In our last Newsletter we told you about renowned Lakota Flute player Kevin Locke’s desire to re-introduce the traditional indigenous flute tuning and melodies to schools, and the class he led with music educator Richard Dubé at the 2013 Lakota Summer Institute.   The lesson book they co-wrote for playing traditional Native flute nearly ready for publication and shipping in early Spring.  Pre-orders for Šiyótȟaŋka Yažópi!  Play Lakota

In 2000 the United Nations proclaimed February 21st International Mother Language Day, making every February 21st a day to recognize and honor all the languages on the planet as “the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage … and to inspire solidarity based on understanding, tolerance and dialogue,” as the UN

[divider scroll_text="SCROLL_TEXT"] After some delays in 2013, the Level 5 Lakȟótiya Wóglaka Po! Speak Lakota! Textbook is finally complete! Finished books are scheduled to arrive at the LLC administrative office and shipping department on April 7, 2014.  Shipping will begin the next day. LLC is now taking pre-orders at our online bookstore. The K-12 sequence

New Lakota Dictionary-Online (NLD-O) users have long anticipated the addition of audio files to the digital archive.  Thanks to the work of seven fluent speakers and volunteer linguistic staff last summer, Stage 1 of the project was completed as the speakers recorded 22,000 words in both male and female voices.  In Stage 2, the Consortium’s

That trickster Iktomi is at it again – this time he’s after a new wife and is willing to put on a dress to get one.  How well he speaks women’s-voice Lakota just might make a difference! The loud success of Iktómi Wičhítegleǧa Siŋté Waŋ Úŋ (Iktomi’s Raccoon Hat) in June 2012 at LSI has

Last November, the Lakota language rocketed into the 21st Century with no looking back: LLC introduced mobile web-access to the the New Lakota Dictionary-Online at the Language Summit in Rapid City the weekend of November 15-16. The NLD Mobile Dictionary connects your phone with the NLD-O, and is optimized to be faster and more responsive than any other