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Lakota Stories is the first in a series of Lakota Language Reader projects that the Lakota team has undertaken. This first of its kind comprehensive reader and corresponding guide seeks to encourage and inspire the next generation of Lakota readers and storytellers. This book contains: the stories collected by Ella Deloria in the late 1920’s…
This is one of the 9 language learning picture books which encourage young readers to be curious, engaged, and confident. Children can explore new topics and discover the world through stories that uphold values such as respect, humility, fair play, kindness, and kinship. This series was also designed to motivate reading for pleasure, building math and reasoning skills, and inspiring young readers for the future.
This book is a Level 1 book (Ages 3-8) which includes simple sentences and basic words in short stories for new readers.
The synopsis is as follows:
This is a picture book that introduces young readers to words related to weather patterns.
Art by Marty Two Bulls
19 pages including an “About the Artist” page, the Activity Page, translations, and a Glossary.
2023 Dupree School District and Lakota Language Consortium.
Maká waŋ Waŋbláke! – I Saw a Skunk! is a monolingual Lakota picture book designed for kids of all ages. Want to learn Lakota prepositions? In this picture book, there is a skunk in the house! Is it under the bed? Is it behind the couch? Will you help us find it? Illustrations by Omani…
Mama and Papa Bear raise their two cubs in the beautiful countryside community of Bear Country. Many neighbors are furry friends that join in on life’s lessons for the sibling cubs. Brother Bear loves soccer and dinosaurs, Sister Bear loves to jump-rope. Together they learn about family roles and relationships.
20 – 13:30 minute Episodes
Matȟóla Ločhíŋ-He – Little Bear is Hungry is about a hungry little boy.
What did mom cook today? Is it deer meat, pizza, hot dogs, lasagna, or a surprise?!
This fun story practices questions and answers and ends with a traditional Lakota recipe for buffalo soup.
Written by the 9th grade students of the Dupree High School Lakota Class (2020-2021).
Illustrated by Cheyenne River Lakota artist Tammy Joy Granados.
21 pages.
Mní kiŋ ówaŋča – Water is Everywhere! is one of four picture books from the Science Series. As a beginner science book, it introduces young readers and listeners to facts and words related to water. Illustrations by Marty Two Bulls. 23 pages.
This text corpus based study is the first investigation of secondary predication in a Siouan language, specifically Lakota. It is also the first study on Lakota morphosyntax which relies on prosodic data. It explores the following phenomena of Lakota syntax: complex predicates with stative verbs, ad-nominal modification with stative verbs, modification with derived modifiers, secondary…
Winner of the 2023 IBPA Gold Benjamin Franklin Award! This 3rd Edition of the NLD with over 41,000 Lakota entries provides a reliable, accurate, and user-friendly reference text and serves as a central component of the revitalization movement. It is an indispensable resource for advanced language users as well as beginning students of the language…
The Level 1 Educational Posters are large poster-size reproductions of important pages from the Level 1 textbook. These posters help reinforce Level 1 vocabulary and can be used in association with instructional activities and games.
Pȟatkáša Zuyá Iyáya Ké – Turtle Goes to War is the first book in a series of three intermediate monolingual Lakota readers. Based on the Lakota story from Ella Deloria. In this funny tale, a turtle meets friends on his path to war and succeeds in playing tricks on people. Illustrations by Allison Horner. 44 Pages.
Prairie Dog Goes to School is a fun bilingual picture book designed for Preschool through Elementary children. It tells the story of a prairie dog on his way to school. Along the way, he meets different animals and they join him. The story is modeled along the lines of the classic Lakota tale, “Turtle Goes…
The Level 1 Educational Posters are large poster-size reproductions of important pages from the Level 1 textbook. These posters help reinforce Level 1 vocabulary and can be used in association with instructional activities and games.
Šuŋgíla Kiŋ Náǧi Waŋgláke – The Fox Who Saw His Own Shadow is a monolingual Lakota picture book designed for kids of all ages.
One day when Little Red is rabbit hunting, he is amazed to meet another fox just like him. In this funny tale, Little Red learns about day and night – and his own sense of rivalry.
Illustrations by Thomas Hilley.
21 pages including English Glossary.
