Taŋyáŋ yahí. (Welcome.)
I am a Mnikȟowožu Lakȟota scholar, teacher, and language activist. I am enrolled in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and work closely with and for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North and South Dakota. 
I earned a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory at the University of Califonia, Berkeley. There I wrote my dissertation entitled: “Lakȟótiyapi kiŋ uŋglúkinipi (We Revitalize our Lakota Language): Native Language Revitalization at Standing Rock” under the auspices of Drs. Thomas Biolsi, Shari Huhndorf, Leanne Hinton and Keith Feldman.
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While previously an Assistant Professor of Lakota and American Indian and Indigenous Studies,  I am  now working directly with tribes and schools to grow impactful Očhethi Šakowiŋ language programs and with other Native communities to plan and implement their language programming.