Jacob the Librarian

Jacob in his domain. Photo by Rhiannon White Eyes '14. Copyright Red Cloud Indian School.

Jacob the Librarian

By Rhiannon White Eyes ‘14

Jacob Vocu is the master of many books, newspapers, magazines, and the Dewey Decimal System. He is our fearless, magical librarian.

Vocu is from Pine Ridge and he is also a Red Cloud graduate. After graduating from Red Cloud, he went to college. Vocu attended Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is currently a part time student at Oglala Lakota College.

One of the reasons Vocu wanted to come back and work at Red Cloud is because he enjoyed being a student here and he wanted to come back and work here.

Last school year was Vocu’s first year of being the librarian here at Red Cloud. He is now in his second year and sadly this is his last year here. Vocu wouldn’t mind coming back next year to work but since he is part of Americorps, he is only allowed two years.

As part of being the librarian, Vocu enjoys his job. He checks out the books and puts up new magazines and newspapers along with new books. He is also in charge of the laptop cart, and he gives out late arrival passes in the morning. One of the favorite parts of Vocu’s job is interacting with the students and the staff. Vocu feels like the staff do all their best and make everything enjoyable as they can, starting with the students. So far Vocu has enjoyed his time being here at Red Cloud and hopes nothing but the best for the students and staff.

One quote that Vocu lives by is, “‘We read to know that we are not alone.’” - William Nicholson