Interview · North Dakota · Demus McDonald · NDNAEU 2
Themes: Kinship & family, Education & learning, Culture & continuity, Children & young people, Intergenerational learning
Learn About questions
Why does the circle in Dakota culture move clockwise?
What does the phrase, “Aki apa” mean?
How does focusing on aki apa help in difficult times with others?
Learn From questions
Have I ever had to deal with a bully? If so, how did I handle it?
Did anyone ever help me learn how to deal with bullies/difficult people in my life? What was the best advice I ever got to deal with it?
Does the phrase aki apa help me to deal with difficulties with other people?
Transcripts
05 Demus McDonald: My Grandmother's Words of Wisdom part 2
Watch this interview on YouTubeYou told me to draw a circle and then they’ll cut away when you draw a circle it’s always clockwise because a circle is many things it’s a circle of life and it’s like clockwise but in this case she said this is what in school you’re gonna see this - she said that children are contested whoa keep our G in each chapter whoa keep urging that the Indian word for bully only Bullington so when somebody bullies you and picks on you just don’t say nothing because don’t say nothing because key our key means to go back and hit you our Chiappa means it goes what goes around comes around a Chiappa see this is this that’s the Dakota way I learned it later on I heard the word karma that’s and that’s why I tell the kids in school when I go ahead when somebody picking on you bullying you don’t say it up because it’ll go back and hit them do
Affiliation sources
NDNAEU document credits: Demus McDonald — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
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