-run boarding schools, in this video adapted from We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

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For more information about SDPB's Educational Resources,

Contact Steven Rokusek at [email protected]