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Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 1

Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Identity & belonging, Education & learning, Treaties & sovereignty

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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “Connecting to the Land” | OSEU 1: Lands & Environment How have the Lands of the Oceti Sakowin changed through treaties, formation of Compelling Question reservations and the dawes Act. OSEU Standard 1.1 Standards and Practices MP 1 & MP 3 Staging the Question Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 What size were the lands of the Oceti What was the Dawes Act and how Has your family ever owned land? Sakowin originally? did it affect Reservations ? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Students will be able to articulate Using a Plat map and TLE (Tribal Land Use the link below to measure the size what the Dawes Act was and how it Enterprise) records, search to see if difference of the reservations from affected the people that lived on the you or someone in your family has the original treaties until now. Reservations and continues to affect land. them as well. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources Joseph Marshall III Land Sizes Dawes Act Do you think that all the land should be returned to the Oceti Summative Argument Sakowin, who the land by treaty belongs to? Performance Task Extension Student will compile findings into a tri-fold board. Students will also create a power point presentation of their findings to present at Parent Taking Informed Action Teacher Night/ Family Night. Students will also research the allotment process that is currently in place for Tribal members.

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