Build a Focus on Culture and Language
Learn the skills needed to succeed in the field.
The Sitting Bull College Native American Studies (NAS) program is designed to help students develop a knowledge base of and appreciation for Lakota/Dakota culture, society, and history, including the traditional and contemporary land base and natural resources, traditional and contemporary forms of government, traditional philosophy and worldview, ceremonies, values, belief system, kinship and social systems.
This program also includes courses of a comparative nature, which places Lakota/Dakota culture and society in the context of other Native North American people. This program is useful for individuals interested in becoming teachers or working in various tribal programs on Standing Rock.
The Sitting Bull College Lakhotiyapi/Dahotiyapi (Lakota/Dakota Language)(LDL) program is useful for individuals interested in studying the Lakota/Dakota language, becoming teachers or working in various tribal programs on Standing Rock and Lakota/Dakota speaking communities.