Amy Sazue

Board Chair, Sicangu/Oglala Lakota

Amy Sazue, Sicangu/Oglala Lakota, is the Executive Director of the Remembering the Children Memorial in Rapid City, South Dakota, a memorial dedicated to the children who lost their lives at the Rapid City Indian School.

Amy has almost 20 years of experience working with Native American nonprofits in and around the Black Hills region of South Dakota, primarily focusing on work with Indigenous youth. Her work with Native nonprofits has been informed by her experience growing up on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations and living in Rapid City for the last 20 years where she is raising her four children alongside her husband, Tracy.

Amy is an active and engaged community member and advocate for equity in the Rapid City community and continually seeks opportunities and collaborations that contribute to a just and equitable community. She is currently a commissioner for the Rapid City Human Relations Commission and a board member of the Rapid City Public School Foundation and the Rapid City Arts Council. Amy holds 3 associate degrees in early childhood education from Bay Mills Community College, a bachelor’s in education from Oglala Lakota College, a Certified Fundraising Manager (CFRM) graduate certificate from the Indiana University Lily School of Philanthropy and is working to complete a Masters in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Arizona State University.