Dakota Test

Income

Money or other benefits received in payment for goods or services.

Land where the waters are so clear they reflect the clouds in the sky.

Our state's name, "Minnesota," comes from the Dakota language. What does "Mni Sota Makoce" mean?

Whips and brushes

Tails became...

Respect, Quiet in the tipi, always obey the rules

The Ghost-Wife" was a story that taught Dakota children about what value?

made into knives, arrowheads, shovels, sleds, clubs, and dice.

The bones were used for...

genorosity

The habit of giving without expecting anything in return

Human Capital

The knowledge and skills individuals have that enhance their ability to earn income.

cut into strips and preserved as jerky.

The muscles were

Bow strings

The sinew was made into...

For a religious altar.

The skull was used for...

dried and formed into buckets, cups and pots.

The stomach was

Respect

Expression of courtesy and consideration toward others.

Kinship

close connections with one's relatives

Buffalo hunt, shinee, and hockey.

3 games Dakota kids once played.

Tipi

A cone shaped house made by stretching animal skins over a frame of wooden poles

Extended Family

All relatives including parents, children, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles. Extended family formed the basis for traditional Dakota social structure and brought with it certain expectations for behavior.

Middle of winter

Hard moon

Were used as tipi covers, to make clothes, shoes, belts, bags, arrow quivers and dolls.

Hides were used for...

carved into cups, spoons, ladles, and decorations

Horns were...

They copy their parents

How do Dakota kids learn the duties of everyday life?

They used wolf skin to trick the buffalo to think they are wolves.

How do the men get close to the buffalo while they hunt on foot?

18

How many buffalo hides are used to build one tipi?

They lived in wooden frames with bark in the summer but in the winter they lived in tipis made from long branches and buffalo.

How were the Dakota summer homes different from their winter homes?

To learn from your past and the adults in your family. = Learn from our mistakes

In Dakota society, people view history as a circle. What does this mean?

Snakes

What does sioux mean

The avenger scared the bear away

What happened to the bear family in "The Badger and the Bear"?

Sioux

What were the dakota called by the Ojibwe tribe.

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Canada.

What were the states that where official Dakota communities or reservations exist today.