OSEU One: Whitney Rencountre- Connected to the Land

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Interview · South Dakota · Whitney Rencountre · OSEU 1

Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Values & generosity, Culture & continuity, Listening & observation

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How has the movement of Native people impacted their culture? How does the historical movement of Native people continue to impact people today? What are some ways that the land impacts the culture of people? What are the connections I have to place or land? Do I know stories about my family’s place of origin? How has the movement of my family impacted the ways we connect to each other? Is my family deeply connected to a certain area of land? Why?

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(deep sharing, transformation) 1. What are the connections | have to place or land? 2. Dol know stories about my family’s place of origin? How has the movement of my family impacted the ways we connect to each other? 3. Is my family deeply connected toa certain area of land? Why? =

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Connected to the Land - Whitney Rencountre - OSEU #1

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You know, over 500 nations of people, and there's very few tribes that are actually still in their original location of where they were before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. And the reason why I bring that up is because as the people have moved to different areas, it's you lose a lot of your culture, your history, your sense of kind of connection to that land, the land base. Even though our people were people that followed the buffalo, you know, are very moving in terms of following that and connected to the stars in terms of how things were set. But for the most part, being moved from one place to another had a significant impact on our people. So, the connection to the land was lost. And it's important to know that it's important for our students to understand this history because it helps them kind of kind of create why… maybe why am I in a position I am today? Why? Why is my life the way it is today as opposed to maybe if we had a stronger connection to the land… maybe if we still had our strong value-based society where we were living in a healthy home, you know… healthy, you know, day to day life… things will be a little easier in terms of your basic needs are met. Maybe your goals are a little easier to attain. So that's kind of my viewpoint on that.

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From the current WoLakota source page: Connected to the Land Whitney Rencountre Transcript (deep listening, information) How has the movement of Native people impacted their culture? How does the historical movement of Native people continue to impact people today? What are some ways that the land impacts the culture of people? (deep listening, transformation) What are the connections I have to place or land? Do I know stories about my family’s place of origin? How has the movement of my family impacted the ways we connect to each other? Is my family deeply connected to a certain area of land? Why?

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Connected to the Land - Whitney Rencountre - OSEU #1 You know, over 500 nations of people, and there's very few tribes that are actually still in their original location of where they were before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. And the reason why I bring that up is because as the people have moved to different areas, it's you lose a lot of your culture, your history, your sense of kind of connection to that land, the land base. Even though our people were people that followed the buffalo, you know, are very moving in terms of following that and connected to the stars in terms of how things were set. But for the most part, being moved from one place to another had a significant impact on our people. So, the connection to the land was lost. And it's important to know that it's important for our students to understand this history because it helps them kind of kind of create why… maybe why am I in a position I am today? Why? Why is my life the way it is today as opposed to maybe if we had a stronger connection to the land… maybe if we still had our strong value-based society where we were living in a healthy home, you know… healthy, you know, day to day life… things will be a little easier in terms of your basic needs are met. Maybe your goals are a little easier to attain. So that's kind of my viewpoint on that.