Interview · North Dakota · Demus McDonald · NDNAEU 3
Themes: Land & stewardship, Culture & continuity, Children & young people
Learn About questions
What is an orphan?
Why is it important to care for orphans?
Why should we invite them to “come to my house?”
What does the word wanblencia mean?
Why did Demus and his wife go to the jail?
In what way is each day a lesson?
Learn From questions
What is my experience with orphans?
Why is caring for orphans something that is very important to the Dakota people, but something other cultures are possibly less aware of?
Would I be able to invite a stranger to “come to my house?” Why or why not?
Do I take time to learn a new lesson each day? Why or why not?
Transcripts
Demus McDonald- Taking Care of Orphans, NDNAEU 3
Watch this interview on YouTubeThere was a lesson from my grandma and she in indian of course she said in the future when you grow up when you’re a young man she said you see an orphan child someplace you go up to him and take his hand and say yo what he gets come to my house so that’s what uh i was doing that let me until my wife passed away here and uh i mentioned we had to go down to the jail and be bringing kids home from the jail all the mars in there that’s what they call an orphan guava they nature so that was everything my grandma did and said oh every day was a lesson
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Affiliation sources
NDNAEU document credits: Demus McDonald — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
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