Chapter 3 Early Dakota Study Guide

Selfish

The Dakota believe that giving is better than appearing to be what?

Gathering, Making and Trading....

The Dakota got what they needed by doing these things...

Survived by hunting, harvesting rice from marches and fishing. The others, primarily lived by hunting the buffalo and growing corn and wheat.

The Dakota have lived from the St. Croix to the Rocky Mountains. Describe how those who lived in the north and east survived. Describe how those who lived in the south and west survived.

Dakota Oyate..or The Great Sioux Nation

The largest nation of all Dakota groups is called?

Bring gifts of food.

How do you show respect to a Dakota storyteller?

Dakota, Nakota and Lakota

What are the different dialects of the Dakota language?

The sharing of food for all people, not just the immediate family. Referred to as Generosity.

What custom did the Dakota follow regarding the meat from an animal?

Middle of winter

What does Witehi wi mean?

Little Snake

What does the word mean in Ojibwe?

Practicing hunting games and learning from experts.

What human capital skills did the Dakota practice to get highly valued hunting skills?

The custom of giving gifts in someone else's name to show respect.

What is "honorship"?

It is the term used to describe all of the sub-group nations of the Dakota. Means the Great Sioux Nation.

What is Dakota Oyate?

Hickory and Ash

What materials did the Dakota use to make their bows?

Sioux

What name did the Ojibwe call the Dakota?

Grew and harvested the food. Hunted for meat such as buffalo, deer, elk

What responsibility did the women have in the Dakota food supply? What responsibility did the men have?

Circle. They believe history never really ends. What happens, will happen again.

What shape do the Dakota use to describe history? why?

1770's

When were horses introduced to the Dakota?

At Sugar Camps. Spring was the time where the Dakota would tap trees for Maple Syrup.

Where did the Dakota set up their Spring camps and why?

Dakota

Which tribe of Native Americans has lived in Minnesota the longest?

Dakota and Huron

Which two tribes fought against each other in northern Minnesota.

It means "friend" or "ally"

Why do the Dakota prefer to be called Dakota?

He wrote 10 books on Dakota traditions. The Dakota did not write stories. The stories were always passed on orally. They now have written history of this.

Why is Charles Eastman important to the Dakota people?

They did not like them

Why might the Ojibwe have used that word to describe the Dakota?