Interview · South Dakota · Lydia Whirlwind Soldier · OSEU 5
Themes: Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Values & generosity, Listening & observation, Children & young people, Humor & play
Learn About questions
Why is Lakota history not taught in many of the public schools?
What is a Winter Count?
What is Star Knowledge?
What is Oral History?
How does humor play a role in telling stories and sharing history?
Learn From questions
What are ways that my family keeps our history alive?
How does my family pass on information from one generation to the next?
Is humor an important part of my family’s way of being together? Why or why not?
Transcripts
Lakota History - Lydia Whirlwind Soldier - OSEU #5
Watch this interview on YouTubeIn a public school system and in mission schools, we never learned about our own history. Nobody ever taught us any of our history. It was all American history. So, you know, many of the kids grew up thinking that, you know, their history started with Columbus. They didn't have any knowledge of their own family histories, their own tribal histories. And so it's really important for our kids to realize that we do have a history.
And we have winter counts. We have star knowledge. We have, you know, many things that we can use to teach history.
Oral history, you know, stories that we've heard of things that happened. And there's many humorous stories, you... history.
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Learn ABOUT Learn FROM
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1. Why is Lakota history not taught in many of 1. What are ways that my family keeps our
the public schools? history alive?
2. What is a Winter Count? 2. How does my family pass on information from
What is Star Knowledge? one generation to the next?
What is Oral History?
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5. How does humor play a role in telling stories way of being together? Why or why not?
and sharing history?
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Lakota History
Lydia Whirlwind Soldier
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Lakota History
Lakota History - Lydia Whirlwind Soldier - OSEU #5
In a public school system and in mission schools, we never learned about our own
history. Nobody ever taught us any of our history. It was all American history. So, you
know, many of the kids grew up thinking that, you know, their history started with
Columbus. They didn't have any knowledge of their own family histories, their own tribal
histories. And so it's really important for our kids to realize that we do have a history.
And we have winter counts. We have star knowledge. We have, you know, many things
that we can use to teach history.
Oral history, you know, stories that we've heard of things that happened. And there's
many humorous stories, you... history.