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News & Recent Events

New Picture Books Coming Soon!

Three children’s picture books will be available soon. These new, colorful books are intended for children ages 3-8 years old.

“How is the sky today?” – a picture book about weather patterns.
“What’s for lunch?” – a picture book featuring a cartoon bunny who counts to help readers learn numbers
“How are you?” – a picture book that helps explain feelings using emojis.

If you are a teacher, educator, homeschooler or administrator we will be offering copies at no cost once they become available for a limited time.

LSI Details Coming Soon!

Since 2007 LLC has been hosting the Lakota Summer Institute. These 1 – 3 week-long classes are designed to offer a deep dive into the Lakota Language. Language events offer beginner, intermediate and advanced students time and space to practice essential skills with other language learners at their level.

This summer LSI will be held July 11 – 24, 2022.
We are in the final stages of planning and will be opening registration soon.

If you have attended a Lakota Language Weekend or a Lakota Summer Institute in the past we will provide you with more details via email once we’ve finalized these details.

Hoping to attend for the first time this year?
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Lakȟótiya Wóglaka Po!

Catch Up On Our Recent Blog

If you haven’t had the opportunity to read our recent blogs it’s a great time to catch up. Recently Jamie Marquez-Bratcher, a Lakota Language Learner since 2020 shared how she is using the Lakȟótiya Wóglaka Po textbook and corresponding audio during her Lakota Language Study time.

You can read the blog here:
My First Solo Lesson with the Lakȟótiya Wóglaka Po Textbook

Learn More About the
Traditional Songs Book

Recently we also featured a blog about the Traditional Lakota Songs Book – Eháŋk’ehaŋ Lakȟóta Olówaŋ there has been increased interest in the details of the book and its creation. Last month we took a deeper dive into the history of this book.

You can read the blog here:
History of Eháŋk’ehaŋ Lakȟóta Olówaŋ – Traditional Lakota Songs Book

Intern Opportunities

Internships For Native Students

Come spend a month in Bloomington, Indiana, and learn how the Language Conservancy supports Indigenous Language Communities. This internship allows you to see the operations, administrative, and material creation process up close and personal.

Benefits: This is a paid internship that provides housing, transportation, and a weekly stipend for your time.

Qualifications: Applicants must be from a North American Tribe and be between the ages of 18 – 24.
Contact internships@languageconservancy.org with any questions

Product Spotlight

Nature Poster Sale

In honor of upcoming Earth Day and Arbor Day, all of the nature-related posters are available for $5 in the LLC Bookstore. You can hang these in your classroom, home, or learning space to reinforce what you see outside your windows. No discount code is necessary, these are discounted when you add them to the cart.

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New Lakota Dictionary 3.0 for Desktop – Available Soon!

If you’ve been a long-time subscriber you’ve seen this section in this newsletter for a long time. We are happy to share that our Linguistics team is in the final editing stages of the updated dictionary. Stay tuned to this section for updates in the coming months.

The New Lakota Dictionary for your desktop’s latest update will be available soon for Mac and PC with new entries and example sentences. This updated version builds on decades of linguistic work to create the most accurate and up-to-date dictionary possible, with 6,000 new entries and 13,000 new example sentences.

The New Lakota Dictionary was created in partnership with over 400 native speakers to ensure accuracy not only in spelling and definition but in context as well. This is an invaluable resource for Lakota learners everywhere and is easily accessible to anyone with a computer. When a user searches a word, they are presented with multiple definitions and spellings depending on the context in which the word is being used, as well as example sentences to demonstrate the word in a complete Lakota phrase. A total of 31,000-word entries and 53,000 example sentences makes the New Lakota Dictionary the most in-depth Lakota dictionary available, and an important tool in Lakota language learning and preservation.

Tókša akhé – the LLC Team

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