• Listen to the Dakota Language Lessons on Dakota Talk Radio every Wednesday at 2:05 pm
• Listen to the Dakota Language Lessons on DTR rebroadcast every Friday at 2:05 pm

 Click on the lesson below to listen to the mp3 file or right click on the link and use the “save file as…” option to download the file to your local computer.

Lesson #1 The Basics of Dakota Language

Lesson #2 Ceremony Terminology

Lesson #3 Kitchen List, Weather, Time and Emotions

Lesson #4 Emotions and Everyday Conversations

Lesson #5 Thanksgiving Terms

Lesson #6 Womanhood

Lesson #7 Origins and Terms, Wa- Wi- Wo Phrases

Lesson #8 Continuation of Wi- Wo Phrases

Lesson #9 Educational Terms

Lesson #10 Holiday Terms and Family

Lesson #11 Social Speaking

Lesson #12 Land Terms and Flag Songs

Lesson #13 Star Knowledge

Lesson #14 Language Relationships

Lesson #15 Desires, Wants and Needs

Lesson #16 Daily Responsibilities, Types of Business Establishments

Lesson #17 Birth Order, Grandparents Role in Past/Present Lifeway

Lesson #18 How We Use “Okiye” to Help in Our Language

Lesson #19 Kinship Conversations, Values We Learn and What We Pass On

Lesson #20 Conversations in Relationship to Transportation, Recreation, Leisure

Lesson #21 Time, Instruction Terms, Questions and Response of Subject

Lesson #22 Potential/Future Statements, Departure/Arrival Phrases

Lesson #23 Verb Conjugations Using “Pazo” (to point, show)

Lesson #24 Singular/Plural Use of Use, Want, To Ask, To Take

Lesson #25 Meditation in Dakota with Translation

Lesson #26 Honoring our Elders, Identity, Family Introductions

Lesson #27 Ancestral Teachings, “Tohantu” Phrases

Lesson #28 Dakota/Nakota Wicohan Teachings and Terms

Lesson #29 Everyday Conversation Phrases

Lesson #30 Conversational Phrases Continued

Lesson #31 Cultural Meanings from a Traditional Viewpoint

Lesson #32 Occupations/Profession Conversations from Cultural to Mainstream