The Dakota Language
With funding provided by a Minnesota Art and Cultural Heritage Grant (administered by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council), Metropolitan State University...
Where to Start
There are seven basic verb conjugations. Conjugations indicate the doer of each action. For example, "Ti" is he/she lives. “Ti” is the root verb and first...
Dialect
Dialects separate some tribes from the others. Some use "D" while others use "L." Still, others use "N." For example, "Pidamaye," which is "thank you," can...
The Seven Council Fires
As stated in Riggs’ A Dakota-English Dictionary, the Dakota Tribes are a confederacy made up of the Seven Council Fires: Wahpkute...