Sinte Gleska University
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Motto | Wahope unglawa sakapi hecel oyate ki Wolakota gluha tokatakiya unya pi kte. |
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Motto in English | Reenforcing our foundation for the people to go forward in the Lakota Way. |
Type | Native American tribal community college and land grant institution |
Established | 1970 |
President | Lionel Bordeaux |
Academic staff | Margaret MacKichan |
Students | approximately 1,012[1] |
Location | PO Box 105 Mission, South Dakota, United States 57570 |
Campus | rural |
Affiliations | American Indian Higher Education Consortium, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission |
Website | http://www.sintegleska.edu/ |
Sinte Gleska University is a four-year private American Indian tribal college, located in Mission, South Dakota, in south-central South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. This is a Brulé Lakota Indian Reservation home to the Sicangu (Burnt Thigh). SGU has an enrollment of 828 full and part-time students. [2]
Mission & vision
SGU's mission is
- to provide programs to preserve and teach tribal culture, history, and language and
- to seek innovative and effective strategies to address the myriad social and economic concerns confronting the Sicangu Lakota Oyate.
- to plan, design, implement, and assess postsecondary programs and other educational resources appropriate to the Lakota people
- to facilitate individual development and Tribal autonomy. [2]
History
SGU was founded in 1971. SGU was named for the Brulé Lakota chief Sinte Gleska.[3] The founding Board President was Lakota elder Stanley Red Bird Sr., and Joseph M. Marshall III, the first published writer in Lakota, was a founder as well.[4]
Partnerships
The college is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, a community of tribally and federally chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations. Tribal colleges generally serve geographically isolated populations who have no other means accessing higher education; they also are a means for the tribes to teach subjects from the perspectives of their cultures, as well as specific classes in their cultures.[2]
Programs
SGU has seven academic undergraduate departments, which include:
- Great Plains Art Institute
- Arts and Sciences
- Business
- Education
- Human Services
- Lakota Studies
- Institute of Technologies (vocational/career education).
SGU offers 25 associate degrees, 23 bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees, a dozen certificate programs, and several vocation programs.[5] Academic programs offered by the school include:
- biology,
- chemistry,
- physics,
- computer science,
- English,
- history,
- math,
- business,
- visual art,
- art education, and
- Lakota studies,[6] including the language and aesthetics.
The Great Plains Art Institute of the University offers AA and BA degrees in art and a BAAE degree in art education.[7]
SGU sponsors the annual Northern Plains Indian Art Market in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which includes a juried art show, art market, powwow, and Oscar Howe lecture.[8]
SGU has partnered with Red Crow Community College and Old Sun Community College, both in Alberta, Canada, enabling them to offer a master's degree in education, with an emphasis in early childhood special education.[9]
Notable faculty
- LeAnne Howe (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
- Joe L. Kincheloe (1950–2008)
- Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo)
- Albert White Hat (1929–2013)
See also
- American Indian College Fund (AICF)
References
- ↑ "Sinte Gleska University." StateUniversity.Com. (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
- 1 2 3 American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- ↑ "SGU Main Page." Sinte Gleska University. 2009 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
- ↑ Wilson, Diane (2011). Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-87351-840-6. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Sinte Gleska University." American Indian Higher Education Consortium. (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
- ↑ "Academics." Sinte Gleska University. 2009 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
- ↑ "Great Plains Art Institute." Sinte Gleska University. 2007 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
- ↑ "About Northern Plains Indian Art Market." Northern Plains Indian Art Market. 2010 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
- ↑ "First Nations Colleges Offer SGU Master's", Tribal College Journal, Volume 16 Spring 2005 Issue No. 3. (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
External links
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- Official website
- Sinte Gleska University News
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe, official website
- Bureau of Indian Education National Directory
- Sinte Gleska University at National Center for Education Statistics: College Navigator
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