150-year-old letters give voice to Dakota prisoners

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/01/19/dakota-tribe-letters Clifford Canku teaches Dakota language at North Dakota State University in Fargo. He has spent the past 10 years, working with other Dakota elders, translating 50 letters written by Dakota prisoners of war in the 1860s. by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio January 19, 2011 Minnesota Public Radio ©2013 All rights reserved

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Wicoie Nandagikendan Early Childhood Urban Immersion Project

http://earlychildpro.org/wicoie-nandagikendan-2/ Wicoie Nandagikendan Early Childhood Urban Immersion Project is a 3-hour-a-day preschool. it helps build integral connections between education, culture, and literacy. The program has been going since January 2006 through a grant from ANA. The children are the future of Native languages, and its crucial for them to know and understand the language at […]

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Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe

WELCOME! Welcome to the online home of the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe 340 River Rd P.O. Box 50835, Mendota, MN 55150 Phone: 651- 452-4141 Email: info@mendotadakota.com

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American Indian Studies – University of Wisconsin – Madison

http://amindian.wisc.edu/about-aisp/ Here’s a website for the American Indian Studies at University of Wisconsin – Madison. It’s a lot of hard working students showing their dedication to their communities. go check it out! UW-Madison Amer­i­can Indian Stud­ies 315 Ingra­ham Hall 1155 Obser­va­tory Drive Madi­son, WI 53706 Phone: 608−263−5501 Library: 608−263−0443 Email: aisp@mailplus.wisc.edu

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University of Minnesota Dakota & Ojibwe Language Programs

http://amin.umn.edu/languageprog/ The University of Minnesota’s Department of American Indian Studies offers programs in Dakota and Ojibwe language and culture studies. The information on these programs includes teaching certification opportunities, scholarships and outreach information, and teacher-student practicum opportunities. The programs are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Department of American Indian Studies University of Minnesota 19 Scott Hall […]

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Mnisota Dakota Iapi Owayawa

http://amin.umn.edu/dakota/ Mnisota Dakota Iapi Owayawa is the University of Minnesota Dakota Language Program. The program is housed in the Department of American Indian Studies. The program website features Dakota font, an online Dakota dictionary, a listserv, scholarship information and link to Dakota Iapi Wotaƞiƞ Wowapi, the program newsletter (a 2009 newsletter was on the program […]

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Bloomington Dakota Language Camp

http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/main_top/2_facilities/rec_facility/pond/language_camp/language_camp.htm The City of Bloomington (Minnesota) offers an annual Dakota language camp in June of each year. The camp is designed for students in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade, and parents are encouraged to attend as well. All learning is through hands-on experiences of traditional Dakota games, crafts, songs, dancing and foods. Registration and other […]

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Dakota Wicohan

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dakota-Wicohan/110444602301325 https://www.dakotawicohan.com/ Dakota Wicohan is an organization that works to preserve Dakota as a living language, and through it, transmit Dakota life ways to future generations. They operate Dakota language camps featuring lessons, games, meals and other family activities. Dakota Wicohan P.O. Box 2 Morton, Minnesota 56270 Phone: (507) 697-6272 Email: dakotawicohan@gmail.com

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Concordia Language Village: Dakota in MN

http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/programs/adults/Language/dakota.php Concordia Language Village has teamed up with the University of Minnesota Department of American Indian Studies to create an immersion program that teaches families about the Dakota culture. For information, call (800) 222-4750 or email clv@cord.edu.  

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Fort Peck Community College – Dakota & Nakona

http://fpcctalkindian.nativeweb.org/ Fort Peck Community College “Talk Indian” website provides lessons in Dakota and Nakona languages. Lessons are provided in text, cover basic vocabulary, letter sounds and words include audio pronunciation. Fort Peck Community College PO Box 398 Poplar, MT 59255 406-768-6300

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