{"id":34178,"date":"2022-08-18T17:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T22:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/ndn-collective-responds-to-noems-updated-social-studies-standards\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T17:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T22:59:58","slug":"ndn-collective-responds-to-noems-updated-social-studies-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/ndn-collective-responds-to-noems-updated-social-studies-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"NDN Collective responds to Noem\u2019s updated Social Studies standards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nick Tielson, president and CEO of NDN Collective<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

RAPID CITY\u2014<\/strong>Today, in response to Governor Kristi Noem\u2019s social studies standards which were updated after public outcry over blatant erasure of Indigenous people in last year\u2019s original proposal, NDN Collective<\/a> released the following statements:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe newly proposed SD social studies are merely another reflection of Governor Noem\u2019s refusal to address inequity and racism \u2013\u00a0whether it be in policy, practice, or curriculum,\u201d said Korina Barry, managing director of NDN Action. <\/strong>\u201cThe proposed social studies standards do not accurately reflect the truths or experience of Indigneous people, specifically those of the Oceti Sakowin. Sugar coated history lessons that do not acknowledge the oppression that Indigenous people in South Dakota have experienced \u2013 and continue to experience \u2013 further perpetuate white supremacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Noem Administration should be fully adopting the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, and creating mechanisms for accountability to ensure all students in the state are learning about real Lakota values, culture, and history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a sad day in education today \u2013 not just for Indigenous students, but for all students,\u201d said Mary Bowman, Founder, Oceti Sakowin Community Academy. <\/strong>\u201cYouth need a well-rounded education that provides an accurate portrayal of history \u2013 the good, the bad, and the ugly. Reflecting on the mistakes we make allows us to truly learn and become better.<\/p>\n

\u201cKristi Noem handpicked each person on the committee, which is why very little of the Oceti Sakowin standards were included. Under these standards, Indigenous students do not have the opportunity to see themselves, and non-Indigenous students are being done a disservice by being fed a white-washed lie about our state\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a curriculum with a political agenda,\u201d said Nick Tilsen, president and CEO of NDN Collective. <\/strong>\u201cWe organized, we called them out, and they still came back with a watered down, colonial version of our shared history. This is why we have to build community-based solutions for Native students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to wait for South Dakota\u2019s government to continue playing games with our children\u2019s lives. At our school, we will teach accurate history, and work to turn our young people into the warriors of tomorrow. Our children will be armed with the truth \u2013 it\u2019s the only way to battle ignorance and dismantle white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next month, the Oceti Sakowin Community Academy will open, providing Rapid City with its first Indigenous-led, community based school. The school is being made possible by NDN Collective and the NACA Inspired School Network.<\/p>\n

Last year, NDN Collective led the Oceti Sakowin March for Our Children in opposition of the SD Department of Education\u2019s originally proposed social studies standards. The march drew thousands of Indigenous people and allies from across the state, and organizers made specific demands<\/a> around drafting the standards.<\/p>\n

NDN Collective<\/a><\/em> is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. Through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building, and narrative change, we are creating sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nick Tielson, president and CEO of NDN Collective RAPID CITY\u2014Today, in response to Governor Kristi Noem\u2019s social studies standards which were updated after public outcry over blatant erasure of Indigenous people in last year\u2019s original proposal, NDN Collective released the following statements: \u201cThe newly proposed SD social studies are merely <\/p>\n

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