The 33rd Annual Siouan-Caddoan Languages Conference met at Sitting Bull College on June 13-15, concurrent with LSI. This annual conference of linguistic scholars, teachers and students – specializing in Native American and Canadian languages such as Lakota-Dakota, Crow, Hidatsa and Mandan – moves around the Plains region for its meeting

UC-Berkeley student Simon Gertler had the summer of his life as an intern at the Lakota Summer Institute this year.  Simon’s environmental science studies turned into an enthusiasm for current issues in Native American cultures after one of his instructors suggested he contact LLC about coming out to help with LSI. Simon first helped build the 2013

The LSI shut its doors June 21, but LLC had lots more to get done.  From June 24-27, six Lakota fluent speakers joined LLC staff at Makoché Studios in Bismarck, to record 20,000 Lakota words for the New Lakota Dictionary-Online.  This audio component of the NLD-O, which will allow users to hear a Lakota word spoken correctly as they call it up, is

The film crew working on the documentary film Rising Voices/ Hótȟaŋiŋpi made two visits to Lakota Country this June and came away with what they called outstanding results. In their first visit, they recorded scenes and interviews with participating families and staff at the Sitting Bull College Language Immersion Nest. The personal stories of thos

The benchmark product in the Consortium’s comprehensive language revitalization plan has always been the Level 5 textbook and audio CD, as it would advance students to proficiency in the language – the ability to initiate and hold conversations, as well as read and write with clarity.  A technical matter with our 2011 Administration for Native Amer

LLC is celebrating the Administration for Native Americans’ award of a sizable grant to fund production of the Lakota Language Handbook, a grammar text that is another advanced element of the Consortium’s comprehensive language revitalization plan.  The handbook will expand and deepen the 100-page section in the center of the New Lakota Dictionary,

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