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Hi, The bookstore is closed as it moves to SD.You can get some of the books through - Prairie Edge Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center Amazon and other second hand booksellers. I got lots of the Speak Lakota books ,which I can't recommend highly enough, pre used from Amazon. I know ...

... 5 STAR review!!! Niglíču: She Comes Out Alive - A Story of Wounded Knee is a novel in the historical fiction, interpersonal drama, and sociocultural writing subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. Penned by author team Florence D'Angelo and Paul Oscar Wybrant, ...

... to do some text analysis for a paper. Could anyone kindly suggest some text, or story, a narrative with dialogue that is rich in all the forms and cultural references that I could work on. Thank you very much. Any help will be of much importance. And appreciated. I speak basic Lakota but I would ...

... to do some text analysis for a paper. Could anyone kindly suggest some text, or story, a narrative with dialogue that is rich in all the forms and cultural references that I could work on. Thank you very much. Any help will be of much importance. And appreciated. I speak basic Lakota but I would ...

... "magic bullets" for language teaching and learning. As old as language itself, and the necessity of communicating across linguistic and cultural barriers, are the quick-fix methods that supposedly give learners the key to mastery in a few short, easy lessons. Certainly, such methods ...

... doomed to fail in teaching specific languages. Culturally not relevant The universal template causes another problem and that is the lack of cultural relevance. The sets of sentences, pictures and situations introduced in the software will work for some European languages, but will not apply ...

... Lakota because they reinforce English as the primary language of the Lakota language classes. Furthermore, the insertion of Lakota words into cultural texts in English encourages and validates speaking in English using Lakota words here and there, which is already common among some young Lakota ...

... place to practice or discuss spirituality. Anyone can claim anything in such environment, anyone can claim to be an authority over spiritual or cultural issues. In the real world, however, Lakota spirituality and culture are things inseparable from community life, from the social structures ...

... language program on the US mainland is even remotely close to this one. The Hawaiians are doing a lot and making progress, but their political and cultural situation is somewhat different. Recently an Arapahoe immersion school opened in Wyoming, but with only 24 pupils and little technical or financial ...

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Re: Will the bookstore reopen?

Re: New Book 5 star review: Niglíču

Re: Request to suggest some texts I could analyze

Request to suggest some texts I could analyze

Re: Rosetta Stone for Lakota – a lot of false promises

Rosetta Stone for Lakota – a lot of false promises

REVIEW - Lakota textbooks by AISRI, Indiana University

Why we don't discuss culture and spirituality here

Re: Interview with Ben Black Bear Jr. about NLD