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02 Jerome Dancing Bull: What was Lost After Riverbottom Days

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Interview · North Dakota · Jerome Dancing Bull

Themes: Values & generosity, Arts & expression, Children & young people

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New transcript-based questions created with AI assistance using Scott Simpson’s Learn About and Learn From guide.

Learn About questions

1. What changes does Jerome Dancing Bull connect with the flooding of the riverbottom communities? 2. How does he describe earlier expectations for respecting clan aunts and uncles? 3. What does he try to teach his children and grandchildren about respect and teasing?

Learn From questions

1. What connections between place and family life might I overlook when thinking about relocation? 2. Who taught me how to show respect to relatives, and how do I practice it now? 3. What relationship practice would I like to strengthen for the next generation?

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02 Jerome Dancing Bull: What was Lost After Riverbottom Days

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What those of it those are the days of my early days when all the men went to war and came back they when they went to war and he came back the bottom was already flooded see my older brother is the last one to be born on the river bottom I was born at 55 and they moved up in 52 but he was at his generation is the only ones left that were born on the river bottom it changed the lifestyle no you seemed there they seemed to have forgotten what we were we were brought up who the respect of it was kind of getting lost you know and you people were saying stuff to each other that they shouldn’t have been said you know then they didn’t didn’t matter I didn’t care about it no more you know you can see some of that today it but it’s not as bad as when I was growing up they don’t or if he had a clan aunt or a client uncle you know you respected him but now it seems like you can argue with him you know which he never did long time ago you gave me the best stuff here uncles in your aunts you know I think a lot of it has to do with I’m not a politician and then there will be but I think a lot of it comes from back to you know I don’t I really trying my household Oh bring that back I tell my kids and my grandkids you know including respect to who the tease me and who not to tease you know yeah stuff like that you know we grew up on

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