Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back to them.

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Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back to them.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/native-american-language-preservation-rcna31396

“No matter how it was collected, where it was collected, when it was collected, our language belongs to us," said Ray Taken Alive, a Lakota teacher.

Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back to them.