Allen Wilson is from Rosebud Reservation. He is a teacher of Lakota language, history and culture at Todd County Middle School, and before that, at St Joseph’s Indian School. Together with Ben Black Bear Jr., regularly facilitates language meetings at Siŋté Glešká University. He grew up hearing Lakota around the rez and began studying more intently in 2012 after learning how close Lakota is to extinction. He has attended the Lakota Summer Institute since 2015.
