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Earn optional college credits working with Native American youth

Program:
Two weeks of Lakota/Dakota cultural orientation

Classes

Lakota language
Geography of South Dakota
Current indigenous issues
Cultural differences and acceptance
Native spirituality
Native plant identification and uses
Traditional foods
Storytelling
Traditional Native American games

Orientation field trip

Mitchell archaelogical dig
Oscar Howe art museum
Akta Lakota museum
South Dakota Badlands
Wounded Knee
Journey museum
Crazy Horse Mountain
Bear Butte
Devils Tower
Sitting Bull Monument

Four to six weeks of volunteer work on a South Dakota reservation

Working at summer camps in the Black Hills or along the Missouri River

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