Interview · South Dakota · Nadine Eastman · Sherry Johnson · OSEU 4
Themes: Kinship & family, Education & learning, Values & generosity, Culture & continuity, Community & responsibility, Listening & observation
Learn About questions
What does the work kinship mean?
How do kinship terms relate to the roles of individuals as male or female?
What are some of the Dakota kinship terms?
How are kinship terms taught?
Learn From questions
What are kinship terms that apply to me in my family? How do they affect me and the ways that I relate to others in my family?
2. Have I ever had a special name given to me by a member of my family or a close friend? How does that name impact me?
Are there roles in my family that I needed to be taught? If so, how did I learn them and what happens to those roles over time?
Transcripts
Traditional Kinship Roles - Dr. Sherry Johnson & Dr. Nadine Eastman - OSEU #4
Watch this interview on YouTubeWithout the kinship you have nothing because the kinship ties are strong and to be claimed as a relative and for whatever you, whatever relative you want to make, those are the strongest ties you can have to a person.
And to be, to address people with their kinship terms is much more powerful than anything else. And then we have specific roles that there's things that young girls should do and things that young boys should do and we explicitly teach that behavior.
It's taught in the homes too but maybe not all of them and then we teach it in schools too. We have pretty good cultural teachers that talk about women's roles and men's roles as part of our community.
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Learn ABOUT Learn FROM
(deep listening, information) (deep sharing, transformation)
1. What does the word kinship mean? 1. What are kinship terms that apply to me
2. How do kinship terms relate to the roles in my family? How do they affect me
of individuals as male or female? and the ways that I relate to others in
3. What are some of the Dakota kinship my family?
terms? 2. Have | ever had a special name given to
4. Howare kinship terms taught? me by a member of my family or a close
friend? How does that name impact
me?
Are there roles in my family that |
needed to be taught? If so, how did |
learn them and what happens to those
roles over time?
OSEU 4: INTERVIEW WITH DRS. JOHNSON & EASTMAN
WoLakota Project
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Traditional Kinship Roles
Sherry Johnson & Nadine Eastman
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Traditional Kinship Roles
Traditional Kinship Roles - Dr. Sherry Johnson & Dr.
Nadine Eastman - OSEU #4
Without the kinship you have nothing because the kinship ties are strong and to be
claimed as a relative and for whatever you, whatever relative you want to make, those
are the strongest ties you can have to a person.
And to be, to address people with their kinship terms is much more powerful than
anything else. And then we have specific roles that there's things that young girls should
do and things that young boys should do and we explicitly teach that behavior.
It's taught in the homes too but maybe not all of them and then we teach it in schools
too. We have pretty good cultural teachers that talk about women's roles and men's
roles as part of our community.