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Dakota Lesson One

Dakota Lesson Two

Dakota Lesson Three

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Dedication

This website and accompanying text is dedicated to the Dakota elders and speakers who helped with it’s development.  Over the Summer of 1998 the following individuals met several times to review and edit the curriculum:

Names Date of Birth

Susan Red Boy

Rocky Mountain Woman – Inya Gi Huta

07-22-1910

Nancy Buck Elk

White Flower - Wa Wapeda

10-27-1912

Mercy White Bear

Good Hospitality Woman – Tipi Ed Epwin

11-09-1925

Ambrose Good Soldier

Walking Elk – Hehaka Mani

08-15-1931

Serena Good Soldier

First Woman – Tokahe Win

10-18-1931

LaVina Perry

Good Family – Tiwaheya Waste Win

11-05-1915

Lida Menz 

Bursting Cloud – Mahpiya Bozun Wi

05-17-1916

Del First

Looks Like A Cree – Shieya Iyahja

01-05-1962

Theresa Walking Eagle McKay 

Looks At Her Hand – Nambe Wiyanka Bi

Makes Her House Good – Tipi Yuwaste Bi

02-09-1922
Madeline Moran  07-29-1936
Henry Buck Elk   04-17-1944
Violet Buck Elk    11-05-1941
Ernestine Dupree   04-14-1950

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Mr. Tom Christian and Sons

NAS 131, 132 Dakota Language (3 credits)

These language courses are designed for students with little or no Dakota speaking ability. 

Classroom pronunciation drills, basic sentence structure, vocabulary acquisition and grammatical usage will be used to develop student proficiency in the Dakota Language. 

Some cultural and historical detail of the Dakota people will be included.

 

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