Corn, Beans & Mounds with Charles Moran

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?…

Nutrition with Charles Moran

What diabetes or nutrition programs exist in Native communities? What is “traditional mealing”? What is “frybread”? How might a German way of cooking fried bread have been transferred to Native American tribes? What is Fleischkuekle? Do most Native American people have difficulty digesting milk products? Do I consider nutrition and health as I choose what…

Food Trading with Charles Moran

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…

Societies & Ceremonies with Charles Moran

What is “Crows Fly High”? Who are the “Hoskas” How was the lake named after Sakakawea? What’s an earth lodge village? Why are earth lodges so warm? What are societies? What are the “Black Mouth” and “Antelope” societies? Have I ever been on a “tour” of a historic community or place? What did I learn?…

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…