We Are Still Here

Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ “We Are Still Here” | OSEU 2: Identity & Resiliency “Mother Earth” | OSEU 5: Oral Tradition & Story Compelling Question What is the correct way to say “Indians” or “Native Americans” or “American Indian?” Standards and Practices OSEU 2: Standard 2.3 Recognize that there is a continuum of tribal identity, ranging from assimilated to tradional lifestyle, that includes each unique subculture or individual member within the Oceti Sakowin. OSEU 5: Identify elements of Oceti Sakowin culture within oral traditions, written accounts and primary source information, and compare them to written accounts by mainstream historians. 6.C.5.1: Explain ways that people can affect or influence society and government. Staging the Question How do we call a nation by their race? What do we call them? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Where do you come from? Who are the Sioux? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Research where you come from? How did your family get here? For the Lakota child: How did your tribe get its name? What do the Native’s in the Dakota’s want to be called? Research (using a site from below) and discuss what you found out. Featured Sources Featured Sources http://lc- triballegacy.org/video.php?vid=925&era=2&sub cat=2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Re- KrQNa4 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/bismarck_200504 A16.htm http://www.bigorrin.org/dakota_kids.htm Summative Performance Task Argument The Dakota people believe that the earth is their mother and all creation are our relatives, how does this differ from Western thought? Extension What creation story do you know? Why do the Native people of this earth say that they are the protectors? Taking Informed Action Social Action that deals with protecting the earth: pollution, oil cooperation destroying the land and water, global warming… Research and find out what you can do to help become a protector.