About OLC Lakota Studies


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...
  • Provides assistance to other departments,
  • Offers community workshops/forums,
  • Assists in the maintenance of materials relevant to tribal history and culture,
  • Serves to help maintain the Lakota language.
Courses within the Lakota Studies Department range across disciplines. They are taught according to accepted standards within the disciplines of art, music, language, literature, history, political science, psychology, sociology, science, and religion.


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Kyle, SD 57752-0490
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