Dakota Identity & Nation
The Dakota have lived in this state longer than any other group of people.
Minnesota
Instead of writing things down, the Dakota passed history on by doing this.
Telling stories aloud / oral storytelling
In Dakota culture, when a hunter killed an animal, he was expected to do this with the meat.
Share it with others / his community
In family life, speaking softly inside the home was a way of showing this.
Respect
This important skill helped Dakota provide food for themselves and others.
Hunting
The Dakota believed all their different bands were part of one large nation called this.
Dakota Oyate
Storytellers were considered important because they preserved this for future generations.
History and traditions
Sharing food helped strengthen these important family and community relationships.
Kinship ties / extended family bonds
In the ghost-wife story, the husband made a mistake by doing this inside the tipi.
Yelling / raising his voice
Instead of earning wages, the Dakota got what they needed by gathering, making, or doing this with others.
Trading
The Dakota lived across a large region stretching from the St. Croix River west to this mountain range.
Rocky Mountains
Stories like The Badger and the Bear were told not just for entertainment, but to teach this.
Lessons / values
The badgers welcomed the bear into their home even though he was dangerous, showing this important value.
Generosity
Children were taught to move carefully inside the home so they would not do this to others.
Trip or fall onto someone
Improving skills and knowledge to help the community is an example of building this.
Human Capital
The seven major bands of the Dakota nation were known as this group.
Seven Council Fires
During storytelling time inside the tipi, children were expected to show respect by doing this.
Remain silet / listen quietly
The Dakota believed it was better to give everything away than to appear this negative character trait.
Selfishness
Even strangers were often treated like this in Dakota society.
Relatives / family
Dakota who lived in wooded areas often relied on this natural food source found in marshes.
Wild Rice
Over the past 200 years, Dakota people have often had to do this because of outside pressures and government actions.
Move / relocate
Writing down oral traditions helped share Dakota culture with this group of people.
Non-Dakota people / outsiders / other Americans
Giving a gift in someone else’s name was a way to strengthen relationships between how many people?
Daily Double: What is the vocab term to describe this?
3 people
DD = Honorship
At night, families avoided watching others sleep because it was considered this type of behavior.
Bad manners / disrespectful
Dakota who lived on the plains followed the seasonal movement of this animal.
Buffalo (Bison)