Crow Creek Tribal School

Crow Creek Tribal School (CCTS) is a tribal K-12 school in Stephan, South Dakota, on the Hunkpati Sioux Reservation.^[1] It is associated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE),^[2][3] and covers grades K-12. As of 2021^[update] it had about 600 students.^[1]

The school has a dormitory facility for students in grades 7-12, including those who live in any geographic distance from the school.^[4]

Prior to losing its gymnasium the school had about 300 students, but after the gymnasium was decommissioned enrollment declined.^[5]

In 2003 the dormitory burned down. The building was not insured although the objects inside were.^[6]

In Summer 2008 enrollment was 120. In 2008, multiple former employees were sentenced and/or awaiting sentencing for federal criminal charges, causing turmoil at the school. The school was scheduled to get a gymnasium in 2009.^[5]

The school enrolls students from Fort Thompson and from Native American reservations in South Dakota and other states.^[5]

• Crow Creek Tribal School (cctribalschools.org)
• Crow Creek Tribal School (crowcreek.k12.sd.us)

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