The following is a letter written by Executive Vice President Robert Brave Heart Sr. expressing Red Cloud’s support for SB126, a new bill being considered by South Dakota’s legislature that would make Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota the official indigenous languages of the state. February 8, 2019 To members of the South Dakota Legislature, Háu Mitákuyepi, čhaŋtéwašteya...
Adrianne Brave Heart has worked at the heart of Red Cloud’s advancement efforts for over five years. She also sends her daughter to Red Cloud’s elementary school, because she believes in the education it provides. But there was a moment when she thought she might have to leave Red Cloud behind. Because they couldn’t find better housing options, she and her husband...
On a frigid February morning, Red Cloud graduate Elyssa Sierra Concha ’13 climbed the marble steps of the South Dakota State Capital in Pierre. She had driven hours from her home on the Pine Ridge Reservation the evening before. She wanted to be there early to prepare to testify in support of SB126, newly introduced legislation that would make the three dialects of...