SD HC8024

Legislative commemoration honoring Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, a citizen of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, widely regarded as the "godmother of Native American studies"

Held faculty positions at Eastern Washington University and Arizona State University, where she helped found the Native American studies program

Published works foundational to Native American studies and Indigenous literature, promoting understanding of Native nations as sovereign political and cultural entities with inherent rights

Advocated for Indigenous-centered curricula and created academic spaces dignifying Native stories, languages, and philosophies as important areas of study