←BACK Tama I’atala, LLP activities coordinator, leads the language class in a group conversation activity. Have you ever tried to learn a new language? If so, you know that becoming a proficient speaker takes work, but comes more easily if you practice with others as often as you can. That’s why every Wednesday evening you will find families gathering on...
Just over three years ago, a small group of parishioners from points across the expanse of the Pine Ridge Reservation gathered to embark on a sacred journey. As candidates in the Rapid City Diocese’s Lay Ministry Formation Program, the same small group has come together once each week since their very first meeting—to study scripture, prayers, and Church traditions...
←BACK Early this summer, under a warm June sun, small groups of Red Cloud students ran across campus calling out to one another in the Lakota language. They were taking part in a Lakota version of the “Amazing Race”—an interactive game that was designed especially for this year’s fifth annual Lakȟól’iya Wičhóthi or Lakota Language Camp. To teach campers...
Each summer, Red Cloud hosts a language camp to give students a chance to focus exclusively on language and culture. Despite the pandemic, this year our staff worked hard to plan a camp that kept campers safe and healthy while still allowing them to learn and grow. We spoke with Tama, language teacher and camp cultural director, to learn more about this year’s...
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – A few weeks ago, Governor Kristi Noem decided to reignite the conversation around changing South Dakota’s social studies standards, potentially removing references to the state’s second-largest population. In the middle of the reservation, a private school immerses its students in Native American culture. “Being here in Red Cloud...