Deathbed words have long garnered public attention, scratching that morbid itch of knowing how famous, or infamous, people used their final breaths to leave their lasting impression on the world ...

Wasicuna discussed Dakota word gender and pronunciation, then asked if what the friend’s name was and if she was a sister or an aunt. “It’s much nicer to name your friend or relative,” he said.

Forty-four Minnesota House Democrats sent a letter to the Minnesota Historical Society on Monday in support of adding the Dakota word “Bdote” to identify Historic Fort Snelling. Many Dakota people ...

When Joe Bendickson was growing up, first on the Lake Traverse Reservation near the Minnesota-South Dakota border and then in St. Paul, he did not speak Dakota, his ancestral tongue. Few did.

MANKATO — Jan Red Owl Bruce stood under a Land of Memories canopy listening to an emcee speaking in Dakota to greet grand entry participants at the Mahkato Wacipi. “I understand it, but I don’t speak ...