Native American history lessons face anti-CRT pushback.

Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, decided to enroll her youngest daughter at a private school after South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed an executive order restricting how race and equity can be taught in the classroom. Tilsen-Brave Heart worried that her daughter would receive an incomplete education without the critical history and culture of Indigenous people being taught. The new private school, Oceti Sakowin Community Academy, is centered on the culture and language of the Oceti Sakowin, also known as the Sioux. The state’s executive order has caused confusion among teachers who taught Native American history and culture using the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings. The state’s anti-CRT efforts have clashed with initiatives in several states, including South Dakota, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, to teach Native American history more accurately and fully. Nationwide, high school graduation rates for Native students are lower than those of their white peers, and their dropout rates are higher. Research shows that culturally relevant education improves academic outcomes for Native students.

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