Tusweca Tiospaye
Our Team
Our History
Our History
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
Our History
Our History
Our History
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
Our Mission
Our Programs
Our Programs
The mission of Tusweca Tiospaye is to develop a strong, healthy, and prosperous environment in which Lakota children and their families can learn and incorporate the Lakota language into their daily lives.
Our Programs
Our Programs
Our Programs
Tusweca Tiospaye has worked 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
LAKOTA DAKOTA NAKOTA LANGUAGE SUMMIT
UNITING THE SEVEN COUNCIL FIRES TO SAVE OUR LANGUAGE
In 2008 Tusweca Tiospaye created the Lakota Dakota Nakota Language Summit to unite all Lakota Dakota Nakota (Sioux) reservations, reserves and communities in the United States and Canada in efforts to revitalize our language and culture.
October 7-9, 2021 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD
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Help Our Cause
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and revitalize the Lakota language and culture.
