This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.
The Honoring Thathanka Oyate community festival centers around celebrating the buffalo and its significance to indigenous South Dakotans.
Jennifer Irving, vice president of communications and marketing at Maȟpíya Lúta (Red Cloud Indian School), joins In the Moment with a preview.
The event includes film screenings of Ken Burns' "The American Buffalo" and SDPB's "Tatanka: A Way of Life," as well as panel discussions, games, festivities and a community meal.