Oglala Lakota County School District

Last updated

Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 (OLCSD) is a public school district headquartered in the Batesland School in Batesland, South Dakota. [1] It is in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Contents

It serves all of Oglala Lakota County. [2]

It was formerly known as the Shannon County School District 65-1 (SCSD). It adopted its current name in 2016. [3] The process to adopt the current name began on July 1, 2015. [4]

Curriculum

As of 2015 compared to the area Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, OLCSD schools have less content geared towards Native American culture while they have more advanced technology than the BIE schools. [5]

Operations

In 2015, according to the editorial board of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune , the district had one school it deemed to be in need of replacing but that the other three were recently built. The editorial board wrote, "the gap in quality between the public school facilities and the four distressed BIE schools is a touchy subject on the reservation." [5] As of that year schools were beyond capacity and had a total of 1,500 enrolled. [5]

In 2018 the district created a school safety plan with its rural location in mind, as police response would not be at the level it would be in a suburban or urban area. Brandon Ecoffey of Lakota Times described the plan as "extremely aggressive, and somewhat controversial". [6]

Previously the district did not operate a high school building and required high school students staying with the district to attend virtual school. [7] The first physical high school, Lakota Tech High School, opened in 2020.

Schools

High school:

K-8 schools:

Other:

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota</span> County in South Dakota, United States

Oglala Lakota County is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,672. Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized. Its largest community is Pine Ridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bennett County, South Dakota</span> County in South Dakota, United States

Bennett County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,381. Its county seat is Martin. The county lies completely within the exterior boundary of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. To the east is the Rosebud Indian Reservation, occupied by Sicangu Oyate, also known the Upper Brulé Sioux Nation and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (RST), a branch of the Lakota people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allen, South Dakota</span> CDP in South Dakota, United States

Allen is a census-designated place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Bennett County, South Dakota, United States, that was named for the Allen Township, which it encompasses. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 460. It is one of two places which are closest to the North American continental pole of inaccessibility.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pine Ridge, South Dakota</span> CDP in South Dakota, United States

Pine Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) and the most populous community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,138 at the 2020 census. It is the tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Porcupine, South Dakota</span> CDP in South Dakota, United States

Porcupine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 925 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wounded Knee, South Dakota</span> CDP in South Dakota, United States

Wounded Knee is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pine Ridge Indian Reservation</span> Indian reservation in United States, Oglala Sioux

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota, with a small portion of it extending into Nebraska. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation, Pine Ridge was created by the Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888. in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. It consists of 3,468.85 sq mi (8,984 km2) of land area and is one of the largest reservations in the United States.

Red Shirt is a small unincorporated Oglala Lakota village southeast of Hermosa in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. It is on the Pine Ridge Reservation, just outside Badlands National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oglala</span> Traditional tribal grouping within the Lakota people

The Oglala are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arthur Amiotte</span> Native American painter

Arthur Douglas Amiotte is an Oglala Lakota Native American painter, collage artist, educator, and author.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bureau of Indian Education</span> United States government agency

The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), headquartered in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., and formerly known as the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP), is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. It is responsible for the line direction and management of all BIE education functions, including the formation of policies and procedures, the supervision of all program activities, and the approval of the expenditure of funds appropriated for BIE education functions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Dakota Highway 407</span> State highway in South Dakota, United States

South Dakota Highway 407 (SD 407) is a 1.786-mile (2.874 km) state highway on the southern edge of Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. Along with Nebraska Highway 87 (N-87), SD 407 serves as a connector route between U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in Rushville, Nebraska and U.S. Route 18 (US 18) in Pine Ridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red Cloud Indian School</span> Private school in South Dakota, U.S.

Red Cloud Indian School is a private, Catholic, K–12 school run by the Jesuits in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota. It is located in the Diocese of Rapid City and serves Oglala Lakota Native American children on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

The Wounded Knee 4-Directions Toby Eagle Bull Memorial Skatepark, also known as the Toby Eagle Bull Memorial Wounded Knee Four Directions Skate Park & the WK4-Directions TEB Memorial Skatepark, is a concrete skatepark located in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Completed in 2011 by the local community with help from skateboarding organizations, the skatepark features a spectrum of skate obstacles and is dedicated to a young Lakota skater who died in a car accident: Toby Eagle Bull. The WK4D TOB Memorial Skatepark is located in the Youth Opportunity, or "YO," park, adjacent to the Oglala Lakota Nation powwow grounds, a picnic area, a playground, a basketball court as well as a baseball field.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Yellow Bird Steele</span> Past president of the Oglala Sioux tribe

John Yellow Bird Steele is an American politician. He was the President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe for 14 years. Akim Reinhardt described him as "arguably the most successful Pine Ridge politician of the IRA era".

Bryan V. Brewer was president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe from 2012 to 2014.

William Sitting Bull Son of Sitting Bull (1878–1909)

William Sitting Bull was a son of Sitting Bull.

Lakota Tech High School is a public high school in unincorporated Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, near the Pine Ridge census-designated place and with a Pine Ridge postal address. It is in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is a part of the Oglala Lakota County School District.

Crazy Horse School is a tribally-controlled K-12 school in Wanblee, South Dakota. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). It is within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Little Wound School is a tribal K-12 school in Kyle, South Dakota. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). It is located in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is named after Little Wound.

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Oglala Lakota County School District. Retrieved August 11, 2021. Oglala Lakota County School District 206 School Street Batesland, SD 57716 - Address matches that of Batesland School: "206 School Street Batesland, SD 57716"
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oglala Lakota County, SD" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  3. ↑ "History of School District Reorganization, 1950 to Present". South Dakota Department of Education . Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ "MINUTES". Lakota Times . June 4, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pine Ridge schools: Amid beauty, deterioration". Minneapolis Star Tribune . April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ Ecoffey, Brandon (May 3, 2018). "OLC Schools Emphasize Safety". Lakota Times . Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  7. ↑ Kaczke, Lisa (August 29, 2019). "South Dakota, Oglala Lakota schools to construct first public high school on Pine Ridge". Argus Leader . Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  8. ↑ "School Data". Batesland School. June 10, 2001. Archived from the original on June 10, 2001. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Our School". Wolf Creek Elementary School. December 12, 2002. Archived from the original on December 12, 2002. Retrieved August 11, 2021.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.