Dakota Iapi Teunhindapi
By creating an active and joyful Dakota-speaking community learning environment, we anticipate that the proposed Dakota Iapi Teunhindapi project will result in: A unique language learning model for Dakota youth in rural southwestern Minnesota, Increased trust, confidence, and ability to speak the Dakota language with adults, elders and other youth in our rural region, Sustainable community expectations and skills to continue speaking together into the future, and Language lessons in the form of flash cards the students can work with at home, exposing others in their families to the vocabulary words.
We project that 75% of the 20 participants will continue speaking Dakota at home and in the community after this project ends. Our youth will increase their Dakota vocabulary along with their knowledge of Dakota art and cultural traditions. Community open houses showing the art, culture projects, and vocabulary skills will be held at the close of each year.
Individual donors & Private Donation