<div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>Teaching the Lakota language to the Lakota</b></font><br><br>by Kayla Gahagan<br>@kaylagahagan<br>December 1, 2013 9:00AM ET</font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br>
Only 6,000 people speak the Lakota language, few of them under 65, but people are working to keep it alive<br><br>PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. — Dodge tumbleweeds and stray dogs. Venture down a deeply rutted dirt road. Walk into the warmth of a home heated by a wood-burning stove. There'll be a deer roast marinating on the kitchen counter.<br>
<br>It is here, in a snug home that sits on the edge of nearly 3 million acres of South Dakota prairie, that you'll find the heart of a culture. It's here, at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where Joe and Randi Boucher make dinner for their two young daughters. The smaller one squirms and is gently admonished: "Ayustan," she is told — leave it alone.<br>
<br>It's here where the Lakota language is spoken, taught and absorbed in day-to-day life.</font><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Access full article below: </font></div>
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