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

"Meya’s organizations have received more than $3.5 million in federal grants over the past 15 years for language revitalization projects with tribes across the country, records show. The Department of Health and Human Services alone has paid the #LakotaLanguageConsortium nearly $1 million to create some of the textbooks the organization sells for $40 to $50 apiece."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/native-american-language-preservation-rcna31396