GRAND FORKS — Laurel Vermillion never learned her native language at a young age. She grew up on the South Dakota side of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and her parents didn’t teach her ...

The summit was born in 2008 to unify the Oceti Sakowin or Sioux people in an effort to re-vitalize the Lakota language and ...

STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION — Sunshine Carlow is racing to build a generation of fluent Lakota and Dakota language speakers before it’s too late. Carlow, 40, helped lead a three-week Dakota/Lakota ...

People such as Gwen Holmes are basically doing triage work in a desperate attempt to keep the Lakota language and culture alive in the United States. “I wouldn’t say it’s extinct, but it’s definitely ...

Lauren Donovan Nov 11, 2012 Nov 11, 2012 Updated Nov 12, 2012 Tom Red Bird is 61 years old and he eats macaroni and cheese with Elmer’s Glue on his fingers, just like a 3-year-old. Red Bird is one of ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Red Bird is 61 years old and he eats macaroni and cheese with Elmer's Glue on his fingers, just like a 3-year-old. Red Bird is one of the remaining people in the world who can ...

Learning another language can be beneficial. In Hot Springs, one option for students is learning the Lakota language and culture. Trestina Connelly is a junior at Hot Springs High School and is ...

Many Lakota people agree: It's imperative to revitalize the Lakota language. But how exactly to do that is a matter of broader debate. Should Lakota be codified and standardized to make learning it ...

High-profile members of the cast of 2012’s “The Avengers” reunited recently to record the movie’s dialogue in Lakota, the language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. The effort was ...

The average age of Lakota and Dakota speakers is 70. We are running out of time to save them. By Jodi Archambault Ms. Archambault is a Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota woman and former special assistant to ...

The UND institute in Grand Forks that started early this month attracted both Native and non-Native students who could enroll in beginner, intermediate or teacher-level courses, according to Wil Meya, ...