Higher Education Institution
Languages:
- Dakota,Native American languages
Public | Four-year institutions
Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota 57752
Protect and Promote Lakota Language and Culture Institute Background
The Lakota Studies Department offers four degrees and a Lakota Language Certificate. The department also provides the focus for the entire college in maintaining a Lakota perspective. All students are required to take courses offered by the Lakota Studies Department in order to increase their knowledge of Lakota heritage and to prepare themselves for contributing to the continuation of the Lakota Oyate traditions and values. The department provide assistance to other departments, offers community workshops/forums, assists in the maintenance of materials relevant to tribal history and culture, and serve to help maintain the Lakota language.
- Access
- Accountability
- Keys to access and accountability
Improve Access for all learners in more languages
Techniques to Retain HULs
- Dedicated counseling programs
Obstacles that HULs face
- None
Offer classes specifically targeted to HULs
Yes
Adapt delivery modes to HULs
Specific practices that are the reasons your HULs enjoy success in your program
Practice 1
Smaller class sizes: faculty are able to provide more one-to-one teaching and individualized instruction. Faculty spend additional time with students and adapt to meet students' needs.
Practice 2
Building connections to culture and identity
Practice 3
Role of elders: participation of elders in instructional process. Elders are the main language resource in native communities. They provide guidance through story telling. They help students enrich their vocabulary and afford the students an opportunity o speak the language and practice their acquired skills.
Increase ACCOUNTABILITY Through Transparency And Documentation
Program publishes clear description of its goals and requirements
Yes
Program makes public its efforts to increase HUL enrollments
Yes
Program makes public its definition of student success
Yes
Program incorporates online learning in order to increase access and/or improve learning
Yes
Levels of Language
4
Co-curricular Offerings
- Education
- History, economics, social sciences
- Law
- Performing and fine arts
- Tribal law program (pre-law equivalent)
Emphasize in your language program
- Diversity
- Cultural Literacy
- Employment opportunities
- Human diversity, including linguistic diversity
- Intercultural Competence
- Language Proficiency
- Social justice
- Translanguaging
- Usage/immersion learning
Implement any workforce preparation activities
Yes
- Internships in an employment setting
- Job fairs geared to the interests of department’s or program’s students
- Occupationally-oriented presentations by employers, employees, or alums
- Occupationally oriented workshops (credit or non-credit)
- Occupation-specific courses
- Teacher training workshops, summer institutes
Support co-curricular collaborations
- Campus teaching programs and/or centers
- Professional teacher association programs, seminars, workshops
- Other campus language programs
- Social studies/area studies programs
- Community associations
- K-12 collaborations
- Lakota Language Speaking Contest
Keys to access and Accountability
Recruit teachers from HUL communities
Yes
Teacher profile reflect
Yes
Offer in-service professional development
Yes
Support professional development focused
- Emergent Bilingual Learners from NA & heritage/immigrant communities
- First in family to attend college
- Social-Emotional Learning
Program partner with any of the following
- Heritage communities
Private business enterprises that benefit HULs
No
Partnerships with philanthropic
No
Language immersion opportunities
Yes
Program conduct any of the following as part of their in-country language immersion programs
- Pre- and post-program assessments for students
- Language proficiency
Partner with any foreign university where students will receive scholarship
No
Institution Information
Institution classified as a Minority Serving
Yes, Tribal College and University (TCU) (Please list the federally recognized Tribal affiliations)
Actively Recruit Students from following groups
- American Indians
Is Language Required
Yes , It is a General institution requirement
Accreditation
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education