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Wóoyake Project

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A digital archive of Dakota/Lakota language recordings wooyake.org

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

140 year old instructions (in Lakota) for building a rib bone sled: wooya.ke/sled 📷 Tobogganing with tȟakóža, London, 1926.

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

TURKEY STUFFED WITH CHESTNUTS, by Tȟašúŋke Óta 1. Wíčheuŋpe én úma dé akénuŋpa yámni ohnákapi kʼa špaŋyáŋpi kte. Put three dozen chestnuts in a pan, and bake in the oven. 2. [View full Dakota recipe at wooya.ke/trky, or this week's Teton Times]

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

What if we measured wealth not by money but by kindness? "The Poor Man's Friend," a story in Dakota. Available from today on Wóoyake: wooya.ke/r2rs

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Nominations for the 2026 DELAMAN Award are now being accepted! This award honors early-career documenters who have done outstanding work in creating and archiving a multimedia documentary collection of a language that is endangered or no longer spoken. More here: www.delaman.org/delaman-award/

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Join our course on Očhéthi Šakówiŋ culture and society, as recorded by the fluent Dakota/Lakota speakers of yesterday and today. Pre-register here: wooya.ke/training

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Episode 2 of KLND Radio's new language show, Ečhéȟčiŋ Lakȟól’iyapi, is AVAILABLE NOW to listen again: wooya.ke/EL02 Join Bryan Swift Cloud and special guests Richard Long Feather for two hours of uplifting conversation, laughter, and Lakota language brilliance!

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Apparently the Lakota were part of Inauguration Day in 1929. Incoming president Hoover had asked for tribes to join the parade - but not everyone was on board. The Santees refused, as did the Nez Perce, calling it "undignified for them to dress up in feather and parade for anybody." 1/2

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Came across this from a Fort Peck speaker: “Nakúŋ tȟaspáŋ waŋžígži él otkéyapi čhaŋké wakȟáŋyeža kʼuŋ ȟmú sʼeléčheča.” Source: wooya.ke/ihDN Who remembers apples in the Christmas tree? Anyone still do that? 🎄

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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Wóoyake Project @wooyake.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

“Tȟokátakiya wakȟáŋyeža ičháǧapi kiŋ hé tȟáwawičhauŋkhiyapi ~ We are passing this on to the children of the future.” From Roan Bear's report on a gathering to fight the Black Hills Act, 121 years ago today: wooya.ke/QzFb #OnThisDay #BlackHillsAreNotForSale #LandBack #LanguageBack

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