Staff of American Horse School

 Hello, my name is Tammy Marrs.  I will be in the SPED department this year, and this is my 10th year here at American Horse School. Before that, I was at Bennett County Jr HIgh and High School for 15 years as a SPED Para.

Hello, I am Ms. Shelby Marrs, I will the 6th - 8th Grade Para. This is my first year teaching at American Horse. 

Miss. Tina (Tina Sigman

The 2021-2022 School year is bringing in my 5th year as a Paraprofessional for American Horse School. This year I am assisting Miss. Jasmine in the Wolves, 4th Grade classroom.

If you’re always trying to be normal

you will never know how

amazing you can be - Maya Angelou

Hello. My name is Jennifer Nelson (Haight). I currently work in Kindergarten with Ms. Roxanne. I work as a paraprofessional.

I am a lifelong member of Pass Creek District in Allen, SD. I attended American Horse School from kindergarten through 8th grade and graduated here, then onto high school at Bennett County High School, and college at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, ND.

I raise my 12-year-old granddaughter who is also a student at American Horse School. My parents are the late Narcis and Maryann (Cottier-Black Bear) Nelson. I have 11 siblings with 7 living and numerous nieces/nephews and now takojas. Most who have attended and/or attending American Horse School.

I am grateful for the opportunity to work at American Horse School. We have a great education system for your children.

As I stated, I did attend American Horse School and graduate here, and am proud I am a Chief.

We did online for a school year to keep your children safe. The school follows precautions to keep the students even safer now that they are back.

It will be an honor to work with students once again and I am looking forward to working with them on-site.

Teacher:

Hi! My name is Tamika Cottier, I’m the para for the middle school homeroom/math. This is my first year working at American Horse. I live in Martin with my 8-month-old son.

I’m excited for the kids that they get to return back to school and am looking forward to meeting them.

Anpetu Waste! I am Lolita Attack Him. I am a fluent Lakota speaker and proud to be a full-blooded Lakota Sicangu. I grew up back and forth from Porcupine to Rosebud with my traditional powwow family. We traveled all over the powwow trail. I have two older (twin) sisters, two younger sisters, and two brothers. Mahasani, Steve DuBray Sr., and I will be celebrating our 42 year anniversary this year. We have four sons Adam, Aaron, Steve Jr., and Keya. We have twelve (12) takojas with the oldest takoja Neveah Rose living with us.

We were blessed with 42 Hunka children. I've been working here at American Horse since August 1989. I started here as a speech and language assistant, then throughout the years since then, I have done different jobs. I taught Kindergarten for a year and those students I taught graduated high school this past May. I taught Lakota language and culture for several years and eventually went back into classrooms as a Para Pro. This year I am SPED Para for the immediate classes. I have been sponsor for Handgame team and Dance Club for sometime, and coached Lakota Language bowl teams. I went to Holy Rosary boarding school and graduated. I have a South Dakota teaching certificate for Lakota Language and Culture K-12, and AA Degrees in Lakota Studies and Elementary Education. Both my parents John and Cordelia Attack Him were big advocates in preserving the Lakota Language and culture. They were both instructors for Oglala Lakota College. They are my heros.I am an adjunct in 

Hello, my name is Tamera Fast Wolf. I’ll be working in 2 nd grade Sparrows this year with Miss Maria. This is my 9 th year here at American Horse School. I am born and raised here in Allen, I have 4 children who also attend at American Horse School. Tiffany-6th grade, Tariah-3rd grade, Talon-2nd grade, and Dominick is in FACE. Im very excited to be back on the classroom and working with our students. Tamera Fast Wolf

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