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Wakiƞyaƞ Waƞbli, Summer Jensvold, and Evelyn Ashford (right).

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Meet the world’s first Dakota language majors

The University of Minnesota’s new Dakota language major connects both heritage and non-heritage students with the Dakota language and traditions.

Head shot of Venezuelan Sinibaldo Romero Arocha in a blue jacket, white shirt and gold tie.

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Breaking medicine’s language barrier

A medical student starts a group to train peers in medical Spanish.

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Šišókaduta: A keeper of the language

Curious about his Native language as a teenager, Šišókaduta Joe Bendickson learned Dakota at the U of M and now teaches the language to the next generation. He feels he’s in a race against time.

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U of M Receives Language Resource Center Funding from the U.S. Department of Education

The University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) has received its eighth round of funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI Language Resource Centers (LRC) program, totaling more than $750,000 over the next four years.

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