Equity for Our Native American/American Indian Students
By SDSCA | October 2019
During the 2019 South Dakota Legislature Session, SB126 was passed. This legislation made the three dialects of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ – Lakota, Nakota and Dakota – the official Indigenous languages of South Dakota!
South Dakota has nine federally recognized tribes:
The officers and member of the South Dakota Native American Counseling Association extend a warm welcome to all school counselors and encourage membership in the SD Native American Counseling Association, as it may be beneficial to you in your work as a school counselor! You can renew your membership here or follow them on Facebook at SD Native American Counselors Association.
South Dakota has nine federally recognized tribes:
- Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of Lake Traversie Reservation
- Ihanktonwan Nation or Yankton Sioux Tribe
- Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Oyate)
- Kul Wicasa Oyate or Lower Brule Tribe
- Oglala Lakota of the Pine Ridge Reservation
- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation
The officers and member of the South Dakota Native American Counseling Association extend a warm welcome to all school counselors and encourage membership in the SD Native American Counseling Association, as it may be beneficial to you in your work as a school counselor! You can renew your membership here or follow them on Facebook at SD Native American Counselors Association.
SDNACA Information
- Membership is open to ANY school counselor working with Native American youth (no Native ancestry required). If you work with students in SD, this probably includes YOU!
- You can join if you are working with Indigenous populations in a school, college, university, agency, private practice, and so on! You do need to be a member of SDCA to join SDNACA.