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Oglala Lakota College
| Location(s): instructional centers in each of the nine districts across Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. There are additional instructional centers in Rapid City and on the Cheyenne River Reservation. Established: 1971 Chartering Tribe(s): Oglala Sioux President: Dawn Frank Land Grant College: Yes |
Address: PO Box 490, Kyle, SD 57752 Phone: (605) 455-6000 Website: www.olc.edu Enrollment (2025): 1,555 |
Master’s degree programs
Master’s degree programs- Master Lakota Leadership
- Masters Lakota Leadership- Ed Emphasis
Bachelor’s degree programs
- Business Administration
- Early Childhood
- Elementary Education
- Information Technology
- K-12 Lakota
- Lakota Studies
- Leadership and Communication
- Natural Science
- Social Work
Associate degree programs
- Art
- Automotive Technology
- Early Childhood
- Electrical Technology
- Elementary Education
- General Construction
- Graphic Art
- Information Technology
- Lakota Studies
- Life Science
- Nursing
- Office Technology
- Plumbing
- Pre-Engineering
- Science, Engineering & Math
- Tribal Law
Non-degree programs/Certificates
- Lakota Language
In the news
- Reading Proficiencies at Tribal Colleges (Feb 20th, 2026)
- American Indian College Fund Appoints TCU Presidents as New Trustees (Sep 30th, 2025)
- OLC Receives $2.5 Million NSF Grant to Launch Master’s Program (Jun 9th, 2025)
- OLC to Host Oceti Sakowin Living Languages Summit (Apr 13th, 2025)
- Tribal Colleges Preparing for More Federal Budget Cuts (Mar 13th, 2025)
- SD Tribal Colleges Host AIHEC Conference (Mar 6th, 2025)
- Next (Nov 8th, 2024)
- He Sapa Center Hosts Tribal Voter Education Forum (Oct 14th, 2024)
- Tribal College Campuses Are Falling Apart. The U.S. Hasn’t Fulfilled Its Promise to Fund the Schools. (Oct 14th, 2024)
- Oglala Lakota College Elections Nov 5th (Sep 12th, 2024)
- Oglala Lakota College Celebrates 203 Graduates (Jun 10th, 2024)
- Oglala Lakota College Shared Laughs and Science with Families at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument! (Mar 22nd, 2024)
- Iyapi Tiyata Glokupi – Bringing the Languages Home: Language Revitalization at America’s Tribal Colleges (Feb 15th, 2024)
- NIFA Invests $4.45M in Tribal Colleges Research (Jan 25th, 2024)
- College Fund Announces Winner of Two-Spirit T-Shirt Design Contest (Jun 21st, 2023)
- OLC Celebrates 50th Graduation Ceremony (Jun 8th, 2023)
- College Fund Program Supports Native Teacher Education and Employment (Mar 30th, 2023)
- Tribal Colleges: Strong Voter Turnout Helps SD Campuses (Oct 26th, 2022)
- Dr. Dawn Frank Selected as New OLC President (May 17th, 2022)
- Rare Indigenous Eyewitness Account of Battle of the Little Bighorn Found in Ontario (Apr 4th, 2022)
- OLC Receives Standing Bear Ledger Artwork (Feb 20th, 2022)
- Oglala Lakota College Student Receives Jackalope Scholarship (Feb 11th, 2022)
- Longtime OLC President Thomas Shortbull to Retire (Jan 14th, 2022)
- Tribal Colleges Honor Students’ Past, Prepare Them for Future (Aug 25th, 2021)
- Oglala Lakota College Celebrates 50 Years (Mar 15th, 2021)
- How One S.D. college Used Pandemic Funds to Improve Education (Jan 4th, 2021)
- Time Served, Restitution for Man Who Stole from Oglala Lakota College (Jan 4th, 2021)
- American Indian College Fund Announces 2020-21 Student Ambassador Cohort (Aug 28th, 2020)
- Keith Braveheart: Art In The Age Of COVID (Jun 1st, 2020)
- American Indian College Fund Names Five Tribal College Participants for $2.4 Million Cultivating Native College Student Success Program (May 20th, 2020)
- Oglala Lakota College Goes Online in Response to Coronavirus (Mar 16th, 2020)
- Oglala Lakota College Relying on Online Teaching Amid Coronavirus Concerns (Mar 13th, 2020)
- SD Colleges Make List of Top Schools for Indigenous Students (Jan 9th, 2020)
- Oglala Lakota College Takes a Step into the Future (Dec 13th, 2019)
- Planning for the Next Generation: Capital Infrastructure at Colleges and Universities (Nov 7th, 2019)
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