Lakota Language Consortium

The Lakota Language consortium is debuting the third edition of the New Lakota Dictionary. This third edition contains 20,000 more entries than its predecessor. The previous New Lakota Dictionary was published over a decade ago.

In The Moment ... June 3, 2019 Show 587 Hour 2The Oglala Lakota College in Kyle is hosting the Lakota Language Acadamy this week. The 10-day academy is…

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

For a language to survive, it has to live, and a living language has to change. Speakers of the Lakota language made that realization generations ago and…