Lakota

The first ever Lakota Media Summit provided two days of learning to media in the Black Hills, while also offering a platform for Native activists and a performance space for artists.

The Oceti Sakowin Community Academy welcomed its first class of students Tuesday, just weeks after the Rapid City school's Lakota Immersion program shuttered.

District officials blame a lack of qualified teachers for the suspension of the program.

Rapid City school officials say the Lakota immersion program faces a lack of teachers, though some are skeptical of that.

Throughout the series, elders have shared experiences of pain and loss, joy and triumph. Although work for justice, equity, and reparations continues, elders make it clear that through community and perseverance there are no challenges the nation can't overcome.In this final segment, you will hear "Woksape," or Words of Encouragement, for all Lakota youth, present and future.

In a new episode, elders remember land lost to "the bombing range," a 341,726 acre portion of the Pine Ridge Reservation that was seized by the Department of the Army during World War II.

The Heart of All Lakota Oral History project is an audio series developed by Little Wound School with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project aims to preserve the oral traditions of the Lakota people and preserve the stories of elders in the community.

Lakota people are telling their own stories and preserving knowledge for future generations in a ground-breaking new project.The "Heart of All: Oral History Project" is a seven-part audio series exploring some of the most important stories and events of the Lakota people. The project, created by students at Little Wound School with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities documents the memories and stories of elders on a large scale.

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