Indigenous Governance Database
Lakota Nation
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In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a language belong to?
From NPR's "Code Switch" podcast episode page: Many Lakota people agree: It's imperative to revitalize the Lakota language. But how exactly to do that is a matter of broader debate. Should Lakota be codified and standardized to make learning it easier? Or should the language stay as it always has…