Have you met the newest addition of our LLC App family, Lakota Vocab Builder?

Play your way to better Lakota vocabulary skills!

The app comes in two versions. It is available at the Google Play Store as FREE or Pro and at the Apple Store as FREE . 

A fun, interactive, new way to learn Lakota!

Build your Lakota vocabulary with Lakota Language Consortium’s FREE vocabulary game for your Android or iOS mobile device. Quiz yourself everyday to learn different categories – wild animals, food, drinks, and more! The free version of the app includes:

• 20 culturally-relevant categories designed by Lakota speakers
• 10-25 words per category, for a total of 200-500 words!
• Audio pronunciation and visual aid for each word in the category
• Quiz yourself by matching English words to Lakota words, and vice versa
• Progress through levels to unlock new words
• Track your progress and review words you’ve learned by category or activity

 

Additional categories are available (~40 categories, and growing!) with purchase of the Pro version of the app, for only $0.99! (Note: this is currently only available for Android)

Designed for learning that is memorable and fun!
Each word you match correctly increases your score, and each level you finish unlocks a new one! Words that are not matched correctly are repeated until you master them. This repetition method is an effective learning strategy.Whether you are learning on your own, or taking a beginner’s Lakota class, Lakota Vocab Builder will help build your confidence in using new Lakota words!

Háu mitákuyepi na mitȟákȟolapi,

With the holidays upon us, we want to extend season’s greetings and wishes to you and your family – with some new Lakota language materials! The holidays are a perfect time to gather together, celebrate Lakota and encourage each other to keep learning. Here are some materials to support all ages of Lakota learners and speakers in your family:

 

Lakota Children’s Songs – Vol. 3   For the young music-lover in your family:  this is our biggest collection of children’s songs to date!

This album mixes nursery rhymes, lullabies, holiday music and traditional Lakota songs that will keep kids entertained for hours. Featuring Ring Around the Rosie, Rock-A-Bye Baby, Íŋkpata, Jingle Bells, and many more, this volume includes a 16-page booklet with song texts.Learn Lakota the fun way! The CD is available for purchase as a download at this link or at our bookstore(shipping beginning Dec. 18).

 

Lakota Keyboard Layout and Fonts Bundle, v.3 (for PC & Mac)

Waŋná Lakȟól’iya wanáȟtagyaya oyákihi ye!
Now you too can type Lakota anywhere on your computer – whether you’re posting on Facebook, writing an email or typing a word document. This FREE software also includes 30 beautiful fonts so you can make your Lakota writing look the way you want it. Just visit the Software and Downloads page to download.

(This new software is a free alternative to previous keyboard software that we offered through Tavultesoft. If you have been using Tavultesoft, we recommend upgrading to this new software as we are no longer able to provide support for Tavultesoft users.)

Lightning & Wind – Kevin Locke and Douglas Good Feather

Five years in the making, this beautiful album comes straight from the heart of Lakota culture. This album celebrates love in all its joys and woes through a genre of song called wiílowaŋ (“serenades” or “songs of women”).

Lightning & Wind brings together archival recordings of some of the last keepers of these songs with masterful flute work by Kevin Locke and contemporary vocals by Douglas Good Feather. Wiílowaŋ flourished in the pre-reservation period when they were taught as part of the art of traditional subsistence. Although the social context that gave rise to wiílowaŋ has disappeared, their entertainment value has persevered, and the emotions they sing of are timeless gifts of the Plains.

Available for download on CD Baby.

Lakȟótiya Wóglaka Po! – Speak Lakota! Levels 1-4 Gift Package

Show your support to your favorite Lakota learners by gifting them a set of Speak Lakota! Level 1 through 4 textbooks and audio CDs (over a 40% discount from regular price)!

This exclusive gift pack can be found at our bookstore.

As always, we welcome your orders and questions by email, phone or Facebook and Twitter! Have a joyous holiday season and we’ll see you in the new year!

Enter the code ‘FREE’ when checking out at the LLC Bookstore to receive free shipping on all your purchases!

If you’re using Amazon to make your holiday purchases, consider using our Amazon Smile link, and a portion of your purchase will go towards supporting LLC!

November has arrived, which means that Rising Voices/Hótȟaŋiŋpi is coming to a station near you!

November 1 marked the first premieres of the film on public stations in Washington, Colorado and Michigan. This week, the film was shown on stations in North Carolina and will be shown on stations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Virginia! You can now check your local listings, or click the following link to find out broadcast dates for your state.

To celebrate the premieres, we will be going on tour to schools and museums in North and South Dakota November 8-14! Below is a schedule of our events, which you can also find here.

 

Háŋ mitákuyepi na mitȟákȟolapi,

We’ve just returned from an exciting weekend at Thuswéča Thiyóšpaye, which took place in Rapid City, SD Oct. 8-10! If you’ve never been to the summit, it’s a gathering of kindred souls – a chance for people who love their Lakota/Dakota language to connect with each other and share their passion.

This year’s agenda featured many of our friends, including Ben Black Bear, Nacole Walker and Sunshine Carlow, Peter Hill, and a screening of Rising Voices/Hótȟaŋiŋpi. We’re happy to share some of the highlights from the Language Summit below!