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 effort to preserve the Dakota language and lifeways received a major boost this week as Dakota Wicohan was named the 2025 Greater Minnesota Bush Prize: Minnesota Recipient. The prestigious award ...

ST. PAUL — Over 20 years ago, Native-led nonprofit Dakota Wicohan was formed in southwestern Minnesota with the vision of revitalizing and preserving the Dakota language. Gabrielle Strong is vice ...

GOOD THUNDER — An area man who died last month was one of only two first-language Dakota speakers left in Minnesota who teach the language. Conversations in Dakota here have been on the increase; and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - Omaha ed wati. I live in Omaha ISanti Dakotah hemahantan. Do. I come from the iSanti Dakotah (Santee Sioux). It sounds so simple, but learning to introduce ...

People gather every other Tuesday for soup and a bit of conversational Dakota language instruction inside the gym of the tribal college in Fort Totten, N.D. The idea is to create an informal ...

FORT PIERRE | Red is the color of the Holy Spirit, so it's fitting that it's the color of the door to St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Fort Pierre. But recently, for Native Americans who grew up ...