LAKOTA LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CLASSROOM

About the Instructor
Fred Stands grew up at home, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in Oglala, SD. Fred went to school at Holy Rosary Mission for ten years, then got his G.E.D. before going to Oglala Lakota College, where he received an AA degree. Fred recently received his degree in Lakota Language Studies. Fred has been married to a wonderful lady from Ohio, Janet Stands, for 35 years. Fred and Janet have four daughters and four grand children, three boys and one girl. They recently adopted a couple into their family, Jay and Gretchen Lees, another adopted son and daughter. Fred has been at Red Cloud and came to Red Cloud because the kids needed to learn their culture, traditions, history, and most importantly, their identity.