High school students arrived on the University of South Dakota campus during the second week of June to take part in the Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute. The institute lasts a full week. Students learn about the late artist, Oscar Howe and his role in Native American History.

Howe was born on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in 1915. He went on to be credited with bringing Native American art and artists to the forefront of the art scene. In the 1960s he taught a small group of students on USD’s campus.