The Lakota Summer Institute and Lakota Language Consortium are proud to announce distinguished theater professional Steve Elm will direct a new play this summer as the culmination of the annual Lakota Summer Institute – a play that will be performed entirely in the Lakota language. “Language, to me, is the key to theater,” says Steve

  During the three-week Lakota Summer Institute, June 2-20, LLC will send out daily briefs on the activities, people, and surprises of our annual teacher training / community get-together. Emphasize “brief” – we’ll keep it cool, with pictures and captions and short updates. It’s part of LLC’s new social media experiment – we’ve gathered tools

Today marks the 10th anniversary of LLC’s founding - and the beginning of a historic change for the better in the story of the Lakota language.  In May 2004, LLC launched with a small Board, affiliation with just one tribe and 15 Lakota and non-tribal schools ready to participate in a comprehensive, unified language revitalization

The Dakota Language Society – better known as Dakhóta Iápi Okhódakičhiye (or DIO) – has let us know that their first Textbook, first Audio CD and first set of Posters are doing “tons” of pre-orders at their new web site store! The DIO’s web site has information on the status of the Dakota language, including history of the written

Two new Native American language institutes will get off the ground in June 2014, running concurrently with the Lakota Summer Institute at Sitting Bull College.  Like LSI, both are focused on teacher training for second-language education with new textbooks for their respective languages, and on advanced language study for teachers and non-teachers alike. The Crow

Great news -- hotel room rates have been lowered at the Prairie Knights Casino Hotel for attendees of the Lakota Summer Institute! The previous $70/night rate has dropped to $50/night. Plus, Sitting Bull College has opened up its dormitories for $10/night during LSI, Sunday June 1 to Saturday, Jun 21. So you can still register here to