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 ...

Sure, you can buy Icelandic Scrabble, Croatian Scrabble, even Slovenian Scrabble – if you look hard enough. After all, those languages have entire nations of speakers. But who’d want Scrabble for a ...

The Lakota Sioux language, made famous through its portrayal in the 1990 film “Dances with Wolves,” is now one of only a handful of American Indian languages with enough remaining speakers to survive ...

FORT TOTTEN, N.D.-Inside a classroom on the Spirit Lake Nation reservation, a group of Dakota students are dedicating the next two years of their lives to preserving their language and strengthening ...