Jan 30 | Dr. Becky Kuehl and Dr. Molly Enz – DEI: The Divisiveness of Inclusion – South Dakota State University professors, Dr. Becky Kuehl and Dr. Molly Enz, join SDHC for an explanation of “DEI” – an acronym for “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” – and a discussion of why it’s dividing America.
Feb 13 | Donovin Sprague and Aaron D. West, Jr. – Blood Quantum and Indigenous Erasure – Donovin Sprague, educator, author, and historian, and Aaron D. West, Jr., Director of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Lakota Cultural Center, join SDHC to discuss the issue of “blood quantum” – its premise, history, and ongoing impact on Indigenous populations.
Feb 27 | Doris Ann Mears, Sarah Jones-Lutter, and Hanna Glissendorf – Troubling Literacy Rates in South Dakota: What’s Going On? – Doris Ann Mertz, Library Coordinator for the Custer School District & School Chair for the South Dakota Library Association (SDLA), Sarah Jones-Lutter, Library Director & past president of the SDLA, and Hanna Glissendorf, Director of the Black Hills Reads program at the United Way of the Black Hills, join SDHC to talk about the current status of youth literacy rates in South Dakota, including what can – and needs – to be done to turn things around.
March 13 | Dr. Jenna Borseth – South Dakota’s Criminal Justice System: Education and Reentry – Dr. Jenna Borseth, Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota, joins SDHC to talk about the SAFER SD Reentry System, recently adopted by the state of SD, and the importance of meaningful programming for those incarcerated in South Dakota prisons.
March 27 | Dr. Craig Howe – Lakota Star Knowledge – Dr. Craig Howe, founder and director of the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS), joins SDHC to discuss the importance of Lakota Star Knowledge and its relationship to mainstream space science, including the primary understandings of Lakota Star Knowledge, its relationship to the Spring Equinox, and how NASA/mainstream science has taken an interest in this Knowledge.
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