College of Education and Human Development

Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair

  • Pronouns: she / her / wiƞyaƞ

  • Indigenous Research Professor

Photo credit: Nedahness Rose Greene (Leech Lake Ojibwe)

Areas of interest

  • Dakota Studies
  • Native Nations of Minnesota
  • Integration of Native cultures, histories, and languages into curricula and educational institutions
  • The arts and cultural expressions of Native peoples
  • Dakota places and sacred sites
  • Anti-racist pedagogy
Biography

Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair is Indigenous Research Professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on several areas: Dakota Studies; Native Nations of Minnesota; the integration of Native cultures, histories, and languages into curricula and educational institutions; the arts and cultural expressions of Native peoples; Dakota places and sacred sites; and anti-racist pedagogy.

St. Clair is the project lead for the Mni Sota Makoce Curriculum Project, with the Native non-profit, Dakota Wicohan, that is being implemented in sixth grade classrooms across Mni Sóta. She is the Director of the Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators (NSSWE), a professional development workshop hosted by Native Nations since 2007. She is Mdewakaƞtuƞwaƞ Dakota and a citizen of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota.

(Photo credit: Nedahness Rose Greene (Leech Lake Ojibwe))