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The Land with Arlene Wadsworth

Explore The Land with Arlene Wadsworth with available transcripts, learning questions and source alignments in the South Dakota and North Dakota Elder archive.

Interview · North Dakota · Arlene Wadsworth · NDNAEU 1

Themes: Land & stewardship, Values & generosity, Food & plants

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Learn About questions

Why is it important to take care of the land? What are the animals that live in this area? What are examples of plants that live in this area?

Learn From questions

How do I take care of the land I live on?  What are some examples?  Is it important to me?  Why or why not? Do I like to have animals in my care?  Why or why not? Have I ever had an animal in my care that I wasn’t able to continue to care for?  What happened?

Transcripts

03 Arlene Wadsworth: The Land

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Well the man is you know you try to keep it as nice as you can don’t destroy it or abuse it you know the same with your animals you respect them you know don’t abuse an animal you know like a dog or cat if you can’t take care of don’t get them you know like now you drive up the road sometimes you see horses out on the road if people can’t take care of them don’t get them because courses can cause a problem like horses it I don’t know it seems like when you shine light if you’re going down the road you see a deer or a horse out on the road it must blind them they attack you know I mean they run into your car or something

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