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A Life of Ceremony with JT Shining Oneside

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Interview · North Dakota · JT Shining Oneside · NDNAEU 7

Themes: Language & revitalization, Identity & belonging, Education & learning, Spirituality & ceremony, Culture & continuity, Arts & expression, Humor & play

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Learn About questions

What is a traditional Lakota wedding ceremony like? How do Ojibwe ways of being and Lakota ways of being differ? How are they the same? Where was Crazy Horse’s Sundance located? How does humor sometimes help us through difficult times?

Learn From questions

How would I best describe my “way of life?” What are the most important parts? What are some things about people that are the same no matter who we are? What does the quote, “The creator brought my words and his prayer together” mean? When is a time I really struggled through something but also saw it resolve?

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JT Shining Oneside- A Life of Ceremony, NDNAEU 7

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I’m married to a Lakota and we got we had a traditional ceremony and in that way I remember coming back I hadn’t met him yet but I remember coming back from Minnesota and I love ceremony I love this way of life it’s a way of life and I remember coming back from Minnesota being at an indian education conference and all I said while I was driving back and the leaves were starting to turn into the fall all i said was jamana do I’m going to probably have to move because there’s not enough going on at home to keep my spirit Boeing I said I really don’t see enough happening and I know that you know there’s still more for me to learn and my husband that I didn’t meet yet that i would meet within that week he was on the hill where crazy horse had his sundance and he was all fasting up there and he was on his last day and he spoken and his language and he said I have done everything that you have asked me to do now I’m going to ask you for something I want you to give me a partner that’s equal to me that won’t mind when I have to go on trips and when I have things to do so the Ojibwe spirits little coat the spirits but my words and his prayer together and we ended up meeting and you know it’ll be a little humorous I remember when I heard him speak for the first time and this is in Detroit Lakes Minnesota I walked in we were a little late walking in my sister and I and he happened to be talking and I was just thinking to myself you know I have to have a piece of that

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NDNAEU document credits: JT Shining Oneside — Turtle Mountain (Chippewa).

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