Lakota Language Preservation

Tokatakiya Lakota Iyapi Woanwangliake
Protecting and Sustaining Our Lakota Language for Future Generations

An elder-inspired approach to Lakota language preservation.  Beverly Running Bear, Native Hope Fellow, hopes that by creating a video history of Lakota fluent speakers, the next generation of speakers will have another preservation asset. Bev believes language holds the key to the Lakota way of life.