Medicine Wheel with Aileen Little Ghost

What does each part of the Medicine Wheel represent? What do the colors mean? How does the Medicine Wheel help us understand life? Are there symbols that are important to me in my life?  What are they and why are they important to me? How do symbols, colors, etc. impact my life?  Do they help…

Important Lessons from Grandma with Eugene Hale

What does the word kunci mean? Who is Iktomi? How does Iktomi help to teach lessons? What was/is my relationship like with my grandparents?  What role do/did they play in my life? Are there stories about my family’s history that I have been told to help me learn a lesson?  What are they? Have I…

Boarding School Experiences with Demus McDonald

Where is St. Michael’s Boarding School?  What years has it been open? Why were people punished for speaking indigenous languages in the boarding schools in the past? Why were students not allowed to pray in their traditional language? What was the goal of the boarding schools in the past? Have I ever attended a school…

Grandkids with Arlene Wadsworth

Why did people have to haul water with a sled in the past?  Where did they get it?  What did they haul it in? What are kerosene lamps? Why were kerosene lamps needed in the past? Is there someone in my life that has told me about what life was like long ago?  What do…

Stories Help Us Know How to Be with Dennis Fox Jr.

What are levels of societies? What are age societies? How do societies help young people as they develop their sense of identity? What does it mean to achieve “Warrior Status?” In what ways are stories essential to individuals’ upbringings? Have I ever belonged to a group related to my family or because others in my…

Introduction & Welcoming New Teachers with Charles Moran

How do various Native American tribes give individuals names? How did the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara people come to be one recognized tribe? (“Three Affiliated Tribes” or “MHA”) What are “Plains People”? What programs help people teach in Native communities in order to pay off school loans? What is “Historical Grief”? What are the “public…

Bundles with Kevin Finley

What is a bundle? What kinds of things are kept in a bundle? Who keeps the bundle for a family?  How is that person chosen? What is an example of a protocol for caring for a bundle? In what ways are the caring for and importance of bundles similar to caring for and using the…