Oglala Lakota College

Oglala Lakota College
Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, South Dakota
MottoRebuilding the Lakota Nation through Education
TypePublic tribal land-grant community college
Established1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Academic affiliations
AIHEC, Space-grant
PresidentThomas Shortbull
Students1,400
Location
Kyle, South Dakota
,
South Dakota
,
United States
CampusUrban/suburban reserve on the Pine Ridge Reservation
NicknameBravehearts
Websitewww.olc.edu
Marchers from Oglala Lakota College celebrating the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., September 21, 2004.

Oglala Lakota College (OLC) is a public tribal land-grant community college in Kyle, South Dakota. It enrolls 1,456 students enrolled part- and full-time. OLC serves the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which has a population of about 26,000 and covers 3,468 square miles in southwestern South Dakota.[1]

  1. ^ American Indian Higher Education Consortium Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine