Oyate Hope Academy is a nonprofit, private, Christian school providing a comprehensive education for children in grades Kindergarten through 8. Headed by Wendell Gehman, its roots are well over twenty years old, serving the children, families, and communities in and around Oglala, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Wendell has now seen as many as three generations of students move through his teaching and leadership positions after nearly thirty years of working on the Reservation. The staff is passionate in their caring for the welfare, education, well-being, and trajectory of students’ lives. We will always strive to demand of ourselves the finest processes and utmost efforts for helping our students advance themselves intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Wendell and his wife, Kimberly, have four children and currently reside in the Hot Springs area.
