<b>Pine Ridge effort aims to start Lakota early</b><br>Day care to preserve language through children<br><br>12:14 AM, Oct 20, 2012 <br>Written by Kristi Eaton<br>Associated Press<br><br>When Peter Hill’s daughter was born two years ago, he made a conscious decision to speak only Lakota to her.<br>
<br>Hill, who is fluent in Lakota after learning it as a second language, said he wanted Charlotte to learn the Native American language from the start.<br><br>“By virtue of that … in terms of understanding, (she is) completely and equally fluent in both English and Lakota,” the proud father and Lakota instructor said.<br>
<br>Now the Pine Ridge man plans to start an immersion day care to get other infants speaking fluent Lakota early. His is part of a wave of projects targeting younger children in an effort to revitalize the language of Lakota, which is spoken primarily by Sioux Native Americans in North and South Dakota.<br>
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<br>Get more information or donate to the Lakota Immersion Childcare by visiting <a href="http://www.LakotaLearners.com">www.LakotaLearners.com</a>.<br>