Membership

Greetings current Oceti Sakowin Writers Society (OSWS) members and prospective members,

As you know the Society is now a fully Native-led, Native-run organization as a state-registered non-profit with 501c3 status. As a result, documentation of Society membership is required as in keeping with our vision and mission. All members will be required to submit the two criteria determined by the Society at its inception in the fall of 1993. The Society was founded as a culture-based network of tribal writers committed to preserving and defending Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota cultures, oral traditions, and histories.

To update the membership status of the Society, all current and prospective members must meet the following two criteria. The applicant will be vetted by a Society member panel:

  1. Documentation as a tribally enrolled member of the Oceti Sakowin Oyate.
    (Copy of tribal enrollment ID card, letter of enrollment from tribe, or CIB.)

  2. Provide evidence of having been published in any genre. Pending publication is ineligible.

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To apply for membership or renew your membership, please fill out the membership application form and email proof of tribal enrollment and publishing to oaklaketribalwriters@gmail.com or mail to the Oceti Sakowin Writers Society PO Box 121, Brookings, SD 57006.

Sincerely,
The Oceti Sakowin Writers Society Board of Directors