Dakota Datebook: Teachings of Our Elders
Dakota Datebook: Teachings of Our Elders narratives assign meaning to Indigenous values, as told by Indigenous people.
This series is part of the North Dakota Native American Essential Understandings developed by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. Educators Scott Simpson and Sharla Steever drew these Dakota Datebooks from elder interviews. More resources are available on the website.
Select narratives from Teachings of Our Elders are available on PBS LearningMedia, along with discussion questions. Find them here.
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Dr. Twila Baker, enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation. In part one of "We Laugh So We Don't Cry."
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Eileen Little Ghost, Lakota Elder, as she talks about the medicine wheel.
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Patricia Christensen, enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation, in part two of her interview concerning traditional foods.
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Kenneth Jerome Hill, enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Nation, talking about his name, Helping Boy.
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Vincent Grant, enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa talk about contemporary rendezvous reenacters.
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Vincent Grant, enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa, talk about how the Michif came to be.
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Kade Ferris, enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa, in part two of "What Stories Teach Us."
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In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Kade Ferris, enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa, in Part One of "What Stories Teach Us."
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In this episode, we'll listen to Dan Jerome, enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa in part two of The Importance of Knowing Who You Are.
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North Dakota Native American Essential understanding number seven is about native identity. It states individual and communal identity is defined and supported by shared native languages, kinship systems, tiospaye, clan structures, traditional teachings, values, sacred laws and ceremonies. A continuum of tribal identity unique to each individual, ranges from assimilated to traditional lifestyle.
Dakota Datebook: Teachings of Our Elders is produced with support from and in collaboration with the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.