Uniting the Seven Council Fires to Save the Language


Lakota Dakota Nakota Language Summit
  • November 11, 12, 13, 2008
  • Ramkota Hotel & Covention Center
  • Rapid City, SD
Oceti Sakowin - The Seven Council Fires

     The Seven Council Fires are the seven bands that make up the Lakota Dakota Nakota Oyate, known today as The Great Sioux Nation.
  1. Mdewakantunwan
  2. Wahpe Kute
  3. Wahpetunwan
  4. Sinsintunwan
  5. Ihanktunwan
  6. Ihanktunwanna - Includes Stoney/Assiniboine
  7. Tintatuwan
     Today members of these bands are located on reservations and reserves in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.

Tatanka Iyotaka - Sitting Bull



     The last major gathering of the Oceti Sakowin was in 1876.  It was Sitting Bull that brought the people together to live the traditional way of life that had been given them by their ancestors.  During this gathering of the people, George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry attacked their peaceful camp and were quickly wiped out by men and women as they defended their homes, their children, their elders, and their way of life.

     Today, 130 years later we're asking Tatanka Iyotaka to once again unite the Seven Council Fires to celebrate and defend our way of life by revitalizing our language.



UPPER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY


LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY


Opening Prayers
  • Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe of the Lakota Dakota Nakota Oyate

Keynote Speakers
  • Ron His Horse Is Thunder, President - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
  • Darrell Kipp, Co-Founder of the Piegan Institute
  • Rosalie Little Thunder, Chair - Seventh Generation Fund
Breakout Session Presenters
  • Earl Bullhead - Use of Stories, Songs, and History to Teach the Language
  • Albert White Hat - Philosophy of the Language, Original vs. Modern Meanings, and Subcultures of the Lakota language
  • Robert Two Crow - Exploring Indigenous Language Research
  • Darrell Kipp - Immersion Schools
  • Bryan Charging Cloud - Okiciyapi, Working Together to Strengthen the Language and Encourage New Speakers
  • Lakota Language Consortium - Lakota Language Teacher Training and the Future of the Language
  • Jim Green - Using the Silent Method to Teach Language and the Importance of Second Language Learners
  • Dakota Wicohan - Dakota Learners As Teachers - A Response to the Dakota Language Crisis and the Loss of Fluent Elder Speakers
  • Alexis Nakota Sioux Language Program - TBA
  • Robert Four Star - TBA
  • Stephanie Charging Eagle - Child Behavior Management for Parents, Teachers, and Administrators - Lakota Language Identifies Values, Behaviors, and Protocol of the Lakota Way of Life
  • The Association on American Indian Affairs Native Language Program - Language Revitalization from a Grassroots Perspective
  • Rosalie Little Thunder - Akiciyapi, Using Competitive Games to Teach and Promote the Language
  • Faith Spotted Eagle - Sacred Sites and the Language (Odakota)
  • Leonard Little Finger - TBA
  • Rosebud Sioux Tribe Lakota Language Preservation Project - Project Goals, History of Language, Writing Styles, Collaboration
  • Dottie LeBeau - Internalized Oppression
  • Wilmer Mesteth - Ohunkankan 
  • Biagio Arobba - The Art of Lakota CDs and Software
  • Jerome Kills Small - Wicho'iye Kaga Pi, Bound Morphemes: Lakota Language Word Creation from Word Stems


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