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

A new iPhone application combines centuries-old Native American culture and cutting-edge smartphone technology to teach youngsters the Lakota language. The Lakota Toddler app, now available for free ...

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 ...

The University of South Dakota Football team will have new custom helmets to wear during the Native Heritage Day football ...

Philomine Lakota still remembers the feeling of her jaw being squeezed open as a 6-year-old. She remembers how the matron would jam the lye soap into her mouth, how she would gag, how the suds would ...

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 ...

Among the 600 languages spoken in the five boroughs is Lakota, a Native American language spoken primarily by members of the Lakota tribes in North and South Dakota. According to the Indiana-based ...

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 ...

Helmets will feature the Lakota word for Coyote, “Sungmanitu,” on the sides, as well as tribal flags and a red stripe ...

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 ...

But when Taken Alive, 35, asked for copies, he was shocked to learn that the consortium, run by a white man, had copyrighted the language materials, which were based on generations of Lakota tradition ...