Visitors from Diocese of South Dakota
Participate in 18th Annual Convention

The Rt. Rev. Creighton Robertson, Bishop of the Diocese of South Dakota was the guest of the Diocese of East Tennessee at the 18th Annual Diocesan Convention on February 8-10. The Diocese of East Tennessee and the Diocese of South Dakota are exploring a companion diocese relationship.

A group from East Tennessee, including Bishop vonRosenberg, visited South Dakota in October.

Bishop Robertson is the first Native American Bishop of the Diocese of South Dakota. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and is a member of the Sisseton/Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. He is married to Ann Clare Stanage and they have five children.

He was ordained to the diaconate in 1989; to the priesthood in 1990 and was consecrated bishop in 1994.

Bishop Robertson received his Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology, The University of the South, Sewanee in 1989. He also holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Black Hills State College. He holds an Associate of Arts degree in printing/graphic arts.

Bishop Robertson joined Bishop vonRosenberg at the celebration of the Eucharist at the closing service of Convention on Sunday, February 10, at 10 a.m.

Brokenleg of South Dakota Preached at Convention Eucharist

Also visiting from the Diocese of South Dakota was the Rev. Martin Brokenleg, Ed.D. Brokenleg is a professor of Native American Studies at Augustana College in Sioux Falls and a canon on the staff of Calvary Cathedral, Sioux Falls, SD. He was the preacher for the closing Eucharist of the Diocesan Convention on Sunday, February 10.

Brokenleg grew up in South Dakota, on reservations and in border towns. He earned a bachelor’s degree in speech at South Dakota State University in Brookings; his Master of Divinity degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass.; and his doctorate in educational psychology and counseling from the University of South Dakota at Vermillion.

He has been a teacher and professor at Augustana since 1974. He is on staff as a canon with Calvary Episcopal Cathedral in Sioux Falls and a consultant for the South Dakota State Penitentiary, the South Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, the South Dakota Children’s Home Society and McCrossan’s Boys Ranch.

His areas of specialization include Native American studies, counseling and psychotherapy, men’s psychology, Plains Indian religion, intelligence testing, education and minority populations, Indian education and education psychology.

He is the author of many articles and studies, including "Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future" (co-author); and "Mitakuya Owasin: Lakota Culture and Ghosts." His research interests include brief therapies; gender issues; surviving abuse; hemispheric dominance among Native American children; Native American family life, history and culture; and contemporary child and youth development.

Brokenleg has consulted and led training programs throughout North America, in Hawaii, New Zealand, and South Africa. He is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe practicing the culture of his Lakota people. He has taught at Augustana since 1974 and is a recipient of the Orin Lofthus Distinguished Professor award.

Brokenleg also host, Buffalo Nation Journal, a weekly program on South Dakota Public Television that focuses on Native American people and issues.