Life Ways

K-2 Dakota Studies Way of Life Standards

Goal: Students will become familiar with various aspects of Dakota spiritual practices.

Indicators:

· Students will identify, understand and practice spiritual meditation.

· Students will identify, understand the sun dance.

· Students will identify and understand and participate in ceremonial practices.

3-5 Dakota Studies Way of Life Standards

Goal: Students will understand various aspects of Dakota spiritual practices.

Indicators:

· Students will identify, understand and practice spiritual meditation.

· Students will identify, understand the sun dance.

· Students will identify and understand and participate in ceremonial practices.

6-8 Dakota Studies Way of Life Standards

Goal: Students will understand and relate various aspects of Dakota spiritual practices.

Indicators:

· Students will identify, understand and practice spiritual meditation.

· Students will identify, understand the sun dance.

· Students will identify and understand and participate in ceremonial practices.

CULTURE

K-2 Dakota Studies Culture Standards

Goal: Students will become familiar with all aspects of Dakota culture.

Indicator:

· Students will become familiar with various Dakota song and dance styles.

· Students will become familiar with various formats of Dakota recreation.

· Students will become familiar with traditional Dakota stories.

· Students will become familiar with traditional Dakota dance regalia.

3-5 Dakota Studies Culture Standards

Goal : Students will understand all aspects of Dakota Culture.

Indicators:

· Students will know and perform the traditional songs and dance styles of the Dakota.

· Students will know, understand and perform various forms of Dakota recreation.

· Students will understand the traditional Dakota stories.

· Students will identify and construct meanings of various parts of Dakota dance regalia/dress.

· Students will identify, recite, and understand the six virtues of Dakota Life.

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6-8 Dakota Studies Culture Standard

Goal: Students will understand various aspects of Dakota culture.

Indicators:

· Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the traditional Dakota songs and dances and become familiar with song and dances customs of other American Indian groups.

· Students will understand the use of games in Dakota recreation and become familiar with recreational games of various American Indian groups.

· Students will understand the role of story telling in the Dakota oral tradition and retell traditional and contemporary stories.

· Students will understand the meaning of various parts of Dakota dance regalia/dress.

· Students will demonstrate knowledge of the six virtues of Dakota life.

HISTORY

K-2 Dakota Studies History Content Standards

Goal: Students will become familiar with various aspects of Dakota history including homelands, family structure, trade, occupation, sustenance, leaders, legends.

Indicator: Students will become familiar with:

· Traditional and present day Dakota homelands.

· The four bands of the Dakota nation and the seven council fires of the original oceti sakowin.

· The contributions of various animals to the Dakota people.

· Various Dakota leaders and historical figures.

· Traditional staples, patterns of food consumption/preservation of the Dakota.

· The Dakota Family Structure.

· The Dakota creation stories in legend/myth.

3-5 Dakota Studies History Standards

Goal: Students will become familiar with various aspects of Dakota history including homelands, family structure, trade, occupation, sustenance, leaders and legends.

Indicators: Identify and demonstrate a knowledge of:

· Present day and traditional homelands of the Dakota and other American Indian Tribes.

· The four bands of the Dakota nation and the seven council fires of the original oceti sakowin.

· The contributions of various animals to the Dakota people.

· Various Dakota leaders and historical figures.

· Traditional staples, patterns of food consumption/preservation of the Dakota.

· The tribal government structure.

· Various life trends within the family structure and community goals.

· Historical Dakota patterns of trade and economics and the impact of European contact.

6-8 Dakota Studies History Standards

Goal: Students will become familiar with various aspects of Dakota history including homelands, family structure, trade, occupation, sustenance, economics, leaders and legends.

Indicators: Students will understand and relate a knowledge of:

· The traditional and present-day homelands of the Dakota and homelands of other American Indian groups with knowledge of the effects of displacement on land and people.

· Characteristics and biographical information of various Dakota leaders and historical figures.

· Traditional staples, patterns of food consumption/preservation of the Dakota.

· The Migration System and Separation of the Sioux Nation.

· The migration and trade routes of the Dakota

· The tribal government structure.

· Various life trends within the family structure and community goals.

· Historical Dakota patterns of trade and economics and the impact of European contact.

COMMUNICATIONS

K-2 Dakota Studies Language Standards

Goal: Students will become familiar with formal and informal Dakota speech to provide information, exchange ideas, explain and communicate concepts.

Indicators:

· Students will become familiar with the correct terms to describe familiar items in daily language.

· Students will become familiar with correct use family and kinship terms, plurals, and genders endings.

· Students will take command of new sounds, to express newly acquired words.

· Students will participate in group recitation of repeated patterns of words.

3-5 Dakota Studies Language Standards

Goal: Students will understand the structure of Dakota Language and understand Dakota speech to provide information, exchange ideas, explain and communicate concepts.

Indicators:

· Students will know and use the correct terms to describe items in simple and complex daily language.

· Students will become understand with correct use family and kinship terms, plurals, and genders endings.

· Students will repeat words, concepts and phrases where necessary to communicate with others in Dakota.

· Students will identify place names based on Dakota and other indigenous languages.

· Students will be aware of structural differences from Dakota and English.

· Students will recognize and use correct word order in sentences and speech.

6-8 Dakota Studies Language Standards

Goal: Students will master informal and formal Dakota speech to provide information, exchange ideas, and explain and communicate concepts with increased understanding of multiple purposes of language within various contexts.

Indicators:

· Students will understand and use correct terms in complete sentences to describe concepts in complex daily oral and written language.

· Students will understand and use the proper use of plurals, kinship terms and gender endings in oral and written language.

· Students will translate complete sentences from Dakota to English.

· Student will develop oral communication skills to perpetuate the American Indian oral tradition of story telling.

· Students will understand forms and features and the origin of the Dakota language that vary within and across individual, diverse cultural communities and different situations to become more proficient users of language.

· Understanding the effects of cultural contexts, particularly of their tribe, on what students read, say, and view.