What is sage used for? What is sweet grass used for? What is bitter root used for? What is timpsila? How is it used? What is wojapi? How did people prepare and preserve foods in the past? Are there plants that grow near me that I use for food or medicinal purposes? What are they? …
Why did people dry foods in the past to keep through winter? Do people still do this today? Why is water so important to people? What does it mean to say, “Water is life?” Who is Tunkasila? What is my experience with drying, canning, or other methods of preserving food? Do I feel connected to…
Why is it important to take care of the land? What are the animals that live in this area? What are examples of plants that live in this area? How do I take care of the land I live on? What are some examples? Is it important to me? Why or why not? Do I…
What are examples of ways the buffalo was used for food? What are examples of the ways the buffalo was used for utensils or tools? What are examples of ways the buffalo was used for shelter and clothing? Why is ceremony important prior to the hunt? What does it mean for an animal to be…
What is the origin of the corn grown in North Dakota? What indigenous tribes developed, grew, traded and/or used corn? What are the particular types of corn developed or used by the Hidatsa, Mandan and Arikara people? When did the Hidatsa people migrate to the ocean? Where are the “mounds” Mr. Moran is talking about?…
What is “processed” food? What are the rules around school nutrition and meals? What particular foods—plants or meats—were associated with various tribes—including the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara? How extensive was traditional trade among Native tribes in the past? Who first came up with “soup”? What is the story behind the “flood” that Mr. Moran talked…
What does it mean for a living thing to be holy? What is the difference between hunting for survival and hunting for sport? What are examples of rules around hunting similar to the ones Jerome shared? Are they still practiced? Do I consider the living things around me to be holy? The unloving things? Why? …
Where are the Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara tribal members located? What are ways that cultural knowledge and identity are passed on from one generation to the next? Why is it so important to take care of the land? What is my cultural background? What do I know about the places my ancestors come from? What are some of…
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