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 Dakota
Lesson One
Dakota
Lesson Two
Dakota
Lesson Three
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Dakota
Language
Start
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 |
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Susan Red
Boy
Rocky Mountain
Woman – Inya Gi Huta
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07-22-1910 |
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Nancy Buck
Elk
White Flower
- Wa Wapeda
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10-27-1912 |
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Mercy White
Bear
Good Hospitality
Woman – Tipi Ed Epwin
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11-09-1925 |
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Ambrose
Good Soldier
Walking
Elk – Hehaka Mani
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08-15-1931 |
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Serena Good
Soldier
First Woman
– Tokahe Win
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10-18-1931 |
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LaVina Perry
Good Family
– Tiwaheya Waste Win
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11-05-1915 |
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Lida Menz
Bursting
Cloud – Mahpiya Bozun Wi
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05-17-1916 |
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Del First
Looks Like A Cree – Shieya Iyahja
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01-05-1962 |
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Theresa
Walking Eagle McKay
Looks
At Her Hand – Nambe Wiyanka Bi
Makes
Her House Good – Tipi Yuwaste Bi
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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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