A Lakota-centered educational setting, provides Indigenous learners with a strong sense of identity, confidence, and ability to navigate any system they encounter…because they know who they are.
Strong Leaders
A good Lakota leader nurtures and guides everyone toward the vision, lays ego aside to understand the power of shared leadership.
Committed Teachers
Our teachers, where possible, should be Lakota or Indigenous. They should have education and/or cultural experience.
Indigenous Pedagogies
Lakota-centered schools cannot simply replicate the same pedagogical approaches found in traditional (dominant) K-12 institutions and sprinkle them with language and culture.
Indigenous Instruction
Learners show up with vast funds of knowledge that should be reflected in their learning.