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Standing Rock institute passes Dakota, Lakota language from fluent elders to younger generation – The Jamestown Sun
Sunshine Carlow is racing to build a generation of fluent Lakota and Dakota language speakers before it’s too late.
Lakota Language Gets Boost at DU Conference – The Denver Post
People such as Gwen Holmes are basically doing triage work in a desperate attempt to keep the Lakota language and culture alive in the United States. “I wouldn’t say it’s extinct...
‘LEAP’ Forward for Lakota Language – UND Today
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. The language is Lakota, spoken by the Native American...
Sitting Bull Film to be Shown in North Dakota – Bismarck Tribune
In 1889, an artist and activist living in New York journeyed to what is now the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, stretching across the Dakotas, where she befriended Sitting Bull and...
Lakota father and daughter on working to revitalize their language – Prairie Public Broadcasting
Those who work to revitalize Native American languages often find it challenging to reach the hearts of young people. But for one Lakota father and daughter, language has...
Lakota storyteller on lessons learned from a good friend and mentor – Prairie Public Broadcasting
Kevin Locke tells StoryCorps Facilitator, Madison Mullen, about a promise and gift made by his friend and benefactor, Arlo Good Bear, shortly before his death. He describes...
‘Woman Walks Ahead’ Lead Sees A Sea Change For Indigenous People On Film – NPR
In Woman Walks Ahead, a New York City activist and artist named Catherine Weldon (played by Jessica Chastain) travels across the United States to paint the great Native American...
The Language Conservancy Works to Revive Lakota Language – Prairie Public Broadcasting
The Language Conservancy (TLC) works to revive endangered languages. Alex Fire Thunder is an instructor for the Lakota Summer Institute at United Tribes Technical College in...
