Interview · North Dakota · Eugene Hale · NDNAEU 2
Themes: Language & revitalization, Spirituality & ceremony, Culture & continuity
Learn About questions
What is an example of a “male way” of doing something in the Dakota culture?
What is an example of a “female way” of doing something in the Dakota culture?
What is a takoja?
What are some of the Dakota words that Eugene used? Can you identify and translate some of the things he shared?
What does it mean to pray for the future?
Learn From questions
Are there certain things that I learned to do because I am a male/female? Who taught me those things?
Are languages other than English spoken in my home? How does the use of another language change the way I relate to the people in my home?
What are my own feelings about prayer? Is it important to me? To others in my life?
What might it be like to have someone pray for my future or to pray for my own future?
How would it feel to know something about my future?
Transcripts
Eugene Hale- "You Should Be Praying," NDNAEU 2
Watch this interview on YouTubeThis elderly lady gave me something good was she taught me the mail way in the female way and all this was you know mine was the mail way she told me that all the things that i should be doing in my life in the future and she even told me what’s going to happen in my future in the el camino bond and she told me she said you’re going to have a hard time in the future they’re going to be saying forgive me forgive me i did all the things i did wrong but it’s going to be too late she said so grandson from this day on you should be praying as you go on
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NDNAEU document credits: Eugene Hale — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
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