- Course creator: Whitnee Coy
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: When students have completed this course they will:
Discuss the system of public school governance and its relation to the courts
Summarize public education law court opinions
Describe existing Federal law, State law, programs and state-tribal agreements that govern Indian education
Analyze and discuss legal concepts related to school organizations and administrations
Interpret and facilitate between the larger political and legal interrelationships within social and cultural context
Critically review and evaluate school curriculum and special programs for compliance with public school laws and the needs of the community
Demonstrate knowledge of students’ and teachers’ rights guaranteed by the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
Practice Lakota values of respect and courage in the classroom, between colleagues and within the research process
Use the Lakota language in their classroom, between colleagues and within the research process
- Course creator: Whitnee Coy
This course is designed for students to examine global, political, economic, and ideological forces that underlie the environmental crises. It is further designed for students to compare the Lakota view of the relationship of human beings to nature with those of other cultures. Finally, strategies and tactics that can be implemented to protect the environment will be explored. Course emphasizes Lakota values of respect and courage. Lakota language will be spoken as much as possible during class hours.
3 graduate credits
- Course creator: Jeremy Vu
This course is an in-depth analysis of the foundations of Lakota leadership and management and of the strategies employed by leaders in traditional and contemporary situations, with an emphasis on the Oglala of the Pine Ridge Reservation. The foundation of Lakota leadership and management rests on the bedrock of Lakota identity—the unique spiritual and philosophical thought that distinguishes the Lakota from all other Native peoples and from non-Indians. This thought is crystallized in the complex structure of Wakan Tanka, the systematic ordering of the initial chaotic forces of this world before the emergence of Lakota ancestors onto its surface, the founding of the Oceti Sakowin, and the gift of the sacred pipe and its seven related ceremonies.
The traditional roles and responsibilities of Lakota leaders, leadership characteristics of mainstream and traditional Lakota leaders, and the similarities and differences between traditional Lakota leadership and management strategies and those strategies evident on the Pine Ridge Reservation today will be examined. The course will conclude by proposing leadership and management strategies that incorporate Lakota thought and that may be implemented on the reservation now and in the future.
- Course creator: Whitnee Coy