It was a bustling weekend at the 7^th annual Lakota-Dakota Language Summit in Rapid City, SD, October 10-12! The location had moved to the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, to be near the Black Hills Powwow going on in the Civic Center next door. The convergence of the two events meant that the Summit had more than 1,000 visitors flowing through the halls.

LLC’s booth display was once again a hive of buzzing excitement – hundreds of visitors stopped by to scope out the new NLD-Pro desktop dictionary and the Lakota Audio Series, and pick up fun takeaways like “Language Warrior” t-shirts, bumper stickers and pens.

We had the honor of meeting teachers from all over Lakota country, as well as Tribal leaders, spiritual leaders, people from tribes in Canada and Montana, and even Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills.

The new “Language Warrior” theme really struck a powerful note for attendees.

The booth banners, the t-shirts and bumper stickers were popular with young and old.

T-shirts and bumper stickers can be ordered here if you want to show your own Language Warrior pride!

More in Part II!