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News & Recent Events

July 5-23: Lakota Summer Institute 
Registration for the Lakota Summer Institute is NOW open to all language learners eager to learn Lakota! This event will be held in a hybrid format at BHSU Spearfish and is open to EVERYONE. Students will have the opportunity to enroll in communicative Lakota and grammar courses at the Beginner and Intermediate levels. Lakota language teachers can follow a teacher track to build upon their teaching and language skills. The beginner and teacher tracks will both be offered in-person and via Zoom, while the intermediate track will only be offered virtually. On-campus lodging will be available to those attending in person in Thomas Hall and Yellow Jacket Apartments. Details on lodging can be found here. Interested students can register for LSI here. More information about LSI can be found here. 

Product Spotlight

Lakota Audio Series Volume 2 
The long anticipated Lakota Audio Series Volume 2 is now available with more than 12 hours of audio instruction. The series builds upon Vol. 1 with two additional hours of content and new lessons in food and drink vocabulary, coming and going verbs, time clauses, and much more. Fluent first-language elders Ben Black Bear Jr. and Iris Eagle Chasing once again lend their voices and expertise to the Lakota Audio Series to ensure listeners develop correct pronunciation and speaking skills. Lakota Audio Series Vol. 2 features 137 units and three instructional booklets that guide the listener through the Lakota language, gradually introducing new concepts and vocabulary which are reinforced through targeted repetition. This Series is perfect for adult self-learners who wish to expand their Lakota skills. Lakota Audio Series Vol. 2 is available for streaming on all major platforms, including Amazon Prime, Spotify, and Apple Music. The Series is currently only available digitally. Happy listening!

New Lakota Dictionary 3.0 for Desktop – Available Soon!
The New Lakota Dictionary for desktop update will be available soon for Mac and PC with new entries and example sentences. This updated version builds on decades of linguistic work to create the most accurate and up-to-date dictionary possible, with 6,000 new entries and 13,000 new example sentences. The New Lakota Dictionary was created in partnership with over 400 native speakers to ensure accuracy not only in spelling and definition, but in context as well. This is an invaluable resource for Lakota learners everywhere, and is easily accessible to anyone with a computer. When a user searches a word, they are presented with multiple definitions and spellings depending on the context in which the word is being used, as well as example sentences to demonstrate the word in a complete Lakota phrase. A total of 31,000 word entries and 53,000 example sentences makes the New Lakota Dictionary the most in-depth Lakota dictionary available, and an important tool in Lakota language learning and preservation. The updated dictionary will be available through the LLC Bookstore! 

Tókša akhé    Until next time!

– the LLC Team

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