In the thick of the summer, 10 high school and college students sat in the empty library of Maȟpíya Lúta — Red Cloud — High School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. There, they recited everyday phrases in ...

New, 3 rd Edition Contains 20,000 New Entries – 50% More Words and Phrases Than First Edition; More Than 400 Native Speakers Interviewed for Content KYLE, S.D., Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a small room in the basement of New York University, Aru Apaza sits with a group of a dozen others and gushes about American Indian Community House – a nonprofit that has become a home away from ...

Anne Keller loved stories. She relished the telling of them, sharing a part of herself, her family and her culture with others. She loved them like she loved the Lakota language, told them as she ...

Wednesday's win was the first time Red Cloud claimed first place in more than five years. Red Cloud's student competitors were Sierra Yellow Boy, Tiana Spotted Thunder, Denae Yellow Boy, Lane Pourier, ...