The Story of Iktomi and the Ducks with Velma Kills Back

(deep listening, information) 1. Who is Iktomi? 2. How do stories about animals and nature help us to learn about ourselves? 3. How does a trickster like Iktomi help us learn life lessons?

(deep sharing, transformation) 1. Do you remember a story you were told to explain how something happened or came to be? 2. Do you identify more with the ducks or with Iktomi? Why? 3. Can you remember being told certain examples of how others = made mistakes to help shape your behavior?

Other Tellings of this Story: The Story of Iktome & the Ducks with Janet Claymore Ross Story: How the Wood Duck Got His Red Eyes with Vernon Ashley Learn ABOUT Learn FROM (deep listening, information) (deep sharing, transformation) 1. Who is Iktomi? 1. Do you remember a story you were 2. How do stories about animals and told to explain how something nature help us to learn about happened or came to be? ourselves? 2. Do you identify more with the 3. How does a trickster like Iktomi ducks or with Iktomi? Why? help us learn life lessons? 3. Can you remember being told certain examples of how others made mistakes to help shape your behavior? = OSEU 5: STORY WITH VELMA KILLS BACK “7 WoLakota Project