Interview · North Dakota · Oliver Gourd
Themes: Kinship & family, Spirituality & ceremony, Intergenerational learning
New transcript-based questions created with AI assistance using Scott Simpson’s Learn About and Learn From guide.
Learn About questions
1. Which past and future generations does Oliver Gourd include in his prayers?
2. How does he describe the Creator's relationship to people and their relatives?
3. What responsibility does he associate with receiving a pipe?
Learn From questions
1. How do my choices express care for people who came before me and those who will follow?
2. What helps me remember responsibilities beyond my immediate needs?
3. How can I listen respectfully to a spiritual practice that differs from my own?
Transcripts
Prayer with Oliver Gourd
Watch this interview on YouTubeWhen we garden prayed and I always prayed from my mom dad grandparents and because I was told they’re here and this is a different world and uh what Kentucky hears all those prayers and if you pray for someone yeah they’ll help them even though they died long time ago so I always prayed for me my past my relatives that passed on and I’ll pray for the future just still some still coming and they could be coming generations from now Lee so as I got older I was given a pipe to pray and I all just wanted to pray for the people and our sudden somebody gave me a pipe and so that’s I used that pipe and put a pray or my hippo
Affiliation sources
NDNAEU document credits: Oliver Gourd — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
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