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

The third week at LSI, on two different occasions, participants gathered to honor Lakota teachers and students. Last year was a particularly difficult one, with the passing of many respected elders and powerful advocates of the Lakota language. LSI teachers, organizers and staff wanted to honor Mr. Milton Brown Otter, former Standing Rock Sioux Tribe councilman,

This week, Linda Black Elk's 3-week Ethnobotany course culminated in a mouthwateringly tasty potluck, all made with freshly picked ingredients and wild meat brought from home. In fact, the during the whole third week Ethnobotany students did daily hands-on activities- making shampoo, lip balm and massage oil - all with the herbal ingredients they learned about throughout

At this year's Lakota Summer Institute history was made with the first ever Lakota Poetry course, taught by Ben Black Bear and Lawrence Diggs. While poetry as we know it today wasn't prevalent in Lakota culture, many Lakota songs could be considered a form of poetry. The language itself is poetic and easily gives way

With every consecutive year, we have more and more attendees at LSI. We spoke with participants during week 2 & 3 to bring you a variety of impressions about this year's training. Manny Iron Hawk - Manny, an LSI veteran, has been attending the Institute every year since 2008! He used to teach grades 7-12 at a