Lakȟóta wičháša waŋ okínihaŋ čha iȟpéya uŋkíyayape ló. Wičháša kiŋ Leonard Little Finger ečíyapi. Líla theȟíyakel oíyokišiče ló. Líla iyóuŋkšičapi. We honor the memory of Leonard Little Finger, esteemed Lakota elder and one of our founding board members, who passed away on April 8, 2017 in Pine Ridge. It’s hard to imagine the Lakota Language Consor

                  Sat-Sun April 8-9, 9 am-5 pm Hampton Inn – Chicago North Shore 5201 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL Háu mitákuyepi, Chicago — the Lakota Language Weekend is heading your way!! Think of it as a crash course on the Lakota language and culture. Open to all, beginners welcome WHAT YOU

THE NEW LAKOTA DICTIONARY (NLD) MOBILE APP! A TALKING DICTIONARY IN YOUR POCKET! Works offline — no cell phone service needed! • 26,000 entries • 40,000 example sentences • Male and Female voices for audio • Search-and-translate function • Consistent phonemic spelling – Standard Lakota Orthography • Automatic updates with latest revisions and neolo

The New Lakota Grammar Handbook It’s here after nearly two years of development so we’re celebrating with the linguists and native speakers of Lakota who worked with us here at the Lakota Language Consortium to complete the Lakota Grammar Handbook, a 636-page self-study guide we believe is going to become the gold standard for Native Am

“Wačhí Awášteyalaka he?” or, “Do You Like to Dance?”   The first in a series of six children’s books to be published solely in Native American languages has been released in the Lakota language. “Wačhí Awášteyalaka he?”, or “Do You Like To Dance,” is an 18-page monolingual Lakota picture book developed for e

First-Ever Lakota Language Weekend in Los Angeles Los Angeles is home to an enthusiastic, interested and dedicated group of Lakota language learners, the Lakota Language Consortium learned during its first ever Lakota Language Weekend to be conducted in the L.A. area (Nov. 12-13 at the Four Points Sheraton in Culver City). About 30 beginners to lea

The Language Conservancy’s hour-long documentary Rising Voices, which documents the efforts of Lakota tribal members and language rescuers to save the tribe’s native language, will air across the country on the World Channel at 7 p.m. EST as part of Native American Heritage Month. To view on a station near your, just go to the World Channel w

More Than a Pipeline It’s been thrilling to see the Lakota Language Consortium’s Mní kin Wičhóni (Water Is Life) t-shirts being visible around the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps at Standing Rock, North Dakota, at #NoDAPL events around the country, and at events like those attended by TLC and LLC staff at William & Mary College and t

Lakota Fluent Speaker Ben Black Bear helps insure accurate presentation of Lakota language in Woman Walks Ahead. Not only was Lakota Language Consortium board member Ben Black Bear integral to the successful completion of the Lakota Grammar Handbook, but he was also central to the accurate use of the Lakota language in an upcoming major motion pict