VIRTUAL SPEAKERS
National Louis University, Wheeling Campus Virtual / Online Speakers
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tribal Education Specialist Dupree, South Dakota, USA
Stephanie Charging Eagle is a Lakota from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. She is Hoh'woju (Planters by Water), one of the seven subbands of the Titunwan (Tipi Dwellers) of the Lakota dialect speaking Bands of the Great Sioux Nation. Stephanie is a descendant of Si Tanka's (Big Foot) Band, a leader who along with his people suffered annihilation at the hands of the United States military at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Stephanie is blessed with her parents, Steve and Lorraine Charging Eagle of Red Scaffold, South Dakota, who still reside on the reservation as respected elders, five siblings, five hunka (adoption by ceremony) daughters, ages 2, 12, 14, 17, 19, and 27, and a large tiospaye (extended family). Like her
siblings, Lakota is her first language, and she continues to speak, read, and writes the language fluently.
She has earned a bachelor's degree in secondary education at Black Hills State University in South Dakota and a master's degree from Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma. Stephanie taught middle school and high school in the social sciences, and Lakota language, culture and history (Indian Studies) in K-12 grades and at the higher education level (tribal college and state). In pursuing her doctoral degree, she is guided by personal motivation and a desire to help her Lakota/ Dakota/ Nakota people. Her work in language revitalization spans a period of over 20 years as a classroom teacher, educator, administrator and presenter at various national, local and regional conferences, and as a community language activist. Stephanie's career in education and work in the Indian community leads to the goal of learning skills of scholarly research in language revitalization. Ultimately, with her doctoral degree, her goal is to contribute her skills, education, and cultural/language knowledge as a Lakota woman to aid the Indian community to achieve a quality, culturally relevant lifestyle. A challenge that Stephanie sees in today's society for American Indian women is to maintain the balance of their roles in both their tribal societies and mainstream societies. American Indian women, historically, have been the "keepers of the traditions" and many of these women are entering higher education to improve the quality of life for their community in general. The wisdom of American Indian women has been evident for centuries as they resist assimilation and compromise their role in their tribal societies. Moreover, this resistance must be strengthened through language revitalization.
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