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A GREAT WAY TO LEARN LAKOTA

BILINGUAL READERS:

Just - for - fun stories in Lakota and English for young people and those beginning to learn Lakota.

THE PINE RIDGE PORCUPINE (WAZI AHANHAN PAHIN K'UN HE)      Ann Clark  Illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier

 A bilingual reader about a porcupine who tries to make quillwork. 82x11 73 pp. 21 illus. LB 1994 $23.95

THE SLIM BUTTE RACCOON (PAHA ZIZIPELA WICITEGLEGA KIN)     Ann Clark   Illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier

A bilingual reader about a raccoon who wants to be a Lakota. 82x11 81 pp. 21 illus. LB1994 $23.95

THE GRASS MOUNTAIN MOUSE (HE PEJI IT UNKALA KIN)      Ann Clark  Illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier

A bilingual reader about a lady prairie mouse who wants to ride in a rodeo. 82x11 108 pp. 26 illus. LB 1995 $23.95

THE HEN OF WAHPETON (UNJINCILA WAHPETUN ETANHAN KIN HE)   Ann Clark Illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier

 A bilingual reader about an incubator songster who wants to sing her way to Hollywood and winds up laying an egg. 82x11 97 pp. 21 illus. LB 1995 $23.95

THERE STILL ARE BUFFALO (NAHANHCI PTE YUKANPI)      Ann Clark                Illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier

 A moving story about the life cycle of a buffalo. 82x11 86 pp. 15 illus. LB 1996 $23.95

BRINGER OF THE MYSTERY DOG (SUNKA WAN WAKAN AGLI KIN HE)   Ann Clark      Illustrated by Oscar Howe

A bilingual reader about a young boy, who in his quest for bravery brought the first horse to his people. 82x11 84 pp. 12 illus. LB 1996 $23.95

SIOUX COWBOY (LAKOTA PTEOLA HOKSILA)     Ann Clark         Illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier

A bilingual primer about a young Lakota learning to be a cowboy. 82x11 48 pp. 36 illus. LB 1995 $23.95

SINGING SIOUX COWBOY (LAKOTA PTEOLE HOKSILA LOWANS=A)    Ann Clark Illustrated by Andrew Standing Soldier

A bilingual reader about a young Lakota who sings on horseback as he travels with his father to the rodeo. 82x11 114 pp. 48 illus. LB 1995 $23.95

BRAVE AGAINST THE ENEMY (TOKA WAN ITKOKIP OHITIKE KIN HE)  Ann Clark. Photographs by Helen Post

A bilingual reader about a young Lakota boy growing up at Pine Ridge during the 1940's and his attempt to understand the two cultures of his life. An accurate portrayal of what it meant to be a Lakota in the first half of the twentieth century. 215 pp., 24 illustrations in black and white. LB 2006 $29.95

 

BILINGUAL TITLES FROM OTHER PUBLISHERS available from Lakota Books.

 

READING AND WRITING THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE   Albert White Hat, Sr.

Professor of Lakota Studies at sinte Gleska University at Rosebud.  The most recent grammar of contemporary Lakota written by a native speaker.   Featuring vocabulary lists, rules of sentence formation, and drills.  A great addition to a growing number of Lakota texts.  complete with two cassettes by male and female speakers. 7x10, 226 pp. $39.95

GRAMMAR OF LAKOTA       Eugene Buechel, S.J.    

The original grammar based on the tireless work of Father Buechel at Pine Ridge and Rosebud, SD. It still is the most complete study of the Lakota language and the most comprehensive contribution to Lakota linguistics. 62x92 374 pp. $25.95

LAKOTA - ENGLISH DICTIONARY     Eugene Buechel, S.J.   Original hard cover   8x10 853 pp. $45.00

LAKOTA-ENGLISH DICTIONARY   Eugene Buechel, S.J. and Paul Manhart, S.J. This is a revision of the hardcover edition which clarifies many of the entries originally written in Lakota without translation.  This contribution is a necessary companion to Buechel's "Grammar" and contains over 25,000 words. 7 x 10, 530 pp. $35.00

LAKOTA TALES AND TEXTS  IN TRANSLATION   edited by Paul Manhart, S.J.

A two-volume boxed set containing 101 narratives in Lakota and English collected by Eugene Buechel, S.J.  at the turn of the 20th century.  It replaces the original Lakota Tales and Texts which is no longer available. 5x8, 694 pp.   $39.95

A DAKOTA - ENGLISH DICTIONARY     Stephen R. Riggs     Dakota to English only 6x9 665 pp. ISBN 0-87351-282-0 $24.95

LAKOTA WOCEKIYE OLOWAN WOWAPI: Sioux Indian Prayer and Hymn Book (Sursum Corda).      St. Francis Mission     3x5 386 pp. $17.50

A LAKOTA AND ENGLISH HYMNAL Jesuits of Holy Rosary Mission, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Contains the liturgy and hymns of the Roman Catholic Mass. Line by line translations. 6x9 33 pp. $10.95

THE ORDER OF MASS Jesuits of Holy Rosary Mission, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

The Mass according to the Roman Missal. Line by line translations. 82x11 27 pp. $12.95

SONGS AND DANCES OF THE LAKOTA     Ben Black Bear, Sr. and R.D. Theisz.

Forty-six songs of the Lakota recorded at Rosebud, South Dakota. The book is one of the first bilingual readers that discusses Lakota music and dance. A milestone in Lakota language books. Accompanied by four cassettes. 6x9 137 pp. 89 illus. $39.50

SHARING THE GIFT OF LAKOTA SONG by R.D. Theisz.

Book plus a compact disc featuring 25 songs sung by Theisz, Calvin Jumping Bull, Nellie Two Bulls, the Ironwood Singers and Porcupine singers. 198 pp. ; translations, bibliography, discography, illustrations.  $22.95

LAKOTA STAR KNOWLEDGE: Studies in Lakota Stellar Theology Ronald Goodman.

A significant study of the relationship between the heavens and social life as practiced by the Lakotas. An excellent examination of Lakota astronomical concepts and their philosophical connotations. Over 35 illustrations and astronomical maps with constellation names in Lakota and English. 82x11 64 pp. $25.00

DAKOTAH SIOUX INDIAN DICTIONARY     Paul WarCloud    6x9 192 pp. ISBN 0-9626423-0-4 $12.50

AN ENGLISH - DAKOTA DICTIONARY      John P. Williamson     English to Dakota  only   6x9 264 pp. ISBN 0-87351-283-9    $12.95

EVERYDAY LAKOTA: An English-Sioux Dictionary for Beginners Joseph S. Karol, S.J. (ed.)   6x9 124 pp $15.00

SHARING (OKIC'IC'UPI) Anonymous

A bilingual primer that emphasizes the Lakota value of sharing. A poignant story about a boy who learns that having friends is more important than having material things. 8 1/2 x 11, 36 pp.  $7.95

"DR. BEN CRAZY": RODEO CLOWN  by Duane Reichert. Translated by Calvin Jumping Bull.

An unusual coloring book that kids and their parents will be fighting over. Each page shows rodeo at its best featuring the famous rodeo clown, "Dr. Ben Crazy."  What makes this book unique is that the English captions have been translated into Llakota by singer, dancer, and scholar, Calvin Jumping Bull. Good for coloring. Good for learning modern Lakota. 8 1/2 x 11, 24pp.  $7.95