Press Release: Lakota Language Now Critically Endangered
Lakota Language Now Critically Endangered Only 2,000 first-language speakers remain PIERRE, S.D. – Lakota Language Consortium (LLC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of the Lakota language, also known as Sioux, announced today that only 2,000 first-language speakers of Lakota remain - a decline of 66% in ten years. Lakota, a