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Tusweca Tiospaye is 100% Lakota operated and is located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Southwestern South Dakota, home of the Oglala Sioux Tribe

Tusweca Tiospaye is a Native American run 501 (c)(3) charity that was created in 2007 to revitalize the Lakota language and culture among the youth of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

 The mission of Tusweca Tiospaye is to promote, strengthen, and revitalize the Lakota language

Tusweca Tiospaye works toward meeting our mission through Lakota language classes, providing language learning materials to families, traditional song and dance programs, traditional games, traditional foods programs, traditional ceremonies and the Lakota Dakota Nakota Language Summit