Dawn Frank
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Dawn Frank | |
|---|---|
Ta Oyate Wiyankapi Win | |
| President of Oglala Lakota College | |
| Assumed office July 18, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Short Bull |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Oglala Lakota College South Dakota State University |
Dawn Tobacco Frank (Lakota: Ta Oyate Wiyankapi Win) is an American biologist and academic administrator. She is president of the Oglala Lakota College.[1][2]
Frank was born to Sylvia Tobacco and Darrell Two Crow. Her Lakota name, Ta Oyate Wiyankapi Win translates to Her People See Her.[3] Frank's maternal grandparents were Stephen “Psin” Tobacco and Caroline Catches Tobacco.[3] Her paternal grandparents were Justin “Judson” Two Crow and Anna “Annie” Chief Eagle-Two Crow.[3] She is a member of the Oglala Sioux and was raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.[3][1]
Education
Frank completed elementary and secondary education at Red Cloud Indian School, graduating in 1989.[4][3] While working and raising her kids, she graduated from Oglala Lakota College (OLC) with an associate's and bachelor's degree (2001) in human services.[4][3] At OLC, she began a master's degree in Lakota leadership before being accepted into a W. K. Kellogg Foundation funded "Prairie Ph.D." program at South Dakota State University (SDSU) where she earned a Ph.D. in biological sciences from South Dakota State University in 2010.[4] Her dissertation was titled, Integrating Lakota culture and biological science into a holistic research methodology (Lakol wico un na wico han wopasi).[4] She later earned a master's degree in Lakota leadership from OLC.[4][3]