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Dakota Words and Stories.
Vocabulary
Foods & Seasons
Whose Work is it?
Anything Goes.
100
The word Dakota means this.
What is friend?
100
The custom of telling stories to teach about the culture.
What is oral tradition.
100
Wild rice harvesting happens during what season?
What is summer?
100
We play but often with what looks like the real thing.
Who are Dakota children.
100
A rectangular house made with poles and covered with large overlapping strips of bark.
What is a bark house?
200
The Dakota word for generosity.
What is ohanwaste.
200
An older member of the tribe who is respected for their wisdom and knowledge.
What is an an elder.
200
The annual work of using sap from a particular tree creates what food?
What is maple syrup?
200
We put up, take down, and care for the family's tipi.
Who are the Dakota women?
200
An example of a sign of respect children showed toward their elders.
What is calling the person by their title, such as uncle, keeping eyes downward for privacy, listening without interrupting.
300
The Dakota word for extended families, like cousins, aunts, and uncles.
What is tiyospaye.
300
The cone-shaped house made by stretching animal skins over a frame of wooden poles.
What is a tipi?
300
The annual hunt for large animals was done during this season.
What is Autumn.
300
We conduct tribal ceremonies.
Who are the Dakota men?
300
Name the place or type of home the Dakota moved to in the Spring.
What is bark houses or sugar camps.
400
The Dakota word for respect and courtesy.
What is wohoda?
400
A decorated bag or container made from animal hide to hold special items.
What is a parfleche?
400
Name two vegetables grown by the Dakota.
What is corn or squash or artichokes or beans or turnips or potatoes.
400
We have lived in Minnesota longer than anyone else who lives here.
Who are the Dakota?
400
In what season did the Dakota live deep in the woods near a lake or river.
What is winter?
500
This story of what two characters explains how the seasons came to be.
What is the North Wind and Star Boy?
500
A tall grass that grows in the shallows of waters of Northern ponds and lakes.
What is wild rice.
500
All parts of this animal were used by the Dakota for some purpose in their daily living.
What is bison or buffalo.
500
We make sure the oral traditions of the Dakota do not fade from memory.
What is the storyteller?
500
The math term for how the Dakota think that time and events occur.
What is a circle?