News & Recent Events

We Had A Blast At LNI

Last month LLC Staff Jamie, Shania, and Samantha spent 3 days in Rapid City, South Dakota at the 44th Annual Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI)! LNI is a collection of invited teams from the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and surrounding areas that come together for a variety of competitions and cultural events.

Generations of Lakota families attended to support Native Youth participating in a variety of cultural activities and sports. While LNI is a basketball-focused event Native Youth can also participate in Hand Games, Art Shows, Traditional Dances, the Knowledge Bowl, and Art Show and so many more events! We saw artists who told stories through their creations, incredible athletes, and so many hard-working youth get their names out there and compete and show incredible sportsmanship.

We came out to share information about available materials and support the efforts of those in the Lakota language community! Many families picked up children’s books to gift at the holidays. It was also exciting to see so many new learners seeing information on how to get started learning Lakota.

We want to extend congratulations to all the Language Bowl participants and winners for investing their time in learning the language and continuing to make strides in language efforts! We had a great time and can’t wait to see everyone again at the next event!

New Picture Book Available

Last month we announced a new picture book created by the Dupree High School Lakota Language Class of 2020 – 2021. Over 400 giveaway books have been sent out to Native educators from California, Colorado and throughout the Dakotas!

This book is a Cheyenne River Community project written by students in the Lakota Language Class at Dupree High School with illustrations by Tammy Granados a Lakota artist from Cheyenne River.

Do you listen to podcasts or stream music? Well check your preferred audio streaming app and search for Lakota Language Consortium! Our digital media team has been working to make as many Audio lessons and songs available on these platforms like Spotify, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Google Play Stores, Amazon’s Audible, and many more!

One of the best ways to build fluency is to spend time learning with a Lakota speaker. Unfortunately for many people gaining access to Elders or Fluent speakers is not an option for a variety of reasons. This series features the voices of Ben Black Bear and Iris Chasing Eagle.

Also available on audio streaming services – Lakota Audio Series Volume 1, Lakota Audio Series Volume 2, Children’s Songs Volume 1, Textbook 1 Audio

If you are new to using streaming audio applications we can offer assistance, just reply to this email and our team can help! Our email address is news@lakhota.org.

New Lakota Dictionary 3.0 for Desktop – Available Soon!