A new community-based school in Rapid City will immerse students in Lakota language and culture.
The effort is a response to the refusal by state and local leaders to open similar schools around the state.
The NDN collective is behind the new school. The non-profit organization focuses on indigenous advocacy and has tried to push the state to approve schools that teach Oceti Sakowin essential understandings. That curriculum is centered around Lakota language and culture. State lawmakers rejected