Recipient of a Critical Theory Travel Grant, 2017-2018

As a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Ethnic Studies and a Ford Fellow Tasha is writing a dissertation on the contemporary L/Dakota language revitalization movement on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota.  Her work focuses on bridging the perceived gap between community work and academic research. Tasha is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and loves to teach and speak Lakotiyapi.