The time is almost here – the Lakota Audio Series: A Practical Conversational Course Vol. 1 will begin shipping on November 3rd.

This is the first time a standalone set of instructional CDs will be available for language learners to study conversational Lakota on their own.

Greetings and polite kinship questions are just the simpler side of what you will be able to learn from this Audio Series. It gets a lot more in-depth the further you go – for instance, talking about cars, about going to a dance, who heard someone say something, the ordinary commands of a day in the life, telling each other what to do, are all in this 10-hour sequence of lessons.

Catch this example:

 

(From Unit 9)

 Whether studying in your bedroom or on your daily commute, you will be immersed in Lakota language in a way that creates a deep intuitive grasp of the language and establishes a strong base for fluency.

Meet Your Instructors

 

BEN BLACK BEAR, JR., is a leading expert on Lakota language. He is the founder of the Lakota studies Program at Siŋté Glešká University and currently heads the Lakota studies Program at St. Francis Mission School in St. Francis, SD. He is Sičháŋǧu Lakȟóta.

IRIS EAGLE CHASING is a Lakota language teacher at Takini School in Howes, SD, on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. A grandmother and dedicated language activist, she has recorded female-voice Lakota speech for the New Lakota dictionary-Online Audio project.

Check it out at the LLC Bookstore and order yours today!