Essential Understandings

    1. Oceti Sakowin

    2. Belonging

    3. Tribes of the Northern Plains

    4. Oceti Sakowin: Seven Council Fires

    5. What are the "Essential Understandings" used in this course?

    1. Essential Understanding

    2. Connection to Land and People

    3. Current Locations of Oceti Sakowin Bands

    4. Tribal Map of South Dakota

    5. What does Oceti Sakowin mean?

    6. Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Places)

    1. Essential Understandings

    2. Oceti Sakowin Language Dialects in South Dakota

    3. Lakota Letter and Sounds

    4. Dakota Sentence Shape

    5. Common Oceti Sakowin Phrases

    6. Tashina RedHawk from Rosebud, South Dakota wins Miss Indian World in 2022!!

    1. Essential Understandings

    2. Otiwote, Makoce and Wizipan with Duane Hollow Horn Bear

    3. Miracle Spotted Bear--Wóčhekiye Olówaŋ

    1. Essential Understandings

    2. What was life like for the Oceti Sakowin?

About this course

  • Materials for this course are primarily drawn from the "Wolakota Project."
  • “Wolakota” means peace, balance and coming together.
  • The WoLakota Project aims to improve learning opportunities for all students, Native and Non-Native, in South Dakota.