Interview · South Dakota · Waylon Black Crow · OSEU 2 · OSEU 5
Themes: Kinship & family, Education & learning, Values & generosity, Listening & observation, Children & young people, Humor & play
Learn About questions
What does it mean to be given a Lakota name? Why is it important?
What does “Black Kettle” mean?
What role did Black Kettle play in the Native Nation?
Learn From questions
Have I ever been given a special name by someone other than the one I was given at birth? How does that name make me feel?
What does it mean to hurt the Creator when we hurt ourselves or someone else?
Transcripts
Black Kettle - Waylon Black Crow - OSEU #2 and #5
Watch this interview on YouTubeSo those are things that…as we grow up in this way of life, all our native children... we give them some…give them names and… their native names. It's like mine's Black Kettle. LAKOTA WORD. Black Kettle. And my… back in the day in the history… our family tree… my grandpa Black Kettle… he was the peacemaker…. peacemaker of the native nation. So even today, I go around try to make peace with people because we all come from one man. We hit somebody else, we're hurting.
We're not hurting him…we're hurting the Creator… because we come from him. That's what they always tell us. We respect ourselves, respect ourselves. Remember where you come from. You come from the Creator. So those are things that we always try to tell. Teach the young…walk this Red Road. I know it's not easy but…
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Learn ABOUT Learn FROM
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1. What does it mean to be given a Lakota 1. Have | ever been given a special name by
name? Why is it important? someone other than the one | was given at
2. What does “Black Kettle” mean? birth? How does that name make me feel?
3. What role did Black Kettle play inthe Native 2. What does it mean to hurt the Creator when
Nation? we hurt ourselves or someone else?
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Black Kettle
Waylon Black Crow
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Black Kettle
Black Kettle - Waylon Black Crow - OSEU #2 and #5
So those are things that…as we grow up in this way of life, all our native children... we give them some…give them names and… their native names. It's like mine's Black Kettle. LAKOTA WORD. Black Kettle. And my… back in the day in the history… our family tree… my grandpa Black Kettle… he was the peacemaker…. peacemaker of the native nation. So even today, I go around try to make peace with people because we all come from one man. We hit somebody else, we're hurting. We're not hurting him…we're hurting the Creator… because we come from him. That's what they always tell us. We respect ourselves, respect ourselves. Remember where you come from. You come from the Creator. So those are things that we always try to tell. Teach the young…walk this Red Road. I know it's not easy but…