Lakota Language Puns

I'm Oglala Sioux. I honestly cried when I heard the Lakota language spoken in the game, it is a truly beautiful yet dying language. If anyone's interested, here's what it looks like. Wóphila! reddit.com/gallery/s8vv21

Program seeks to remove barriers to learning Lakota - By providing a full-time wage to individuals interested in completing a Lakota language course, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe hopes to bump the number of dwindling fluent speakers indiancountrytoday.com/ne…

In the movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, a horse is given the name “Spirit-Who-Could-Not-Be-Broken” by a Lakota man. I was wondering what this name would look/sound like in that language. I know Lakota isn’t spoken by many people, so this is a long-shot but maybe someone knows.

Lakota Language Documentary Being Produced By Fluent Elders

My friend teaches Lakota/Dakota language at the high school at Standing Rock. He recently had a leg amputated due to diabetes, but he hasn’t let that stop him. He’s an inspiration. reddit.com/gallery/qfnh9u

TIL the name of "Germany" in the Navajo language means "Metal Cap-wearer Land", referencing the distinctive wartime steel helmets. In Plains Cree, it is "Among the Steel Helmets", and in Lakota, it is "Bad Speaker Land". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam…

Lakolya Waoniya Language Revitalization Program will create full-time jobs for Sicangu citizens who are willing to dedicate themselves to becoming fluent Lakota speakers outline.com/paTzeE

'Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Is Prioritizing COVID-19 Vaccines for Those Who Speak Native Languages' The Standing Rock Sioux is prioritizing the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to the approximately 300 people who are fluent in Dakota and Lakota languages time.com/5925745/standing…

Can more Native American (like Najavo, Lakota, Cherokee or Iroquois) or Polynesian (like Maori) languages be added in the near future?

How Covid-19 Threatens Native Languages - The average age of Lakota and Dakota speakers is 70. We are running out of time to save them nytimes.com/2021/01/24/op…

This is Igmu (cat in Lakota language). reddit.com/gallery/nxadv0

Lakota Language Reclamation Project - Open Sourcing the People's Language for All Lakota and Dakota People and Our Allies lakotalanguagereclamation…

TIL that in 1885 Chief Sitting Bull spent four months playing himself in reconstructions of Custer’s Last Stand for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Historians are divided as to whether he cursed the audiences in the Lakota language during his performance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit…

Looking for native language version of 'Colors of the wind' from Pocahontas. Specifically in Arapahoe and Lakota.

TIL Many Native American students at Yale study their indigenous languages even though these classes do not count for academic credit. Stanford stands out for providing classes that qualify for academic credit on Native Americans languages, including Cherokee, Nahuatl, Navajo, and Lakota yaledailynews.com/blog/20…

“I am a Lakota language immersion kindergarten teacher at Red Cloud Indian School ... I am teaching children solely in our Lakota language ... Rather than rules, I teach them our seven Lakota values” -Elyssa Sierra Concha i20sp.com/i20sp-spotlight…

Jesse "Jay" Taken Alive, 65, a Standing Rock Sioux elder who helped preserve the Lakota language, and his wife Cheryl Taken Alive. They couple were married 46 years and had five children. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/…

[webm] Emacsconf-2020--Talk 31-Lakota Language And Emacs (Grant Shangreaux)

LIFE LAKOTA (2019) - Captures the current state of the Cheyenne Sioux River Reservation and the efforts being made to preserve the Lakota culture and language [00:15:14] youtu.be/nbSRUtuWh7s

"New website created with a primarily Native American audience in mind is posting news, features, sports and weather entirely in Lakota — the first of its kind to do so — in an attempt to help preserve a language that after forced assimilation policies is now spoken by fewer than 2,000 people." bigstory.ap.org/article/6…

'Become a language warrior:' Efforts to revive Lakota Language flourish in Dakotas westfargopioneer.com/news…

Our menu localized into some languages you might not have seen before (e.g. Basque, Irish, Lakota...) hackranch.com/number-delv…

Native American Student Sings Incredible Rendition of Star Spangled Banner in Lakota Language youtube.com/watch?v=jk1Lq…

Sunshine Carlow is racing to build a generation of fluent Lakota and Dakota language speakers before it’s too late bismarcktribune.com/news/…

TIL that the Lakota people that saw Dances with Wolves laughed at Costner because he was speaking the female-gendered version of the language. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan…

Stanford’s Special Language Program includes Cherokee, Hawaiian, K'iche, Lakota, Nahuatl, Navajo, Quechua, and now Yup’ik language.stanford.edu/pro…

Breakthrough App to Allow for Online Learning of Lakota Language nativenewsonline.net/curr…

Dakota State student creates computer game to help preserve Lakota language brainerddispatch.com/news…

TIL: the song "Creek Mary's Blood" featuring John Two-Hawks which is allegedly spoken in Lakota language, is actually spoken in gibberish en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onc…

TIL that in 1885 Chief Sitting Bull spent four months playing himself in reconstructions of Custer’s Last Stand for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Historians are divided as to whether he cursed the audiences in the Lakota language during his performance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit…

A state senate bill codifies Lakota, Dakota and Nakota as the official indigenous languages in South Dakota listen.sdpb.org/post/bill…

[Westworld Spoilers] Westworld Season 2, Episode 8 episode Kiksuya ("remember" in Lakota), is almost done entirely in the Lakota Language heavy.com/entertainment/2…

Billy Mills’ Dreamstarter grantee using $10K for ‘Tipi Builder’ Lakota language video game newsmaven.io/indiancountr…

[todayilearned] TIL that in 1885 Chief Sitting Bull spent four months playing himself in reconstructions of Custer’s Last Stand for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Historians are divided as to whether he cursed the audiences in the Lakota language during his performance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit…

Native American Student Sings Incredible Rendition of Star Spangled Banner in Lakota Language youtube.com/watch?v=jk1Lq…

Hazards of teaching the Lakota Language nativesunnews.today/artic…

Many Native American students at Yale study their indigenous languages even though these classes do not count for academic credit. Stanford stands out for providing classes that qualify for academic credit on Native Americans languages, including Cherokee, Nahuatl, Navajo, and Lakota yaledailynews.com/blog/20…

A new website created with a primarily Native American audience in mind is posting news, features, sports and weather entirely in Lakota — the first of its kind to do so — in an attempt to help preserve a language that after forced assimilation policies is now spoken by fewer than 2,000 people bigstory.ap.org/article/6…

TIL Many Native American students at Yale study their indigenous languages even though these classes do not count for academic credit. Stanford stands out for providing classes that qualify for academic credit on Native Americans languages, including Cherokee, Nahuatl, Navajo, and Lakota reddit.com/r/todayilearne…

Lakota language Resources lrinspire.com/2019/04/17/…

The Language Conservancy is offering two scholarships for the Lakota Summer Institute at the University of North Dakota on July 6 - 28 - for Native American New Yorkers between the ages of 16 - 24 twitter.com/LangConservan…

American Indian Community House Aims To Boost Community Health By Teaching Lakota Language nynmedia.com/news/native-…