In Class and on TikTok, South Dakota Summer Interns Preserve Lakota Language

In Class and on TikTok, South Dakota Summer Interns Preserve Lakota Language

In the thick of the summer, 10 high school and college students sat in the empty library of Maȟpíya Lúta — Red Cloud — High School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. There, they recited everyday phrases in Lakota, the language spoken by the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, one of the nation’s largest. Taŋyáŋ ništíŋma he? Did you sleep well?  Okóihaŋke k’uŋ heháŋ tȟabwaškate. Last weekend I played basketball. Táku wičhókaŋ wótapi he? W…