Financial Education in South Dakota’s High Native-Enrollment Schools: Barriers and Possibilities

Learning to use resources wisely and to plan financially for the future are important steps on the road to asset building, wealth creation, and self-sufficiency. They are particularly important skills for Native American youth, who come from lower income backgrounds than non-Native youth and have more ground to cover to reach financial security.  This report looks at high Native-enrollment schools in South Dakota to better understand the barriers and possibilities of school-based financial education.