Interview · South Dakota · Cheryl Medearis · OSEU 6
Themes: Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Treaties & sovereignty, Healing & resilience, Values & generosity, Listening & observation
Learn About questions
Where do we look to find out how treaties impacted different tribes differently?
What treaties have been violated or broken in our region? In our nation?
What has or hasn’t been done in response to these violations?
In what ways is trauma impacting the Oceti Sakowin people today?
Learn From questions
Have you ever experienced a law, policy or “agreement” that served someone else a lot better than it served you? How did that come about? What did you do about it?
Has some trauma ever motivated you to move forward productively? Tell that story.
Has some trauma ever stopped you in your tracks and kept you from moving forward? Tell that story.
Transcripts
Addressing OSEU Six with Cheryl Medearis
Watch this interview on YouTubeIt's been spoken to in many different areas. There is no one way of knowing. As you look at what a treaty did for one tribe, doesn't mean it's the same. Teachers have to be very well prepared to be able to seek out through video, through interviews, through whatever, how has this impacted, how has it impacted your tribe.
And then again, I personally try to say there's been a lot of trauma, but at the same time we have to use that to move forward so it doesn't become a, this makes me less than, I can't become what I need to be because this treaty was violated or this is what has happened. We learn from the past, we live it today the best way we can, and then we see, can we pass on to those next generations that will strengthen that. But there are many ways of knowing and that's a very, very difficult understanding to teach, to live, and to learn about.
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Learn ABOUT Learn FROM
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1. Where do we look to find out how 1. Have you ever experiences a law, policy
treaties impacted different tribes or “agreement” that served someone
differently? else a lot better than it served you? How
2. What treaties have been violated or did that come about? What did you do
broken in our region? In our nation? about it?
3. What has or hasn’t been done in 2. Has some trauma ever motivated you to
response to these violations? move forward productively? Tell that
4. In what ways is trauma impacting the story.
Oceti Sakowin people today? 3. Has some trauma ever stopped you in
your tracks and kept you from moving
forward? Tell that story.
OSEU 6: INTERVIEW WITH CHERYL MEDARIS
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Addressing OSEU 6
Cheryl Medearis
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Addressing OSEU 6
Addressing OSEU Six with Cheryl Medearis
It's been spoken to in many different areas. There is no one way of knowing. As you
look at what a treaty did for one tribe, doesn't mean it's the same. Teachers have to be
very well prepared to be able to seek out through video, through interviews, through
whatever, how has this impacted, how has it impacted your tribe.
And then again, I personally try to say there's been a lot of trauma, but at the same time
we have to use that to move forward so it doesn't become a, this makes me less than, I
can't become what I need to be because this treaty was violated or this is what has
happened. We learn from the past, we live it today the best way we can, and then we
see, can we pass on to those next generations that will strengthen that. But there are
many ways of knowing and that's a very, very difficult understanding to teach, to live,
and to learn about.