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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Lakota language may be dying, but it won't as long as He Dog Elementary and Todd County Middle School have a say. Both schools are making major changes to learning as part of a $590,000 Native ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...