Museum Wins Travelers’ Choice Award!
Tripadvisor recently named The Aktá Lakota Museum & Cultural Center a 2022 Travelers’ Choice Award Winner. The award celebrates businesses that have received great traveler reviews from visitors from around the globe on Tripadvisor over the past 12 months....
Museum Monday to begin in July!
Beginning July 11 the museum will be offering Museum Monday, a free program that provides educational presentations in history, literature, philosophy, anthropology, and other humanities disciplines. The programs are geared toward teen and adult audiences but people...
The Museum Says Goodbye
We say goodbye to our Museum Gift Shop Manager, Kyndra Hosek. Kyndra has been able to combine her love of event management and retail, into a gratifying career at the Aktá Lakota Museum for the past four years. Hosek says the Museum will still be part of her heart but...
Introducing Wandering Wanda!
Wandering Wanda is a fun interactive program that takes you on an adventure around St. Joseph's Indian School Campus, introducing you to some of the dynamic programs and services available to the children and families served by St. Joseph's. Wandering Wanda will air...
Celebrate 605 Day Across South Dakota
South Dakota's One Area Code Brings Cause for Celebration PIERRE, S.D. – There is one thing that unifies South Dakota and its residents – the state’s area code. Only 11 states in the country have a single area code, and South Dakota is one of them. On Sunday, June 5,...
2022 Powwows & Celebrations
Please contact the venue before making plans. June 2022 All Veterans Wacipi Date: June 10-12, 2022 Location: Pine Ridge, SD Ph: 605.407.2853 or 605.407.8733 Email: ostveteranscommittee@gmail.com July 2022 155th Annual Sisseton Wahpeton Wacipi Date: July 1-4, 2022...
Aktá Lakota Museum’s Wanda Bunker Achieves South Dakota State Honor
(Chamberlain, SD) Few of Wanda Bunker’s colleagues on St. Joseph’s Indian School campus will be surprised to learn that she recently was awarded a Ruth Ziolkowski* Outstanding Hospitality and Customer Service Award by the South Dakota Department of Tourism. The...
MMU Nursing Students Visit St. Joseph’s
CHAMBERLAIN — The spirit of Bishop Martin Marty, “Apostle to the Sioux,” blew in a strong wind through the campus of St. Joseph’s Indian School on Thursday, April 7. Eight nursing students from Mount Marty University, which bears his namesake, visited the school to...