The games listed below are our English/Indigenous language bilingual games, listed by grade. You will also see on which devices each game can be played.

Grades 3-5

Making Camp Lakota

Math: Multiplication and Division
History: Lakota (Sioux), Plains Indians, Native American

Learn how the Lakota lived. Experience the Lakota language. Improve math skills. In Making Camp Lakota, players practice multiplication and division skills. They’ll also be introduced to Lakota history and culture. Earn points by solving math problems and answering social studies questions in the village-building simulation game as you earn items to customize your tipi. Making Camp: Lakota is the FIRST fully English/Lakota bilingual, cross-curricular math video game. Made with the Thunder Valley Community Development Corp.

FEATURES

Choose from “Numbers” to work on your math skills or “Life” to learn about traditional Lakota life on the plains.

Choose from hands-on math activities where problems are randomly generated, so you can play them again and again.

It can be played in English, Lakota or flipping between the two. Language of instruction is controlled by the player on every screen within the game, including text, audio and video content, by using the language button at the top left corner of the game.

Learn and earn by watching videos on math and social studies.

Customize your own virtual world, building and filling up your tipi with 20 different interactive items.

Our app features interactive activities to familiarize kids with standardized assessments.

All math items are aligned to state and national standards. Meets Common Core.

Whether you are a Lakota speaker, a Lakota language learner or hearing Lakota for the very first time, Making Camp Lakota has something for you!

Play on the Web on Mac, PC or Chromebook

Spirit Lake Beginnings – Lakota

Math: Multiplication and Division
History: Lakota History, Plains Native Americans

In Spirit Lake: Beginnings – Lakota, players learn multiplication and division through word problems in this historically-based adventure game. Save your tribe a spreading sickness by solving math problems – and watch out for those rabid wolves! Math has never been this fun! Created with the Thunder Valley Community Development Corp., Spirit Lake Beginnings – Lakota is fully English/Lakota bilingual, cross-curricular math video game. It can be played in English or Lakota. Whether you are a Lakota speaker, a Lakota language learner or hearing Lakota for the very first time, Spirit Lake Beginnings – Lakota has something for you!

Math: The Universal Language Lakota

Math: Multiplication
Languages: Lakota and English

Tradition meets tech in this engaging new way to learn. Numbers spring to life in English and Lakota using this augmented reality app to practice multiplication and learn numbers in two languages!

The app is the first ever AR app to combine math and the Lakota language. Available for iOS (iPad and iPhone).

How does it work? It’s super-simple!
Forget about boring flashcards. Press on the language button to hear the numbers and multiplication problems said and solved aloud in English or Lakota.

Simply hold the app over the game cards (provided via a free link within the game and linked below).

See the numbers and problem solutions appear as 3D images. Cards can either be printed or used on a second device.

The app is a great way to get kids excited about math fundamentals and learning the Lakota language! Cards include extra 3D bonus scenes with fun, interactive surprises.

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Math: The Universal Language Dakota

Math: Division
Languages: Dakota and English

Tradition meets tech in this engaging new way to learn. Numbers spring to life in English and Dakota using this augmented reality app to practice division and learn numbers in two languages!

The app is the first ever AR app to combine math and the Dakota language. Available for iOS (iPad & iPhone).

How does it work? It’s super-simple!
Forget about boring flashcards. Press on the language button to hear the numbers and division problems said and solved aloud in English or Dakota.

Simply hold the app over the game cards (provided via a free link within the game and linked below).

See the numbers and problem solutions appear as 3D images. Cards can either be printed or used on a second device.

The app is a great way to get kids excited about math fundamentals and learning the Dakota language! Cards include extra 3D bonus scenes with fun, interactive surprises.