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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 children speak in Lakota. Their teacher, Savannah Greseth, walks the aisles of seated second graders, counting to 15 with them. "Wanji, núnpa, yámni." Only when she prepares a short video does a ...

Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — Two Lakota language podcasters are finishing up a new program. The Lakota Language Summer Institute is a two weeks long and built around educating both youth and adults on ...

Albert White Hat Sr. knows that at a certain age, young people like to carve their initials in things. But, he said, "my mother said, when you leave your name in public places, it becomes 'hunwin,'" ...

STANDING ROCK INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. — Ray Taken Alive had been fighting for this moment for two years: At his urging, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council was about to take the rare and severe ...

It’s a language that opens communication without saying a word, and dozens of Lakota high school students are now increasingly fluent thanks to the district’s new learning program. Students at both ...

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... In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a ...

BISMARCK - 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 speak ...