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Media Release: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010
Contact: Joe Kafka or Roxy Everson, 773-3212
*Another in a series of notes in 2010 highlighting South Dakota’s cultural diversity
A Year of Unity note:
The seventh annual Indian Education Summit in South Dakota will be held Sept. 26-28 at Chamberlain.
The summit provides a forum to discuss solutions to unique challenges faced by American Indian students.
Among topics scheduled for this year’s meeting are student learning and achievement; fostering the Lakota language; higher education; cultural awareness; strengthening family, school and community relations; and increased parent participation in the learning process.
The theme for the annual summit is “Woonspe Epazo,” a Lakota term that means “to point to education.”
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*Gov. Rounds has declared 2010 as the Year of Unity in South Dakota – a year to renew South Dakota’s dedication to multicultural understanding and acceptance.