About Siċaƞġu Learning & Development

Siċaŋġu Learning & Development aims to develop talent and strengthen the workforce by  seeing and encountering each individual’s intellectual, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual potential. We collaborate with tribal, public, and private organizations to offer personalized training and education on multiple topics. 

Our work is rooted in relationship, compassion, and the belief in every person’s inherent worthiness and resilience. We believe every member of the Sicangu community has innate strengths and assets deserving of attention and care. We believe when each of us is encouraged to own our story, we can make discoveries about how we may enrich the world through our unique gifts.

 

Sicangu Co Internship For SGU Students

What: 

10-week paid ($15/hr) college internship for SGU Students with weekly whole-cohort training

When: 

3/13/2025-5/1/2025, Fall semester TBD

Where: 

Sicangu Co offices, with the option for hybrid work as approved by managers

Who: 

SGU Students eligible for an internship

What to expect: 

  • Complete 120 hours for the semester

  • Interns will become certified in the Native Nations Rebuilders Level 1 course.

  • Interns will be able to introduce themselves in Lakota.

  • Interns will use the Sicangu Co self-assessment to identify at least 2 core skills they would like to develop during their internship

    Departments:

    Marketing

    Development

7GEN SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP 2025

What is it?

7-week paid internship to empower the next generation of leaders with the skills and concepts to use their strengths to create healthy families and communities

When is it?

5/29/2025-7/16/2025

(application closes 4/4/2025)

Who is it for?

local youth 16-24, living within the RST Reservation

What you can expect!

  • Lakota language and culture lessons

  • Financial Literacy Classes 

  • Leadership strengthening

  • Professional development skills

  • Designing a community project

  • And more!

Sicangu x NASA Star Knowledge

The Sicangu-NASA Star Knowledge Project is a partnership between Sicangu Co, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Education Department (RST Tribal Ed).

This program works to create youth learning opportunities around Lakota Star Knowledge through hands-on experiments, storytelling sessions, and field trips. 

When is it?

5/14/2025-7/30/2025

Who is it for?

6-12 graders

If you want to join our working group, send Lydia a message (lydia@sicangu.co). We meet monthly and would be happy to see involvement from our iLEARN teachers.

Seven Generation Food & Agriculture 2025

The Immersive Learning Experiences And Rural Networking (I-LEARN) is an immersive professional development workshop created for K-12 science/agriculture educators on Rosebud Reservation. This is a 4 year project between Sicangu Co and South Dakota State University. 

In this program participants will:

  1. Facilitate summer professional development to support K-12 educators develop culturally relevant, land-based units

  2. Create sharable resource library with unit plans, lesson plans, classroom activities, and other resources 

  3. Curate immersive learning experiences for school leaders.

  4. Increase student awareness of and excitement in science and food careers through local career fairs. 

Learn more here: https://www.sdstate.edu/biology-microbiology/7gen-food-agriculture-ilearn

Where is it?

Todd County Middle School

Who is it for?

Rosebud Educators (K-12 Grades)

AmeriCorp VISTA Positions

Tatanka Funds

To support capacity of Tatanka Funds to fulfill their mission of empowering people, strengthening local economy, and building community in the areas of financial education, business technical assistance, and homeownership. The VISTA will build the capacity of Tatanka Funds to fulfill this mission by assisting with activities related to fundraising, including grants, donation campaigns, etc., and with the development of financial systems to support excellent non-profit accounting and tracking.

Lakota Youth Development

The VISTA member will build the capacity of Lakota Youth Development and related social enterprises by researching and experimenting with sustainable food systems, off-grid living strategies, entrepreneurial agriculture, and responsible land stewardship. These practices will be used as an educational example for the youth of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate which attend the summer programs of the organization.

Tatanka Funds

The VISTA member will build the educational capacity alongside the Program Development Director to fulfill the mission by assisting with activities related to program classes, program educational information sharing, program classroom marketing, internship program building, and other areas of academic need. The VISTA member will be responsible for data entry for clients receiving client one-on-one services and getting loans ready.

Our team