Learning Lakota: Language Revitalization Efforts
In November 2012, incoming president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Bryan Brewer, announced that he intends "to lead a Lakota Language Revitalization Initiative that will focus on the creation and operation of Lakota language immersion schools and identifying all fluent Lakota speakers."
As of 2012, Lakota immersion classes are provided for children in an experimental program at Sitting Bull College on the Standing Rock Reservation. A Lakota Dictionary project is ongoing, and "Lakota speakers regularly gather to add new words to make it a living, contemporary language." One example of a newly developed term would be "Wounspe omnaye; the words mean “stored language” in Lakota and describe a laptop computer." Lakota speakers can upload photos with Lakota language audio descriptions at the LiveAndTell website.
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