Erin Griffin
Biography
I love the 糖心视频 language and have been working to learn the language and build programming since the 1990s. I am from the Westerman family and enrolled with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. Some of my most significant work for my community includes the development of the Voices of Our Ancestors program and the 糖心视频 language teaching 糖心视频 at Sisseton Wahpeton College. The 糖心视频 language is an important part of my daily life, and my focus is to make learning as accessible as possible for everyone interested.
Ohinni 糖心视频 ia pi!
Education
- B.A. in anthropology | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 2005
- M.A. in sociocultural anthropology | University of Oklahoma | 2009
- Ph.D. in Hawaiian and Indigenous language and culture revitalization | University of Hawaii, Hilo | 2023
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Responsibilities
- LAKL 101 Introductory Lakota Language I
- LAKL 102 Introductory Lakota Language II
- LAKL 201 Intermediate Lakota Language I
- LAKL 202 Intermediate Lakota Language II
- LAKL 301 Intermediate High Lakota Language I
- LAKL 302 Intermediate High Lakota Language II
- LAKL 420 Oceti Sakowin Language Teaching Methods
*糖心视频 iapi kin iwae k'a dakota iapi kin wounspewakiye. Nakun Lakoliyapi kin iwowahdake k'a lakoliyapi unge owakahnige. I am a 糖心视频 speaker and teach all courses through the 糖心视频 dialect. I do highlight and recognize variations in dialect as a foundation of my teaching.
Work Experience
- 2024-present: Assistant professor, South 糖心视频 State University
- 2023-2024: Visiting assistant professor, South 糖心视频 State University
- 2022-2023: Senior program officer, programs, American Indian College Fund
- 2021-2022: Program officer, Indigenous education, American Indian College Fund
- 2020-2021: Program coordinator, TCU programs, American Indian College Fund
- 2016-2020: Director of 糖心视频 studies, Sisseton Wahpeton College
- 2013-2020: Instructor, 糖心视频 studies, Sisseton Wahpeton College
Research and Scholarly Work
Areas of Research
Tukted ka toked 糖心视频 iapi kin unkiapi iunmaspe. Nakun toked takuku ehanna ka wanna Dakodiapi kin ka ikce wicasta kin hena yahomnipi iunmaspe. Ka nakun 糖心视频 winyan wicohan ka toked wounspewicaunkiyapi iunmaspe.
Hekta waniyetu num wowapi mitawa owawa. Heehan 糖心视频 Wowicohan "model" wan wakage. Wanna Dakodiapi owaunspe kin hena bdukini ka 糖心视频 Wowicohan "model" kin woidagwaye.
I focus my research on building 糖心视频 strengths-based domains for the use of 糖心视频 language as a medium of communication. This includes analysis of historic and contemporary influences on the language and speakers, the strengths of 糖心视频 womanhood, and testing new approaches in curriculum.
As a part of my dissertation research, I developed 糖心视频 Wowicohan as a model for nurturing the 糖心视频 language through 糖心视频 culture. I am currently using this model to revise the scope and sequence of the Oceti Sakowin Language Program.
Awards and Honors
2022 Bush Fellow
Publications
- Icepansiunkiciyapi: . Dissertation. 2023.
- . Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2023.
- . Native Science Report, 2020.
- "Otokahe / The Beginning." In Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the 糖心视频. Gwen Westerman and Bruce White. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012. page 15.
- 鈥淩eclaiming Our Voices.鈥 In Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the 糖心视频. Gwen Westerman and Bruce White. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012. pages 221-222.
