LLC is hopping this week, packing for the 7th Annual Lakota-Dakota Language Summit put on by Tusweca Tiospaye in Rapid City, SD, October 10-12.

The big change this year is that the Summit happens in October instead of November. Tusweca has joined forces with the Black Hills Powwow, combining the two events at Rushmore Plaza, so that hundreds of powwow participants from the U.S. and Canada also have a chance to experience the events and breakout sessions of the Language Summit.

The 28th Annual Black Hills Powwow takes place in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, while the Summit goes on in the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn.

LLC will have a big table display at the Summit, with fun new language-support materials like bumper stickers and t-shirts.  We’ll also show samples of our new products and have information about our upcoming projects.  Books, CDs, dictionaries, Lakota Berenstain Bears DVDs and other products from our catalog will be available for purchase.

We’re really looking forward to this Summit, which for the first time will provide a unique opportunity for teachers and language students to have intensive Lakota language instruction in a weekend workshop setting. There will also be a keynote speech by Ryan Wilson (Oglala), the Director of the National Alliance to Save Native Languages.  This is going to be a terrific opportunity for  interested supporters to become real language activists, in the midst of the Powwow’s cultural energy.

Come visit! We want to see you again.