The New Lakota Grammar Handbook It's here after nearly two years of development so we're celebrating with the linguists and native speakers of Lakota who worked with us here at the Lakota Language Consortium to complete the Lakota Grammar Handbook, a 636-page self-study guide we believe is going to become the gold standard for Native

"Wačhí Awášteyalaka he?" or, "Do You Like to Dance?"   The first in a series of six children’s books to be published solely in Native American languages has been released in the Lakota language. "Wačhí Awášteyalaka he?", or “Do You Like To Dance,” is an 18-page monolingual Lakota picture book developed for early elementary and

First-Ever Lakota Language Weekend in Los Angeles Los Angeles is home to an enthusiastic, interested and dedicated group of Lakota language learners, the Lakota Language Consortium learned during its first ever Lakota Language Weekend to be conducted in the L.A. area (Nov. 12-13 at the Four Points Sheraton in Culver City). About 30 beginners to

The Language Conservancy’s hour-long documentary Rising Voices, which documents the efforts of Lakota tribal members and language rescuers to save the tribe's native language, will air across the country on the World Channel at 7 p.m. EST as part of Native American Heritage Month. To view on a station near your, just go to the World Channel