The Dakota tribe, for example, is made up of 20,000 people, but only has 290 fluent Dakota speakers. Ilocano is the most commonly spoken language at home other than English and Spanish in 1 state ...

MORTON, Minn. - Last fall, the Lower Sioux Indian Community lost Trulo Columbus -- the tribe's last fluent speaker of the Dakota language. Deaths like his to Vanessa Goodthunder represent the ...