The Oak Lake Writers’ Society would like to thank the South Dakota Humanities Council for livestreaming several panels of the Society and readings by our members. Please click here to watch the #NativeReads Livestream.

Just before Covid-19 pandemic, the First Nations Development Institute partnered with the Oak Lake Writers’ Society (Society) to increase knowledge of and appreciation for Oceti Sakowin (Dakota, Lakota and Nakota) literatures. Because of the devastating effects of colonization and the government and church boarding schools, few people recognize that the Oceti Sakowin have our own rich and complex literary traditions. In 2019, the Society compiled a list of nearly 200 books by Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota writers that disprove and challenge this false assumption.

You can learn more about #NativeReads on our website.