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Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center - Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center Skip to Main Content Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Footer Links (800) 798-3452 Home About Us Contact Us Sign up to receive email Visit Admissions & Hours Directions Alumni & Historical Center Lakota Culture Lakota Culture Artist Biographies Beliefs & Traditions Chief Biographies Lakota Language Lakota Legends Lakota Prayers South Dakota Reservations Seven Lakota Rites Sioux Origins Shop Donate Sign up to receive email updates from the Akta Lakota Museum! Sign up to receive email updates from the Akta Lakota Museum! -- About Us The Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, an educational outreach of St. Joseph’s Indian School, is committed to promoting the knowledge and understanding of the Northern Plains Indian Culture past, present and future, through the preservation of historical artifacts and contemporary works of art. Read more » Artist Biographies Want to learn about the Native American artists? Read more » 44 th Annual Powwow As an outreach program of St. Joseph's Indian School, the Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center will be offering cultural activities with our 44 th Annual American Indian Day & Powwow Celebration. Read more » Gift Shop The Akta Lakota Museum offers a wide selction of unique, Indian made, items for purchase. All sales are used to fund programs for the Lakota children in our care at St. Joseph's Indian School. Shop our store » Historical Center St. Joseph's Indian School's Alumni & Historical Center was dedicated in May 2013. Tokéya uŋkí nájiŋpi (We Stood Here in the Beginning) will preserve the memories of St. Joseph’s Indian School and share accomplishments of the students, religious staff and benefactors. Read more » Area Powwows A wacipi - powwow - is a Native American gathering focused on dance, song and family celebration. It celebrates the connections to tradition and spirituality, to the Earth and to one another in a social, personal and spiritual meeting. View the listing of South Dakota area powwows » -- Speak Lakota We invite you to learn basic phrases and words of the Lakota language with the students at St. Joseph's Indian School. Read more » Need Directions? Planning a road trip to the Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center? Take a look at these driving directions » News & Events -- On Exhibit … Articles of a Treaty May 27, 2019 — November 30, 2019 Aktá Lakota Museum Gallery Free Exhibition An expansive new exhibit that explores the seventeen articles of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, a peace agreement between the Oceti Sakowin Confederacy and the United States of America is interpreted through music, poetry and art by Oceti Sakowin artists. This exhibit is brought together in collaboration with the Center for American Indian Research & Native Studes (CAIRNS) and featured in select museums. -- About Us Frequently Asked Questions Admission & Hours Museum Location Contact Us Quick Links Gift Shop Alumni & Historical Center St. Joseph's Indian School Sitemap Get Involved Become a Member -- Donate Signup to receive email Privacy Policy Connect with Us Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center St. Joseph's Indian School 1301 North Main Street · Chamberlain, SD 57325 (800) 798-3452 · aktalakota@stjo.org Akta Lakota Museum © Copyright Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center and St. Joseph's Indian School. View our privacy policy ....