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      • Indigenous Perspectives of Foods
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      • 2014-2015 School Year >
        • Spring 2015 Raffle
        • 2015 Spring Carnival
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        • Fall Parent Handouts [PDFs] >
          • FALL 2013 Week 10 Pumpkin & Squash
          • FALL 2013 Week 11 & 12 Birds and Hibernation
          • FALL 2013 Week 13 & 14 Hibernation and Harvest
          • FALL 2013 Week 15 & 16 Story Telling & Snow
          • FALL 2013 Week 17 Sitting Bull and Chiefs
        • Spring Parent Handouts [PDFs] >
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          • SPRING 2014 February
          • SPRING 2014 March
      • 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR
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    • Basic Phrases [w/Audio]
    • Grace Video
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    • Lakota Book Translations
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Right to Left - Uŋčí Béti, Uŋčí Grace, Tȟuŋwíŋ Maštéwiŋ, Tȟuŋwíŋ Šaná, Dekší Čočína, Lalá Tom

Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi Wičhákini Owáyawa Staff

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Lalá Tom Red Bird

Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi Fluent Speaker/Primary Instructor

Thomas Red Bird (Išná Wičá) grew up on the Cheyenne River reservation. He has been a teacher in the Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi sinče its opening in the fall of 2012. Tom has undergone years of Lakota language teacher methodology and Lakota linguistic training through the Lakota Summer Institute. He previously worked at the United Tribes Technical College.
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Uŋčí Grace Draskovic

Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi Wičhákini Owáyawa Principal

​Grace (DeRockbraine) Draskovic is a fluent speaker of the Lakota language originally from the Rock Creek District in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. When Grace was in the third grade she moved to McIntosh, SD then made her way to Fort Yates in 1993. Grace has been involved in Education for 38 years prior to her arrival at Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi/Wičhákini Owáyawa. Grace began to pursue Early Childhood Education in 1986 up until 2015 at Standing Rock’s Early Head Start Program. 
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Tȟuŋwíŋ Sunshine Carlow (Maštéwiŋ)

LW Guide and LWWO Finance Manager

Tȟuŋwíŋ Sunshine is the AMI certified Montessori Primary Guide for the Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi classroom as well as the Financial Manager for the school.  Formerly the founder and Director of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Language and Culture Institute, Sunshine has been on the planning, grants writing and advisory board for the school since its inception in 2011.  
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Tȟuŋwíŋ Shauna Elk (Šaná Heȟáka)

Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi & Wičhákini Owáyawa  2nd LL Instructor/Curriculum Editor

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Tȟuŋwíŋ Deanna Mentz

Wičhákini Owáyawa/Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi Chef​

Deanna Jo Mentz has worked in our school for approximately 3 years. Deanna enjoys cooking, baking, and loves working with kids. Nearly all of Deanna’s meals for the school are homemade, home cooked, made-from-scratch meals. Deanna prepares breakfast, lunch and snacks every day for our kids and makes sure to touch base on each food group in her meals.​
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Dekší George 

Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi & Wičhákini Owáyawa 2nd LL Instructor/Curriculum Editor

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Uŋčí Betty Archambault

Lakȟól’iyapi Wičhákini Owáyawa Instructor

Betty Archambault is an Oglala Lakota who has been living on the Standing Rock for approximately 28 years! Betty is a mother of 8; grandmother of 21; and great-grandmother of 10. Betty has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education with a Minor in Lakota Studies from Oglala Lakota College. Betty has been certified in Montessori from ages 0-9. Betty’s Masters in Education has been acquired from the University of Maryland. Betty has been involved in education for the past 45 years. As she recalls, since her eldest daughter Billi went to Head Start where Betty has previously volunteered. Betty has always believed that our children are sacred and deserve more than what our current education system provides. We walk in two worlds and should be educated in both our native ways and an education system that is success oriented and develops the individual talents of our students. We are all spirits learning to be human. That is why I am so excited to work with the curriculum for our youngest students for I know we can learn so much from these young spirits and teach them through respecting their spiritual path. They are the future of our nations.​

Uŋčí Ruby Shoestring

Lakȟól’iyapi Wahóȟpi & Wičhákini Owáyawa 2nd LL Instructor/Curriculum Editor
  • About Us
    • 2021-2022 School Year >
      • 2021 Waníyetu Wópazo
      • 2021 ANA Community Share Out
      • 2021-22 Staff
      • 2022 Spring Parent Training >
        • 2-9-22 Spring Parent Orientation
        • Group 1 >
          • 3-10-2022 Group 1 Parent Training
        • Group 2
      • 2021-2022 Parent Portal
    • Get Involved
    • In the News
    • Policies
    • Donate
  • Programs
    • 2020-2021 School Year >
      • 2020-2021 Staff
      • 2020 Waníyetu Wópazo
      • 2020-2021 Parent Training >
        • 1-27-21 Zoom Class Materials
        • 2-4-21 Assignment
        • 2-18-21 Assignment
        • 3-4-21 Assignment
      • 2020 Wétu Wópazo
    • 2019-2020 School Year >
      • 2019-2020 Staff
    • 2017-2018 School Year
    • 2016-2017 School Year >
      • Indigenous Perspectives of Foods
    • Past School Years >
      • 2015-2016 School Year >
        • New Family Classes
        • Returning Family Classes
        • Spring Open House
        • Fall 2015 Applications
      • 2014-2015 School Year >
        • Spring 2015 Raffle
        • 2015 Spring Carnival
      • 2013-2014 School Year >
        • Fall Parent Handouts [PDFs] >
          • FALL 2013 Week 10 Pumpkin & Squash
          • FALL 2013 Week 11 & 12 Birds and Hibernation
          • FALL 2013 Week 13 & 14 Hibernation and Harvest
          • FALL 2013 Week 15 & 16 Story Telling & Snow
          • FALL 2013 Week 17 Sitting Bull and Chiefs
        • Spring Parent Handouts [PDFs] >
          • SPRING 2014 January
          • SPRING 2014 February
          • SPRING 2014 March
      • 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR
  • Learning Resources
    • Basic Phrases [w/Audio]
    • Grace Video
    • Language Research
    • Classroom Rules & Meal Prayer
    • Songs From The Nest
    • Lakota Book Translations
  • Contact