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Purchase your own materials and start learning the Lakota language today!

Without language, a culture dies.

Preserving and promoting awareness of the Lakota language is very important to St. Joseph's Indian School and the future of our students.

We invite you to learn basic phrases and words of the Lakota language with our students.

 

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Lakota Phrases

May 24 - May 28 

Toksa ake waunkte (t/doesksha ahkay wahoonktay) =
See you again, later

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Lakota Words

Hawk – četaŋ (cheh•tahn) Coyote – mayašleca (mah•yah•shleh•chah) Otter – ptaŋ (p•tan) Porcupine – pahiŋ (pah•heen) Prairie Dog – pispisza (pish•pee•zah) Big – taŋka (ton•ka) Little – cik’ala (cheek•ala) People - oyate (o•ya•te) Friend – kola (ko•la) Holy – wakaŋ (wa•kan) Pray – čekiya (che•keya) Medicine – pejuta (pey•juta)

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Lakota Phrase Archives

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