Sinte Gleska University

Sinte Gleska University (SGU) is a private tribal land-grant university in Mission, 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.[1] It is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.[2]

Sinte Gleska University
MottoWahope unglawa sakapi hecel oyate ki Wolakota gluha tokatakiya unya pi kte.
Motto in English
Reenforcing our foundation for the people to go forward in the Lakota Way.
TypePrivate tribal Land-grant university
Established1970
Academic affiliations
American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Space-grant
PresidentLionel Bordeaux
Studentsapproximately 1,012
Location
Mission
,
South Dakota
,
United States
Campusrural
AffiliationsBrulé Lakota
Websitewww.sintegleska.edu

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] In 1994, the college was designated a land-grant college alongside 31 other tribal colleges.[5]

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.[1]

Academics

SGU offers 25 associate degrees, 23 bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees, a dozen certificate programs, and several vocation programs through seven academic undergraduate departments:

  • Great Plains Art Institute
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Business
  • Education
  • Human Services
  • Lakota Studies
  • Institute of Technologies (vocational/career education).

The college has programs in 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

See also

References
  1. American Indian Higher Education Consortium Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sinte Gleska University: Statement of Accreditation Status.
  3. "SGU Main Page." Sinte Gleska University. 2009 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
  4. 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.
  5. "NIFA 1994s The First 20 Years of the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions Standing on Tradition, Embracing the Future" (PDF). National Institute of Food and Agriculture. September 25, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  6. "Academics." Archived 2010-07-28 at the Wayback Machine Sinte Gleska University. 2009 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
  7. "Great Plains Art Institute." Archived 2010-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Sinte Gleska University. 2007 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
  8. "About Northern Plains Indian Art Market." Northern Plains Indian Art Market. 2010 (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)
  9. "First Nations Colleges Offer SGU Master's" Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Tribal College Journal, Volume 16 Spring 2005 Issue No. 3. (retrieved 23 Dec 2010)

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