Custom of purposeful telling of stories to teach children lessons about a culture or history
Oral Tradition
100
The Dakota tribes believed that time ran in a circle. According to the circle year, Dakota moved 4 times with the changing of the
Seasons
100
Slits are cut into the maple trees
First step in making maple sugar (Spring season)
100
Coming from a tall grass that grows in shallow still water, this edible grain is harvested by the Dakota at the end of their summer season.
What is Wild Rice
100
The tipi (tepee) door always faces which direction?
And who always sits across from the door?
East, Eldest male sits across from the door.
200
An "Elder" is
an older tribe member respected for his/her knowledge
200
During this season, the Dakota use a travois to haul their belongings to the prairie where they hunt buffalo (bison.
What is the season?
What animal is used to pull a travois?
Season = Fall (Autumn)
Dogs or Horses pull the travois.
200
Wooden chips are inserted into the tree to guide the sap
Step 2 of maple sugar making (Spring season)
200
Rice stalks are tied in bundles and left to dry
Step one of harvesting wild rice (end of summer season)
200
The Dakota people fasted for what reasons?
Prepare for food shortages, hunting game, and religious rites
300
home made with poles and covered with large overlapping strips of bark
Birch Bark House (lodge)
300
Which season often marked the time of year Dakota settled into villages deep in the woods for shelter.
(this is also a time where children did NOT have many responsibilities.)
Winter
300
Sap is collected in birch bark dishes
Step 3 of maple sugar making (Spring season)
300
The bundles are struck with a rod to release the rice grains into the canoe.
Step 2 of wild rice harvesting (end of summer season)
300
The Dakota people prized which qualities most?
1. Generostiy
2. Self-Control
400
Dakota village location during the spring time
Sugar Camp
400
During which season did Dakota move into birch bark houses in a grove of maple trees and begin Maple Sugar Making?
Spring
400
Sap is boiled down to make maple syrup or sugar
Step 4 in making maple sugar (Spring season)
400
Rice grains are dried and roasted on shore
Step 3 of harvesting wild rice (end of summer season)
400
Dakota people hunted bison in the autumn. What parts of the bison did they use and what is the name given to their special way of preparing bison meat?
Dakota used EVERY PART of the bison they hunted.
Pemmican = special way to prepare the meat
500
Dakota word for respect and courtesy
Wohoda
500
Dakota people harvested wild rice during the end of which season?
At the beginning of this season, though, it was the women's job to do what?
Summer
Women plant crops at beginning of summer
500
The Dakota finally enjoy eating their maple sugar or syrup
Step 5 of making maple sugar (Spring Season)
500
Grains are stepped on to loosen the husk, then the husks are removed by tossing the grains into the air.
Step 4 of wild rice harvesting (end of summer season)
500
1. What does "Dakota" mean in their own language; and
2. Another name for the Dakota meaning snake is?