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    • Iktomi & the Prairie Chickens, Cooking the Prairie Chickens, Getting Revenge AND the Lizard Children
    • Iktomi and the Animal Warrior Society
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  • OSEU Exemplar Lessons
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      • South Dakota IDM Lesson Planning
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    • 2015 Social Studies / OSEU Connectors
  • WoLakota Project Related Films
    • Tasunke Witko (Crazy Horse): A Documentary Film
    • Tokata: Moving Forward in Indian Education
    • Teaching From Within: A Film on Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom
  • Cultural Reconnection Through Story
  • Lakota Virtues
  • Oceti Sakowin & Dakota Players

Giants & Perseverance

Lesson Plan: Giants & Perseverance Lesson (Grade 8 Language Arts)
Spotify Streaming Audio of The Story of the Giants by Joseph Marshall III


Template for Giant Ballad activity: I Will Persevere 

Wakpala 8th grade Giant Ballad recording:

https://oldwolakotaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Iyan-the-Giant-Leprechan.m4a

Links to Additional Resources

  • Oyate Ta Olowan-Songs of the People
  • Native Knowledge 360
  • Traditional Native Games Site
  • Lakota Circles of Hope
  • SD Dept of Tribal Relations
  • NativeAmericanScience.org
  • Native Land Loss Gif
  • WoLakota YouTube
  • WoLakota Facebook
  • REL NAERA
  • Empowering Teachers to Empower Students Curriculum Compilation
  • Indian Education for All Curriculum
  • OSEU on PBS
  • Lakota Stories
  • Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center
  • State Library Native American Collection
  • English to Lakota Dictionary
  • Lakota Letters & Sounds
  • Lakota Language Videos
  • Center for Courage & Renewal

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