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The Year of Reconciliation (and the newly renamed holiday Native Americans' Day) was established in 1990 by South Dakota Governor George S. Mickelson and South Dakota Secretary of Indian Affairs Francis White Bird. Information about the Year of Reconciliation can be found in the Institute of American Indian Studies' The Bulletin, Winter 1990, page 17. Copies of the IAIS Bulletins and News Reports are in the Digital Library of South Dakota, USD Archives, and South Dakota Gover

To honor Indigenous traditions, languages and stories during Native American Heritage Month, we are highlighting Dakota and Lakota language classes at the University of South Dakota. The newsletter of the Institute of Indian Studies recounts, “There is an interesting story behind the development of the course. It started as a topic introduced from the floor […]

Bobby Penn graduated with a BFA from the University of South Dakota in 1974. While at USD and after his graduation, Penn worked as an art instructor and illustrator. Beginning in 1986, he pursued his painting career full-time. Penn lived and worked in Vermillion, South Dakota until his death in 1999. Penn’s work is in […]