Sponsored by Native Student Services, the cultural heritage ceremony recognizes the accomplishments of graduating Native American students and their supporters. Lynelle Noisy Hawk, M.D., Oglala-Hunkpapa from Fort Yates, N.D., and an alumna of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address. The celebration also includes a dinner and ceremony featuring traditional regalia, singing of honor songs and other appropriate cultural protocols. This event precedes the University of South Dakota’s 125th Spring Commencement at the Dakota Dome on Saturday, May 5.

Noisy Hawk began her work in August 2007 as a medical officer at the Fort Yates, N.D. Indian Health Service (IHS) Hospital where she currently serves as the clinical director. She utilizes both modern medical health care and traditional Lakota healing ceremonies in her practice of medicine. Noisy Hawk completed her B.S. at South Dakota State University in 1997 and was accepted into the Indians Into Medicine program (INMED) at the University of North Dakota. She subsequently transferred to the University of South Dakota and completed her M.D. in 2003. Married to Todd Goodsell, a University of South Dakota graduate, Noisy Hawk is a full blood Lakota from the Oglala and Hunkpapa Tribal Nations. Her Lakota name, Kagnigapi Win, means “The Chosen Woman.”

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