Aŋpétu kiŋ lé okó ičínuŋpa kiŋ iháŋke kštó.   This week, LSI participants explored the richness of Lakȟótiyapi with courses like Intensive Lakota/Dakota for Elementary II, Neologism Development, Voice Performance & Audio Materials Development, Immersion Methods, Lakota/Dakota Inflectional Morphology II, and others! We caught up with some of our participants to see what they had to say about week

Greetings from LSI! The 10th year of our Institute has brought a multitude of new and returning Lakota language learners, totaling around 120 participants in all! This year we also welcomed special visitors from the Mohegan Tribe, the Three Affiliated Tribes, and Apsáalooke Nation, who traveled to the Institute to learn about the best-practice teaching methods that Indian

Have you heard about the Lakota Grammar Handbook, due to arrive in Fall 2016? The Grammar is a 600-page self-study and reference pedagogical guide to the language. It is based exclusively on data obtained from authentic narratives recorded by native speaking elders across Lakota country. With over 220 units, 7273 example sentences and 11613 practice

If you've been keeping up with the LLC and its partners, you already know that in our mission to revitalize Lakota, we provide critical infrastructural support to tribal education departments, schools, and work to increase public awareness on the crisis of disappearing languages. As part of this mission, we're also working on strengthening our cultural partnerships,

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? This holiday was first introduced 20 years ago by the Academy of American Poets to raise awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. To highlight this holiday, we wanted to shine a spotlight on Lightning  & Wind -  what better way to acknowledge the importance

We've received a great many questions about lodging information for this year's LSI, which is now confirmed! Participants are encouraged to read through the information below and get in touch if you have any questions.   PRAIRIE KNIGHTS CASINO HOTEL We invite our guests to stay at the Prairie Knights Casino Hotel at a special rate of $50 per

By now we're sure you've heard about all the great things being offered at LSI this year! As part of the 10th Anniversary celebration, we've invited Scatter Their Own to perform, with special local guests Humor The Ruse. The performance will be held at: Prairie Knights Casino Pavilion Thursday, June 16th at 8 PM ......

Are you a poet but don’t know it?  Here’s your chance to build your poetry skills and take your Lakota proficiency to a whole new level! During this 2016 Lakota Summer Institute, fluent speakers of Lakota will have the the opportunity to participate in the first ever Lakota poetry course. Ben Black Bear, a first-language

Philáuŋyayapi kšto! Thank you to everyone who attended the 3rd Lakota Language Weekend in Rapid City on April 2-3. The weekend was a great success - it is the participants' enthusiasm and passion for learning and teaching Lakȟótiyapi that is the driving force behind events like this! During this language weekend, we had the biggest