Changleska Yawaska/Strengthening the circle

​Wahope unglwa sakapi hecel Oyate ki Wolakota gluha takatakiya yuha pi kte.​
Strengthening our Foundation for The People to Go Forward in the Lakota Way of Life
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Join us in this movement of restoration and hope. Your gift to Sinte Gleska University’s Foundation directly fuels the education of Native students and the survival of an irreplaceable culture. Together, we are not only educating minds—we are awakening a nation. Every dollar invested is a step toward healing, toward self-determination, and toward a future where Lakota lifeways are not just remembered—but lived.
mailing address:
SINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY
c/o Development Department
P.O. Box 648
Mission, SD 57555-0648
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With every new year there is an opportunity for growth & awareness. We remember our past accomplishments and learn from all of our experiences. Even our failures are seen as learning experiences so that we may build upon them to make us stronger and wiser. We do these things knowing for each day Creator gives us allows for yet another chance to strengthen our Oyate. We honor those ancestors that came before us because their courage blazed a path for us to follow as we are meant to do the same for our future generations.
Please help us prepare for our next Fouders' Day Wacipi Na Oskate coming this winter 2026. We cannot do these things alone nor should we have to. They say It takes a community to raise our babies so to it takes our Oyate to protect and nurture our future. With all due respect and it is with a humble heart we, Sinte Gleska University, asks for your help to continue our traditions to enrich our culture especially with your participation. We have a goal in mind of raising the funds needed to continue this event for you and us the same. We have a fundraising goal of $310K but we cannot do it alone. We ask that you do whatever you can to assist us in reaching that goal.
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Sinte Gleska owawaya wan kan tu ya wokiksuye nah an wocekiye un wi can gan pi lena un wopila tanka un gin i ce ya pelo. Sum pa wacantognaka pi hena un ake wopila tanka un gin i ce ya pelo. Wo ta kuye gi le cante etan han wa glu onihan yelo.
Pilamayapelo,
Lionel R. Bordeaux/SGU President

Thank you for keeping Sinte Gleska University in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your generosity. I am honored to call you my relative. 
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About Sinte Gleska University
As a private, North American indigenous peoples post-secondary educational institute on the Sicangu Makoce (a.k.a., Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation), Sinte Gleska University (SGU) provides a model for all other Native/Indigenous/Tribal/Aboriginal/First Nations controlled colleges and universities to follow. In fact it is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). We are a foundation governed by its local Oyate and constituents in order to preserve their language, history, belief system, and culture. We are especially concerned about our future and wish to see this university grow. SGU provides each and every student with the opportunity to pursue an education and direction so that it may be relevant to each students' career path in alliance with the Sicangu Lakota Tetunwan Oyate (a.k.a., Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sicangu Oyate, Burnt Thigh Nation).

SGU was conceived by first and foremost a fellowship of Sicangu Medicine Men then by its federally endorsed IRA elected tribal government to maintain and strengthen the Sicangu Oyate. Its founding would thereupon address all areas affecting its daily way of life including the development of an indigenous accreditation board so as to have complete ownership of its indigenous educational system with reciprocity of both established and new courses created therein.
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Our Vision
SGU strives to build a healthy Oyate (a.k.a., Tribe/Nation) and sustain its cultural identity by developing critical minded as well as lifelong learners who will promote dialogue and analysis, value diversity, and provide leadership for future generations to come.

Our Mission
​SGU looks to strengthen the Sicangu Nation through higher educational opportunities that promote indigenous models of teaching, research in tribal economic development, and the use of the Lakota language and other cultural areas of need such as history, ceremonies, scred sites, and all traditional values (respect, generosity, compassion, and sharing amongst others) as well as addressing all other areas of need such as health, judicial, social, housing, energy, transportation, youth and elders. 

Some of our funding priorities

Scholarships

A scholarship is an invaluable gift to enriching a studen'ts life

Construction/Building maintenance

We are in dire need of new buildings and housing

student services

Daycare, Lunch Program, Student Clubs and more are so needed

see also:

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The 4 Directions
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Wakan
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 105 / Mission SD / 57555
​Shipping Address: 101 Antelope Lake Circle / Mission SD / 57555
Accreditation and Sinte Gleska University – A Short History
Sinte Gleska University has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC – formerly the North Central Association) since 1983. Because SGU is accredited, colleges and universities across the United States will review courses that students take at SGU and will consider them for transfer.
For more information, and to see the most recent correspondence from HLC to SGU, click on the HLC logo
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