Lesson / Document · South Dakota · OSEU 1
Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Identity & belonging, Education & learning, Treaties & sovereignty
Resource text
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.