Executive Director
Friends of the Children-He Sapa
Rapid City, South Dakota
Valeriah Big Eagle, Wakan Wocekiye Win (Sacred Prayer Woman), is an enrolled member of the Ihanktonwan Oyate and currently is the Executive Director of Friends of the Children-He Sapa and received both her Baccalaureate and Master degrees from South Dakota State University. Valeriah also holds a Doctor of Education in Education Leadership from the University of South Dakota. She understands the inequitable challenges that indigenous students face in education systems due to a lack of cultural understanding and systemic racism. She is a volunteer for the Rapid City Indian School Lands Project.
SAT-DD-02: Remembering the Children: Rapid City Indian Boarding School Lands Project and Memorial
Saturday, October 28, 2023
2:00pm – 4:30pm CT