Sinte Gleska University

Quick Facts

Address: 101 Antelope Lake Circle, Mission, SD 57555
Website: https://www.sintegleska.edu/
Founded: 1971
Students: 1,246 (2017)

About

Sinte Gleska University, located on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and chartered by the Sicangu Lakota, is rooted in Lakota culture and tradition. The University is named in honor of Brulé Chief Sinte Gleska, or Spotted Tail, and emphasizes his legacy of tribal nation building. SGU emphasizes Lakota language and Indigenous models for teaching, research, and art. It was founded in 1971, and also hosts the Great Plains Art Institute.

SGU provides master’s, bachelor’s, and associate degrees, and certificate programs. Master’s degree programs include Human Services annd Master of Education. Bachelor’s degrees include Art, Art Education, Art Institute: Fine Arts, Arts & Science: Liberal Arts, Arts & Sciences: Computer Science, Business Administration: Accounting, Business Administration: Gaming Management, Business Administration: Hosp. Management, Business Administration: Tribal Management, Elementary Education: K-8 Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education: K-12 Special Education, Environmental Science, Human Services: Chemical Dependency, Human Services: Criminal Justice, Human Services: General Track, Human Services: Mental Health, Human Services: Vocational Rehabilitation, Lakota History & Culture, Lakota History & Culture: Tribal Government, Lakota Language: Generalm Lakota Language: Oratory, Lakota Language: Research, Lakota Language: Teaching Wounspe Wecakiya, Lakota Studies: Cultural Resource Management, Lakota Studies: Interdisciplinary Studies, Middle School Education, Secondary Education, and Tribal Lands Management & Environmental Science. Associate's programs include Accounting, Administrative Assistant, Agribusiness, Arts & Science: Biological Science, Arts & Science: Fine Arts, Arts & Science: Lakota Arts, Building Trades, Casino Management, Computer Technology, Data Processing, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Elementary Education Paraprofessional Studies, Environmental Science & Conservation, Fine Arts, General Business, General Business: Accounting, General Business: Management, General Business: Public Administration, General Business: Secretarial, General Studies, Home Health Technician, Human Services, Human Services: Chemical Dependency, Lakota Language: General, Lakota Studies: Lakota History & Culture, Lakota Studies: Lakota Language, Legal Secretary, Licensed Practical Nursing, Medical Secretary, Natural Resources, Office Technology/General, and Secretarial/General Office. Certificate programs include Building Trades, Casino Operations, Certificate/Accounting, Child Development Associate, Computer Maintenance, Data Processing, Electrical Apprenticeship, Entrepreneurship, General Office Secretary, Home Health Technician, Juvenile Corrections Training, Law Enforcement, LPN, Natural Resources, Office Technology, Plumbing Apprenticeship, Secretarial, and Small Business Start-Up).

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