Noem, a Republican, also cited concerns this spring about how the state must do a better job educating teachers on civics, that the U.S. Kristi Noem's recent statements in support of 'honest, patriotic education that cultivates in our children a profound love for our country.'

The move by the education department follows first-term Gov. Their out-in-the-open debate follows July news that a pair of conservatives quit the workgroup without publicly saying why. Senators Troy Heinert and Red Dawn Foster wear traditional tribal regalia during the first legislative session of the season on Tuesday, January 12, at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. Changes show department officials removed more than a dozen references to education on the Oceti Sakowin, which refers collectively to the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people who are Indigenous to South Dakota and surrounding states. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader, part of the USA TODAY Network, obtained a draft of the standards dated July 26 that differed greatly from what the DOE released on Aug. Others in the workgroup, however, say those members are “making a mountain out of a molehill.” One described a game of 'political football.' Some of the more than 50 members of the workgroup that handled this year's review, a cohort that includes K-12 educators, post-secondary representatives, parents and representatives of business and industry, are speaking out against the changes. Before the South Dakota Department of Education released a draft of new social studies standards last week, department officials took out more than a dozen references to education on the Oceti Sakowin.

Department of Education Secretary Tiffany Sanderson speaks at a Rotary meeting about the future of K-12 education on Monday, August 2, 2021.

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