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 ...

At a recent camp at Belwin Conservancy in Afton, Minnesota, children and adults spent the day learning a language that was almost wiped out. "It was our ancestors who were told not to speak our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The effort to preserve the Dakota language and lifeways received a major boost this week as Dakota Wicohan was named the 2025 ...

We visit Dakota Wicohan, a Dakota-led nonprofit with a 25-year history, where families, elders... We visit Dakota Wicohan, a Dakota-led nonprofit with a 25-year history, where families, elders, and ...

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 ...

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 ...