Sinte Gleska University
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| Motto | Wahope unglawa sakapi hecel oyate ki Wolakota gluha tokatakiya unya pi kte. |
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Motto in English
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Reenforcing our foundation for the people to go forward in the Lakota Way. |
| Type | Native American tribal community college and land grant institution |
| Established | 1970 |
| President | Lionel Bordeaux |
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Academic staff
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Margaret MacKichan |
| Students | approximately 1,012 |
| Location | PO Box 105 Mission, South Dakota, United States 57570 |
| Campus | rural |
| Affiliations | American Indian Higher Education Consortium, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission |
| Website | http://www.sintegleska.edu/ |
Sinte Gleska University is a four-year private American Indian tribal college, located in Mission, South Dakota, in south-central 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.
SGU's mission is
SGU was founded in 1971. SGU was named for the Brulé Lakota chief Sinte Gleska. 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.
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.
SGU has seven academic undergraduate departments, which include:
SGU offers 25 associate degrees, 23 bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees, a dozen certificate programs, and several vocation programs. Academic programs offered by the school include:
The Great Plains Art Institute of the University offers AA and BA degrees in art and a BAAE degree in art education.
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.
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.
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