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About Us
The Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, an educational outreach of St. Joseph’s Indian School, is committed to promoting the knowledge and understanding of the Northern Plains Indian Culture past, present and future, through the preservation of historical artifacts and contemporary works of art. Read more »
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Artist Biographies
Want to learn about the Native American artists? Read more »
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41st Annual Powwow
As an outreach program of St. Joseph's Indian School, the Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center will be offering cultural activities with our 41st Annual American Indian Day & Powwow Celebration. Read more »
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Gift Shop
The Akta Lakota Museum offers a wide selction of unique, Indian made, items for purchase. All sales are used to fund programs for the Lakota children in our care at St. Joseph's Indian School. Shop our store »
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Historical Center
St. Joseph's Indian School's Alumni & Historical Center was dedicated in May 2013.
Tokéya uŋkí nájiŋpi (We Stood Here in the Beginning) will preserve the memories of St. Joseph’s Indian School and share accomplishments of the students, religious staff and benefactors. Read more » -
Area Powwows
A wacipi - powwow - is a Native American gathering focused on dance, song and family celebration. It celebrates the connections to tradition and spirituality, to the Earth and to one another in a social, personal and spiritual meeting. View the listing of South Dakota area powwows »
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Speak Lakota
We invite you to learn basic phrases and words of the Lakota language with the students at St. Joseph's Indian School. Read more »
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Need Directions?
Planning a road trip to the Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center? Take a look at these driving directions »
News & Events
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Tapun Sa Win now on Exhibit! The third exhibition developed under the auspices of the CAIRNS educational art exhibition initiative, titled Tapun Sa Win, is based on a Lakota narrative that established a kinship bond between Lakotas and the Star People. A baby boy was miraculously born when his Lakota mother Tapun Sa Win (Red Cheek Woman), fell from the sky to her death. His father, a star, was so grief-stricken that he sat down and has remained in that place ever since, the only star that does not move. The boy was raised by Lakotas and grew up to accomplish many wondrous deeds before returning to the sky world of his father’s people. Twenty-eight emerging and established Lakota artists — seven sculptors, seven musicians, seven painters and seven poets — created original artworks for the passages into which the narrative was divided. Exhibit is on display at the Akta Lakota Museum through May 2018. |
