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A digital archive of Dakota/Lakota language recordings https://wooyake.org
What if we measured wealth not by money but by kindness?
"The Poor Man's Friend," a story in Dakota.

Available from today on Wóoyake: wooya.ke/r2rs
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Nominations for the 2026 DELAMAN Award are now being accepted! This award honors early-career documenters who have done outstanding work in creating and archiving a multimedia documentary collection of a language that is endangered or no longer spoken. More here: www.delaman.org/delaman-award/
May 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join our course on Očhéthi Šakówiŋ culture and society, as recorded by the fluent Dakota/Lakota speakers of yesterday and today. Pre-register here: wooya.ke/training
May 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Episode 2 of KLND Radio's new language show, Ečhéȟčiŋ Lakȟól’iyapi, is AVAILABLE NOW to listen again: wooya.ke/EL02

Join Bryan Swift Cloud and special guests Richard Long Feather for two hours of uplifting conversation, laughter, and Lakota language brilliance!
April 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Apparently the Lakota were part of Inauguration Day in 1929. Incoming president Hoover had asked for tribes to join the parade - but not everyone was on board. The Santees refused, as did the Nez Perce, calling it "undignified for them to dress up in feather and parade for anybody." 1/2
January 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Came across this from a Fort Peck speaker: “Nakúŋ tȟaspáŋ waŋžígži él otkéyapi čhaŋké wakȟáŋyeža kʼuŋ ȟmú sʼeléčheča.” Source: wooya.ke/ihDN

Who remembers apples in the Christmas tree? Anyone still do that? 🎄
December 11, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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November 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
“Tȟokátakiya wakȟáŋyeža ičháǧapi kiŋ hé tȟáwawičhauŋkhiyapi ~ We are passing this on to the children of the future.”

From Roan Bear's report on a gathering to fight the Black Hills Act, 121 years ago today: wooya.ke/QzFb

#OnThisDay #BlackHillsAreNotForSale #LandBack #LanguageBack
November 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM