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Challenges and Solutions to Keeping the Lakota Language Alive

Challenges and Solutions to Keeping the Lakota Language Alive
Challenges and Solutions to Keeping the Lakota Language Alive
Author
Christina Rose
Producer
Indian Country Today
Year

“There is more to an immersion school than simply bringing in elders and having them teach the children,” said Sunshine Carlow, education manager of Lakȟól'iyapi Wahóȟpi, the Lakota Nest Immersion School on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota...

early childhood education
higher education
language
language immersion
language programs
Native Nations
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Resource Type
News and Opinion
Topics
Cultural Affairs
Governance
Citation

Rose, Christina. "Challenges and Solutions to Keeping the Lakota Language Alive." Indian Country Today. March 3, 2015. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/challenges-and-solutions-to-keeping-the-lakota-language-alive, accessed March 22, 2023)

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