Start here to try the Silent Way of learning Lakota/Dakota. You’ll see a situation where the meaning is more or less apparent to you. Now start using the Lakota words to express the meaning you already know. Remember too, the Silent Way was used in New Zealand to jump start the revitalization of Maori. Their revitalization didn’t begin with the “language nests” for preschool children; it began with Maori adults who found they quickly learned to speak their language this way. The energy released by this learning led them to develop the “language nests” so the children didn’t have to experience Native language loss as they had.