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ABOUT US The Lower Sioux Indian Community is a federally-recognized Dakota tribe located in south central Minnesota in Redwood County, approximately two miles south of Morton. The Lower Sioux Early Head Start and Head Start was created and opened doors in August of 2018 to meet a need for increased cultural connections and wrap-around services to target families with a need for resources and early child care. Early Head Start and Head Start is a wrap-around evidence-based early learning program for children ages birth to 5 years. We provide wrap-around services that integrate education, physical health, nutrition, mental health, and family/community engagement. Longitudinal research demonstrates many positive social, educational, and economic benefits for Head Start participants. OUR MISSION To raise the next generation of Dakota Language Speakers and to promote school readiness by enhancing the social, emotional and cognitive development of the most at risk children. METHODOLOGY Aƞpetu iyohi wówauƞṡida, daḳota wic̣oḣaƞ, waḳaƞyeża canteya yuha mauƞnipi kiƞhaƞ waṡaguƞki’iciyapte Our compassion, our Dakota ways, and our love for our children, that’s what keeps us strong. To establish an effective and meaningful learning environment through the provision of Dakota-Immersion, education, health, nutrition, social and other services to enrolled children and families. Dakota language and lifeways drives the learning environment. Staff, teachers, parents, and children will learn and speak the language together while raising our waḳaƞyeża, our children.