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Episode 4 – Ziŋtkála (Birds)
We can finally say that spring has arrived and it's actually starting to look like it. In this episode we discuss birds, namely the meadowlark who returns in the springtime.
LLC Provides Recordings To Be Stored in Tribal Archives
Lakota Language Consortium Board of Directors and Staff are thrilled to share the donation of a variety of collections of past recordings with Sitting Bull College, Standing Rock...
Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support – The Hechinger Report
By the close of this century, at least half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken today will become extinct – and...
Episode 3 – Waníyetu (Winter)
This episode was recorded in hopes that it would be the last time we discuss winter weather until far after the coming summer has passed. We spoke with elders who recalled that winter was the time for storytelling, and how these stories...
The Dictionary I Read For Fun – The New York Times
Not long ago, a book that is truly a gorgeous thing, in all senses of the word, was published. It is a third and expanded edition of a full-length dictionary of the Native American language Lakota. And I mean full-length. The New Lakota...
An effort to revive the Lakota language comes to Manhattan this weekend – Gothamist
New Yorkers rescue all manner of things – pets, people and lost things. This weekend, they have an opportunity to do something exceedingly rare: Help rescue a language.
Episode 2 – Wókhiyapi (Courting)
Episode two was recorded in light of Valentine’s Day, modernly celebrated by Lakota people and observed as “Čhaŋté Skúya Aŋpétu” or “Sweet Heart Day”. We discuss the history of traditional Lakota courtship, marriage, values as...
Episode 1 – Wičháčhaže (Names)
Kicking off the series, episode one of the Wičháho Blihélya podcast explores the histories around some of the last names heard in Lakota communities today. We hear stories about mistranslations and stories of how those names...
