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| Title | Berenstain Bears Help Keep Lakota Language Beating |
| Body | From http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100824/NEWS/8240316/1001/news Berenstain Bears help keep Lakota language beating Sarah Reinecke August 24, 2010 Soon, the popular Berenstain Bears cartoon characters will help bring the Lakota language to life in homes across the region. Twenty episodes of the animated cartoon series will be translated, recorded and broadcast on South Dakota Public Television starting in the fall of next year, with all dialogue in Lakota. It's the first time in the United States that any cartoon series has been translated to a Native American language and widely distributed, said Wilhelm Meya, executive director of Lakota Language Consortium, a nonprofit organization that partnered with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to co-produce the Lakota version of the series. A DVD and teacher's guide also will be released next summer to be used in area schools. Read the full article at http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100824/NEWS/8240316/1001/news |
| Source | Argus Leader |
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