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Tusweca Tiospaye
Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Language Summit

This week the LLC will be participating in the Tusweca Tiospaye Language Summit in Rapid City, SD. The 10th Annual Conference is ongoing from October 7 through 9. This year’s theme is “Uniting the Seven Council Fires to Save the Language.”

LLC will be making several presentations throughout the weekend and items from our bookstore will be available for purchase as well.

Due to the rise in COVID rates, we are following local COVID protocols and working closely with Tusweca Tiospaye’s staff to ensure a safe environment for the conference.

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In late September Lakota country lost Elder and Native speaker Marie Randall, Sičháŋǧu Lakota at the age of 101. She was an Uŋči to many in Lakota Country where her legacy carries on.  She will be remembered for her advocacy for a variety of issues such as Tribal Sovereignty and language learning, education, and preservation. We send our deepest condolences to her family and friends.

Her strength and encouragement are here in her own voice. She shared this message with the LLC while reflecting on advice from her grandmother who passed when Mary Randall was a young girl.

“My grandmother would always say this: ‘You are Lakota. Always remember that. Whatever hinders you and you fall down and you hurt, just stand up.’ No, I am Lakota so I will be strong. And I will walk. And now I am in my 98th year. And I always remember those members of our family and I do my best to never forget the Lakota language.”

You can hear her words in Lakota in this video



NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE! 

Pispíza waŋ Wayáwa Iyáye (Prairie Dog Goes to School) is now available on our YouTube channel.  Pispíza meets different animals who join him on his way to school. Children will learn sentence structure, basic verbs of travel, plus animals and numbers.

Narrated by Marilyn Circle Eagle. Illustrations are by František Valer.

Watch the Video & Follow Along With The Book
Watch The New Video Here

Product Spotlight

Rising Voices / Hótȟaŋiŋpi

Six years ago the documentary Rising Voices / Hótȟaŋiŋpi shared the work the Lakota Nation is doing to revitalize the Lakota language. This documentary shares the exhilarating effort of both Native and non-native people to showcase the culture and an unflinching look at language loss. 

New Lakota Dictionary 3.0 for Desktop – Available Soon!

The New Lakota Dictionary for your desktop’s latest 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!

Lakȟótiya Wóglaka Po!

If you want to build your vocabulary while learning Lakota, it is essential to learn conjugation. This is also one of the most challenging concepts to master, but we’ve got a guide to help! This Conjugation tool allows you to enter a verb and see all the options to explain your thoughts.

Click Here To Try It Out – Don’t Forget To Bookmark This Link!
Conjugation Tool

Tókša akhé  – the LLC Team

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