Dakota Language Lessons with Diane Merrick
Listen to the Dakota Language Lessons on Dakota Talk Radio every
Wednesday at
2:05 pm Listen to the Dakota Language Lessons on DTR rebroadcast every
Friday at
2:05 pm Lesson #1 The Basics of Dakota Language Lesson #2 Ceremony Terminology Lesson #3 Kitchen List, Weather, Time and Emotions Lesson #4 Emotions and Everyday Conversations Lesson #5 Thanksgiving Terms Lesson #6 Womanhood Lesson #7 Origins and Terms, Wa- Wi- Wo Phrases
Lesson #8 Continuation of Wi- Wo Phrases Lesson #9 Educational Terms Lesson #10 Holiday Terms and Family Lesson #11 Social Speaking Lesson #12 Land Terms and Flag Songs Lesson #13 Star Knowledge Lesson #14 Language Relationships Lesson #15 Desires, Wants and Needs Lesson #16 Daily Responsibilities, Types of Business Establishments Lesson #17 Birth Order, Grandparents Role in Past/Present Lifeway Lesson #18 How We Use “Okiye” to Help in Our Language Lesson #19 Kinship Conversations, Values We Learn and What We Pass On Lesson #20 Conversations in Relationship to Transportation, Recreation, Leisure Lesson #21 Time, Instruction Terms, Questions and Response of Subject Lesson #22 Potential/Future Statements, Departure/Arrival Phrases Lesson #23 Verb Conjugations Using “Pazo” (to point, show) Lesson #24 Singular/Plural Use of Use, Want, To Ask, To Take Lesson #25 Meditation in Dakota with Translation Lesson #26 Honoring our Elders, Identity, Family Introductions Lesson #27 Ancestral Teachings, “Tohantu” Phrases Lesson #28 Dakota/Nakota Wicohan Teachings and Terms Lesson #29 Everyday Conversation Phrases Lesson #30 Conversational Phrases Continued Lesson #31 Cultural Meanings from a Traditional Viewpoint Lesson #32 Occupations/Profession Conversations from Cultural to Mainstream Lesson #33 Current Event Terms Which Affect Our Environment Lesson #34 Environmental Effects, Technology Terms Lesson #35 Economic Terms/Effects Lesson #36 Conversational Phrases Utilizing a Question and Answer Format Lesson #37 Birth Order, Male/Female Terms, Tiwahe Lesson #38 Calendar/Wiyanwapi, Jan.-Dec. Moons Lesson #39 Terms--Phrases Associated with Self and Comunication with Others