Six years ago, the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards (OSEUS) were approved by the State Board of Education Standards based on legislation passed in 2007. Despite implementation efforts such as the WoLakota Project that have helped individual teachers, many others needed additional support to figure out how to incorporate these important lessons across their curriculum. Recognizing the need to develop, model, and scale policies that embrace Indigenous students' intelligence and culture and to make integration of the OSEUS easier, the South Dakota Department of Education (SDDOE) and the South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations, Office of Indian Education (SD DTR-OIE) began a partnership with the Region 11 Comprehensive Center (R11CC). This article examines this partnership which also had a collaboration with Tribal representatives, seeking their advice and collaboration on approaches to improve the educational experiences of Native American students.