Lakota Language Consortium

LLC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, revitalization, and promotion of the Lakota Sioux language. We feel strongly that the Lakota language is a unique and valuable living expression of the culture - a linguistic legacy certainly worth preserving.

To achieve this mission, LLC develops educational materials and sponsors programs which encourage the use of the language among Lakota children. Our goal is to prepare a new generation of Lakota speakers by providing pedagogical and technical support to help schools and communities save the language.

There are close to 20,000 Lakota children in need of instructional materials for their language. We produce textbooks, computer-based multimedia materials, classroom visual aids, and provide teacher training to schools. Our curricula are designed to create linguistic proficiency in Lakota among students over the course of a five to eight year sequence of classes.

LLC also works to promote activities in Lakota communities that support the use of the language. We have successfully established a Lakota language radio show, and future plans include language camps, cultural events, and public relations campaigns. We also carry out fund raising and public relation campaigns to support the primary activities of the organization and to promote a wider public awareness of the problem of Native language loss in North America. Your contributions can help ensure that this final opportunity to save the language has the resources it needs to be successful.