Those who hope they can stop the Dakota Sioux language from dying have hit on the perfect word: Scrabble. A special Scrabble tournament in the language made its debut Friday, pitting teams from Sioux ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Upper Sioux Community this week unveiled four new dual-language highway signs in the Dakota language and in English. The signs, marking the ...

A three-day summit begins today in Rapid City on efforts to retain the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota language. The conference, "Uniting the Seven Council Fires to Save the Language," will open at 9 a.m. at ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Monday night, the Sioux City Community School Board approved board priorities with amendments. Board priorities are the board’s expectations for the district. The board approved an ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Although the vast majority of residents here primarily speak English, the greater Sioux Falls area ranks among the top 10 percent in the country for language diversity.

It’s an ever-increasing scenario in the quiet room that can be the Metro Communications dispatch center. Dispatchers available 24/7, 365-days a year serving Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County take ...

Some high-ranking government officials in South Dakota, a state whose name is in part taken from the Sioux language, are formally opposing the restoration of a Lakota Sioux name to the state’s tallest ...