Tylar Larsen

Tylar Larsen is Bdewakantunwan Dakota from Cansayapi (Lower Sioux Indian Community, MN). He attended the Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute for two years as a student, and just completed his first year as a counselor. The OHSAI led him to the University of South Dakota, where he is an honors student currently studying psychology and public health. He plans to return to his community after obtaining his degrees to work combating the effects of historical or inter-generational trauma. Being 19 years old, he looks to the future and hopes to be a good relative for all the relations he has made so far, and all of those to come.