Robert Cook, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, has won the National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation.
Cook, the only winner from South Dakota, receives a $25,000 in a cash and a trip to Washington, D.C. He said he was surprised to hear the news on Tuesday during an assembly at Central High School in Rapid City.
Cook teaches English and a section of Native American Heritage in the Lakolkiciyapi Room, a classroom for at-risk ninth-grade students. He coordinates the Back-to-School Pow Wow and organizes after-school activities and fundraisers.
About 17 percent of students at Central are Native American.
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Teacher rewarded for excellence
(The Rapid City Journal 11/2)
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Oglala Sioux member wins national teaching award
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
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