Only about 1,500 people nationwide speak Lakota. This is down 5,000 from ten years ago and 10,000 from 20 years ago. But one Lakota Language Consortium instructor is...

In a small room in the basement of New York University, Aru Apaza sits with a group of a dozen others and gushes...

Before colonization, the indigenous peoples of North America spoke nearly 500 different languages. Today, there are only 20 languages with enough speakers for a...

A national organization is working to save the Lakota language. This Saturday more than 50 people were at South East Technical institute in Sioux Falls to participate in the...

A language workshop is being put on this weekend to try and teach others about their endangered language. "I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a fear in me of our language...

Only 2,000 people speak Lakota anymore, according to one report from the Lakota Language Consortium. That's down from 6,000 Lakota speakers a decade ago. An effort is underway to save the language, though.

There was a wide variety of ages and ethnicities present at the weekend event. It was two days of learning for some of the new people and review for those who wanted to polish...

Lakota language speakers and enthusiasts gathered Saturday in Rapid City to advance their understanding and fluency in the language.