Those who hope they can stop the Dakota Sioux language from dying have hit on the perfect word: Scrabble. A special Scrabble tournament in the language made its debut Friday, pitting teams from Sioux ...

MANKATO — Jan Red Owl Bruce stood under a Land of Memories canopy listening to an emcee speaking in Dakota to greet grand entry participants at the Mahkato Wacipi. “I understand it, but I don’t speak ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Introduced in fall 2023, the University of Minnesota’s new Dakota language major is part of the movement throughout Dakota communities to increase the number of Dakota language speakers ...

The University of Minnesota’s unique Dakota language and Ojibwe language majors allow students to pursue several paths involving their culture. Students are allowed the opportunity to learn the ...

PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY -- It's Spring Break, but Kennesey Taylor Western Boy is spending her time off memorizing the Dakota words for things like fry bread and sweet rolls. “Oooh. You've got ...

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One thing Barry Hand is trying to get across to his students is this: Language is power. For the first time in years, students at Red Wing High School can take a class in the Dakota Language. It’s not ...

MORTON, MINN. – A language at risk of dying is taking on new life with Trella Oldrock and other teens. This fall, for the first time, a class in Dakota is being offered for high school students here ...

When the city of Woodbury this summer chose names for four new city parks, it did so after a lengthy search including a consultant's effort to consider names in the Dakota language. The consultant ...

How do you say "laptop" in Lakota? What about "Guinea pig"? Lakota is one of the Sioux family of languages, spoken in North Dakota and South Dakota. Guinea pigs are not an indigenous species in the ...

When thousands of fans fill Huntington Bank Stadium, Williams Arena or 3M Arena at Mariucci, the chant “Ski-U-Mah” echoes throughout the arena. The odds of the fans knowing what they are saying are ...