Woiwahoye Gluotkunzapi 

Amanda Carlow (Oglala Lakota) resides on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Ms. Carlow is a PhD student (ABO) at the University of Hawai'i Hilo. She is the Director of Adult Lakota Language Instruction at Red Cloud School and an adjunct professor at South Dakota State University. Ms.Carlow teaches dual credit, college, and community level Lakota Language classes. She is a 2020 Bush Fellow and a 2023 Northeast Community College Hall of Success inductee. She is the proud mother to son Riyen and daughters Ashlan and Kai'milla and grandson Damon.

Elyssa (Sierra) Concha is Lakota, Anishinaabe, and Taos Pueblo. Sierra has a M.A. degree in Indigenous Education from Arizona State University. She has been involved in the dual immersion program since 2016, starting as a media consultant and curriculum developer, then began working as an educator in 2018. Since then Sierra has taught grades K-4 in the Lakota dual immersion program at Mapiya Luta Owayawa, taught adult lak6ta language classes levels beginner to advanced, and is currently the Lakota Literacy Project Coordinator at Mapiya Lula while teaching Lakota Language Arts for 3rd and 4th grade.

Randilynn Boucher-Giago is an Educator and Curriculum Specialist at Red Cloud Indian School. She obtained her education at ASU in B.S. American Indian Studies Minor in Language, Culture, and Ethics. She attends the University of Minnesota-Duluth for her M.Ed graduate work. She specializes in land-based learning and culturally responsive curriculum. She has experience teaching, facilitating, and training teachers to achieve student success and promote critical thinking. She also has a background in museum collections, cultural art workshops, and native youth prevention programs. She is the coordinator of Wikoskalaka Yuwitapi youth healing camp. She is skilled in community organizing, cultural awareness, preservation, and environmental awareness.