OSEU Four: Janelle Williams- I Owe A Lot to My Grandmother

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Interview · South Dakota · Janelle Williams · OSEU 4

Themes: Kinship & family, Education & learning, Values & generosity, Culture & continuity, Listening & observation, Children & young people, Humor & play, Intergenerational learning

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How large of a role does “extended family” play (grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.) within the culture of the Oceti Sakowin people? How was “education” handled in traditional Dakota/Lakota/Nakota society?

Learn From questions

Were you able to spend time with grandparents while growing up? Whether your answer is yes or no, how has that impacted you? What role or roles did your family play in your education? In what ways have elements of your education impacted your family relationships?

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I Owe A Lot to My Grandmother - Janelle Williams - OSEU 4

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I owe a lot to my grandmother, my mother's mother. She had recently passed away in August, and I didn't realize that my grandmother actually raised me from birth to, I believe I turned 7, and we went to live with my mother. And I didn't realize that my grandmother, that was the part of the important years from birth until that age, how she wanted me to know so much. She had taught me a lot. And when I see my children and my grandchildren, I always stop and think that this day I was mother and this day I was grandma. And, you know, my kids, I tell them that it is so important to become educated, you know, all the way to my takoshas, that this is it, this is it. And I had heard yesterday that we are going back to the same way that they, how would you say that, they took it, we're going to use that same tool to get it back.

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I Owe A Lot to My Grandmother - Janelle Williams - OSEU 4 I owe a lot to my grandmother, my mother's mother. She had recently passed away in August, and I didn't realize that my grandmother actually raised me from birth to, I believe I turned 7, and we went to live with my mother. And I didn't realize that my grandmother, that was the part of the important years from birth until that age, how she wanted me to know so much. She had taught me a lot. And when I see my children and my grandchildren, I always stop and think that this day I was mother and this day I was grandma. And, you know, my kids, I tell them that it is so important to become educated, you know, all the way to my takoshas, that this is it, this is it. And I had heard yesterday that we are going back to the same way that they, how would you say that, they took it, we're going to use that same tool to get it back.