Those who hope they can stop the Dakota Sioux language from dying have hit on the perfect word: Scrabble. A special Scrabble tournament in the language made its debut Friday, pitting teams from Sioux ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Upper Sioux Community this week unveiled four new dual-language highway signs in the Dakota language and in English. The signs, marking the ...

A three-day summit begins today in Rapid City on efforts to retain the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota language. The conference, "Uniting the Seven Council Fires to Save the Language," will open at 9 a.m. at ...

FORT TOTTEN, N.D.-Inside a classroom on the Spirit Lake Nation reservation, a group of Dakota students are dedicating the next two years of their lives to preserving their language and strengthening ...

FORT TOTTEN, N.D.--Inside a classroom on the Spirit Lake Nation reservation, a group of Dakota students are dedicating the next two years of their lives to preserving their language and strengthening ...

Sioux Falls people have 137 ways to say please and thank you. That’s the latest tally on the number of languages and dialects spoken by the 166,000 local residents. It’s a number that connects the ...

HANKINSON (AP) - Teams from Sioux reservation schools in North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba have been competing in Scrabble, using the Dakota Sioux language. The tournament made its debut Friday ...