Crazy Horse hosts university classes Nov 13, 2007
An adjunct professor for BHSU and Oglala Lakota College, Sprague said most of his students come from the Southern Hills area. For students, Crazy Horse is much more convenient than driving to Rapid City, he said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
BHSU vote makes campus buildings smoke-free Nov 9, 2007
Oglala Lakota College has committed to a tobacco-free campus and will apply for the 20,000 grant. Klarenbeek said the first year for any campus moving toward tobacco-free changes will be the most difficult. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Grant to help boost Pine Ridge economy Nov 5, 2007
The Chamber of Commerce is also collaborating with Oglala Lakota College to add an interactive map to the Web site. Johnson recently announced the grant award in a news release. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Jury finds Janis guilty of theft (83) Oct 28, 2007
Not the end wrote on Oct 27, 2007 7:19 AM:" I know of some of our tribal people who took money from other tribal entities and were given a slap on the hand and told to NEVER come back here! Why weren't those people sent to federal court? This was during those days of people taking money from Oglala Lakota College. It's a scarey situation when money is taken from the funds meant for the children and elderly. I hope there is an audit done on all the districts of the Pine Ridge Reservation and some... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Guilty plea made in OST theft Oct 23, 2007
To So Sad wrote on Oct 23, 2007 2:00 AM:" We have had people with business degrees look at the Oglala Lakota College those that stole millions had degrees it just took a longer time to catch them they thought because they had DEGREES they knew how to get away with it (NOT) they were caught, so to say that people with DEGREES know what they are doing well they certainly do, they know how to steal more and get away with it. ". Why. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Fools Crow scholarship announced by OLC Oct 8, 2007
KYLE - Oglala Lakota College has announced a new scholarship in honor of the late Lakota spiritual leader Frank Fools Crow. The Frank Fools Crow Scholarship will be given to students who are "continuing in the path of tribal leadership and culture," according to a news release from Oglala Lakota College ... Wonderful wrote on Oct 8, 2007 6:22 AM:" Oglala Lakota College is empowering so many people who desire an education. It's one of the few organizations on the reservation that is meetings its'... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Shortbull spokeswoman for Nike Air Native N7 Oct 5, 2007
Her father, Tom Shortbull, is president of Oglala Lakota College. Her mother, Darlene Shortbull, now retired, was a nurse in the diabetes program at Sioux San. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Program Provides Blueprint For Recruiting Minorities To Science And Engineering Oct 1, 2007
Among institutions in the Oyate Consortium (Oglala Lakota College, Sisseton Wahpeton College, and Sitting Bull College), there had been no STEM degrees offered prior to MIE implementation. With the development of accredited baccalaureate programs and associate level degree programs in several STEM fields, plus trained faculty, state-of-the-art research instrumentation and 450 computers, among other resources, there have been as many as 190 students enrolled in STEM courses. (Science Daily)
Group wants charter school Sep 20, 2007
shared success wrote on Sep 20, 2007 6:40 AM:" The Native American community of Rapid city has the solutions in mind that our youth need for success. They may need help with the process to success. Tribal leaders from the respective Tribal Nations that our community come from need to step up to the plate and quit ignoring their urban tribal members. Support efforts like a tribal school, an urban Indian center, etc. Oglala Lakota College is here. Why? Because leadership realized that our urban... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
SBA honors Hunter Sep 18, 2007
The call center has contracts with groups such as Oglala Lakota College and the Lakota Fund on the Pine Ridge Reservation. This past year, Hunter traveled to China to market the call center s services and acquire international accounts. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Historical tapes given to Oglala Lakota College Sep 5, 2007
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Students at Oglala Lakota College will be able to hear their ancestors speak through hundreds of tapes donated to the college ... ""The very identity of the Lakota people revolves around the language, the culture and the Lakota history," said David Emery.The late Jim Emery was raised on the Rosebud Indian Reservation by his grandfather, who was white, and his grandmother, Walks Alone, who was at Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee. Relatives said Emery's grandfather spoke... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Family donates historical Lakota tapes to Oglala Lakota College Aug 30, 2007
RAPID CITY -- Thanks to a gift from a local family, Lakota students at Oglala Lakota College can now hear their ancestors speak ... Now, Emery's family has donated a treasure trove of about 300 audiotapes -- all transferred to CDs -- to Oglala Lakota College ... "These are some of the greatest Lakota orators and singers," Oglala Lakota College president Tom Shortbull said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Indian Education Act to start with trial run at one school Jul 19, 2007
The forum was videotaped by KOLC-TV at Oglala Lakota College for future broadcast and was one of a series of KOLC programs concerning Native issues hosted by The Dahl. The Black Hills Pioneer, Newspapers, South Dakota, SD 2007. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
College unveils Lakota veterans monument Jun 24, 2007
KYLE -- Oglala Lakota College officials Saturday unveiled its Oglala Lakota Veterans Monument at the Piya Wiconi Administrative Headquarters in Kyle. A life-size bronze of a male Lakota veteran is pictured after it was unveiled Saturday as part of Oglala Lakota Colleges new veterans monument ... Tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele and Oglala Lakota College board president Newton Cummings gave welcome addresses, and Capt. Tash Standing Soldier of the U.S. Air Force gave the keynote... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Monument honors Oglala veterans Jun 20, 2007
A monument honoring more than 1,800 Oglala Lakota veterans will be unveiled during a dedication ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Piya Wiconi Administrative Center Headquarters for Oglala Lakota College, six miles southwest of Kyle. "This monument has been in the making for some time," Thomas Shortbull, president of Oglala Lakota College, said ... "Oglala Lakota College is showing its appreciation and gratitude for the Oglala war veterans with the monument.". (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Former OST treasurer pleads guilty to theft Jun 16, 2007
Cankpe Opi wrote on Jun 15, 2007 10:50 PM:" Isnt Piya Wiconi in Kyle? Did a couple of individuals go to jail for stealing from the Oglala Lakota College a few year back? it's not kyle or pine ridge it's capitalism and the greed that comes with it. What about the theft of our land? every day people live on our land (the 1868 treaty and 1851 treaty areas and beyond) and pay us nothing. the government of the United States uses our resources to support their economy without our permission, is this... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Groups sponsor Memorial Day events May 26, 2007
The service will feature keynote speakers Ted Twiss, a tribal veterans service officer, and Tom Short Bull, president of Oglala Lakota College. The service is expected to last until about 10 a.m.. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Change is in the air for American Indian graduates May 25, 2007
Sandra White Shield works at Oglala Lakota College. Rapid Reply. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Former tribal officials charged May 1, 2007
Tell me it ain't so wrote on April 30, 2007 11:38 PM:"Wasn't this the lady that helped orchestrate the Red Cloud building takeover? A takeover based on accountability or a lack of? Wasn't this the lady that fought tooth and nail to get a former female president impeached, because of her (CFT) knowledge of these allegations? Wasn't this the lady who campainged on the ticket of honest government? Isn't this the lady who sits on the Oglala Lakota College Board of trustees? And the Oglala Lakota... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Tech: Uranium study released Apr 27, 2007
James Stone, Larry Stetler of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Albrecht Schwalm of Oglala Lakota College, was prepared for the U.S. Forest Service. Background: The North Cave Hills is part of the Sioux Ranger District, Custer National Forest and is about 25 miles north of Buffalo. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Business world Apr 8, 2007
Graduated: Eleven people recently graduated from the Core Four Business Planning Course offered by Oglala Lakota College and the Lakota Fund s Wawokiye Business Institute. They are Elmer Lumpkin, Gloria Scabby Face, Ben Scabby Face, Mary Jane Running Shield, Jamie Lee, Craig Howe, Carmel Old Horse, Clifford Whiting, Louis Twiss, Terry Holiday and Vina Holiday. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Salish Kootenai College starts hot in Rapid City Mar 31, 2007
SKC will play the host team, Oglala Lakota College, on Friday. SKC men 62, Northwest Indian Colelge 61. (Missoulian, MT)
$10 Million Sovereign Nations Scholarship Fund Endowment Campaign to Benefit American Indian Students Mar 17, 2007
According to Barbara Brewer, Oglala Lakota College graduate and American Indian College Fund scholarship recipient, "The Sovereign Nations Scholarship Fund Endowment is wonderful. It shows us students that our tribes really care about our education. It is good to see tribes working together for the future of all our children." The SNSFE is a permanent endowment established by the American Indian College Fund and primarily supported by American Indian Nations and American Indian-owned businesses.... (PR Newswire)
Taking it outside Mar 12, 2007
From left, because Oglala Lakota College does not allow smoking in its facilities, faculty and staff members Ginna Arguello and Sara Puckett join students Corrina Cutt and Christine Stevenson outdoors on a smoking break ... The 31-year-old academic counselor at Oglala Lakota College began her cigarette habit at 15 ... Oglala Lakota College s Rapid City campus has never allowed smoking within its facility, reducing the exposure of its students, faculty and staff to the dangers of second-hand... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Panel sits on midwife bill Feb 15, 2007
Those written agreements are hard to come by in South Dakota unless the nurse midwife is employed by the physician's practice, according to Sarah Coulter Danner, a certified nurse midwife who is the director of nursing at Oglala Lakota College on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. They are non-existent for any nurse midwife who wants to do home births. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
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On Friday morning, Tom Shortbull, president of Oglala Lakota College, and representatives of the three other tribal colleges in South Dakota plan to testify before the Legislature's Appropriations Committee ... Oglala Lakota College, which has about 140 such students, would receive 187,557, according to Shortbull. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Legislators to tackle tourism, liquor, meth, midwives, more Jan 7, 2007
But Katus also will propose a grant program for small, mom-and-pop businesses, and he ll propose a scholarship program to help American Indian colleges, such as Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, attract non-Indian students. Rep. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Wish list 2006 Dec 25, 2006
Oglala Lakota College He Sapa College Center. 127 Knollwood Drive, Rapid City, SD 57701. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
State gives OLC $100,000 Dec 13, 2006
PIERRE Oglala Lakota College will get a 100,000 state grant to help enhance a program that teaches students carpentry and other construction skills, Gov. Mike Rounds said Tuesday ... Rounds said the Oglala Lakota College program matches well with his goals for improving economic development and education. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
WIC repackages itself Dec 5, 2006
Deanna Bissonette, an elementary education major at Oglala Lakota College, holds her 16-month-old daughter, Clarissa ... To compensate for her daughter s dairy indifference, Deanna Bissonette, an Oglala Lakota College student, makes sure that Clarissa eats plenty of string cheese, yogurt and other dairy foods to provide the nutrients needed for a growing toddler. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Letters to the editor, 11-5 Nov 5, 2006
He says, "We need to pay particular attention to providing South Dakota job opportunities to graduates of BHSU, SDSM, Oglala Lakota College and Western Dakota Tech.". He has three children, two of whom are adopted; he practices life. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Whalen takes leap of faith’ to make run for U.S. House Nov 4, 2006
He returned to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and enrolled in Oglala Lakota College in 1999, when he also decided his political leanings were decidedly Republican an anomaly in an area that is a Democratic stronghold. Whalen finished college two years ago at 42. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Students receive training for Days of 76 museum project Nov 1, 2006
The project, entitled "The Cowboy is an Indian: Recovering Indian History at the Days of '76" will engage grade 11 and 12 students from the Department of Indian Education at the Rapid City School District, under the guidance of students from Black Hills State University and Oglala Lakota College, and document the Days of '76 Celebration in Deadwood. Historian Suzanne Julin recently conducted oral history training with students in Monica Schmidt's Native American Studies program at Stevens High... (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Meeting to reveal Cave Hills toxicity level results planned in Ludlow Oct 11, 2006
Dr. James Stone and Larry Stetler of the School of Mines and Technology and Dr. Albrecht Schwalm of the Oglala Lakota College will conduct the meeting and explain the overall findings of the environmental impact on private lands. Stone, who is an expert in biological uranium remediation, said they have been in the area conducting fieldwork since March 2006 and plan on finishing up the study by December 2006. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Informational Meeting held in Ludlow Oct 6, 2006
James Stone and Larry Stetler of the School of Mines and Dr. Albrecht Schwalm of the Oglala Lakota College. At this informational meeting, initial results from the field studies will be presented, including. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
• Uranium study to expand Oct 5, 2006
But Stone said he and other researchers from the School of Mines and Oglala Lakota College have been unable to test how far contaminants have been carried by the wind. That can't be done until it stops raining long enough for the particles to be carried and won't be done next year, he said. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Lakota healers focus on values Sep 18, 2006
Ethleen Iron Cloud-Two Dogs, project director for Nagi Kicopi "Calling the Spirit Back," and Rick Two Dogs, an Oglala Lakota College adjunct instructor and traditional-healing consultant at Wakanyeja Pawicayapi, will present "Nagi glu Kini pi: Renewing the Spirit - Lakota Cultural Lifeways.". The free, 90-minute presentation begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the Pactola Room. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
OLC readies for election Sep 9, 2006
KYLE Oglala Lakota College has set its petition deadline for 18 positions of its trustee and local boards on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Balloting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 7. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Meetings to shed light on poverty Sep 5, 2006
- Thursday, Sept. 28 - Kyle, Oglala Lakota College. - Tuesday, Oct. 3 - Chamberlain, Oacoma Community Center. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Days of '76 museum receives Save Our History Grant Sep 1, 2006
The project, entitled "The Cowboy is an Indian: Recovering Indian History at the Days of '76" will engage 11th and 12th grade students from the Department of Indian Education at the Rapid City School District, under the guidance of students from Black Hills State University and Oglala Lakota College, and document the Days of '76 Celebration in Deadwood. Over the course of eight weeks, the students will research the history of the Indian population in this area and will focus their research... (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Indian student progress tracked Aug 29, 2006
He is a former vice president for academic affairs at Oglala Lakota College. Stone has had administrative appointments at OLC, South Dakota School of Mines ology and was an associate professor and director of the Institute for Ethnic and Racial Studies at University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Hazardous mine waste escaping its boundaries Aug 20, 2006
It has, said Albrecht Schwalm, Lakota Institute for Science and Technology of Oglala Lakota College and one of Tech s science team, which includes professors James Stone and Larry Stetler. Schwalm cautioned the audience about the information he presented. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
History behind battle celebration Jul 16, 2006
Lee is a member of the faculty at Oglala Lakota College. In a recent letter to the editor from Cody Barden (June 24), Mr. Barden wonders why the Lakota are celebrating the June 25, 1876, victory at Little Big Horn considering the loss of American lives that occurred and wonders if the whites in Deadwood should celebrate the loss of Indian lives at Wounded Knee. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Editor pays tribute to works of Vine Deloria May 1, 2006
Gerald One Feather is a Lakota elder and a founder of Oglala Lakota College. His wife, Ingrid One Feather, is a teacher at the Loneman School on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Oglala Lakota College gets scholarship matching money Apr 30, 2006
Sunday, April 30, 2006. com encourages readers to engage in civil conversation with their neighbors. (Sioux City Journal)
Longshot Whalen expects to defeat Herseth this fall Apr 25, 2006
"I don't remember being registered anywhere else other than being a Republican." Whalen is a graduate and current student at Oglala Lakota College and a tribal employee. In 2004 he ran for state House District 27 and lost, garnering about 20% of the vote. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
American Indian-themed books hit shelves Apr 24, 2006
Howe, who teaches in the Graduate Studies Department at Oglala Lakota College, has also served as deputy assistant director for cultural resources at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of the American Indian ... Lee, 52, an Oglala Lakota College teacher and producer of more than 70 documentary programs for public radio, said she was between writing projects when opportunity sat at her table. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
