Dakota Culture Review

Respect

Speaking softly in the tipi was one way the Dakota showed this was important

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The Dakota are divided into this many groups

Tipi

The Dakota lived in these cone shaped dwellings

Oral History

The purposeful repeating of stories from the past.

Stories

These are often told to children to teach lessons

Making Maple Sugar

This was a regular activity for the Dakota

Kinship

Close Connections with one's relatives

Sioux

Comes from the french word for snakes

Dakota

Friend or Ally

The lesson in "the Badger and the Bear"

Generosity is important

Selfish

In Dakota Culture it was better to give away everything you have than to appear this.

Bdote

What the Dakota called the piece of land at the intersection of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers; means "meeting of waters". They considered this to be the "origin" of their people.