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  • OSEU Introduction
    • Quick OSEU Overview Activity
    • Thematic OSEU Conversations Activity
  • Storytelling with Duane Hollow Horn Bear
    • Iktomi and Duane’s Daughter
    • The Meadowlarks
    • Iktomi & the Handkerchief AND Iktomi & the Pointing Game
    • Iktomi & the Prairie Chickens, Cooking the Prairie Chickens, Getting Revenge AND the Lizard Children
    • Iktomi and the Animal Warrior Society
    • The Boy and the Bear
    • How the People Prayed Before the Pipe
    • The Cost of Gambling and Alcohol
    • A Proper Grieving
  • WoLakota Project Professional Development for Educators
    • OSEU Overview & IDM Lesson Construction
    • Indigenous Learning Research
    • Elder Quote Posters
    • The Importance of Elder Interviews
  • All Interviews
    • OSEU 1 Interviews
    • OSEU 2 Interviews
    • OSEU 3 Interviews
    • OSEU 4 Interviews
    • OSEU 5 Interviews
    • OSEU 6 Interviews
    • OSEU 7 Interviews
    • Interviews by Tribal Affiliation Map
    • WoLakota Project Professional Development for Educators
    • 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty Commemoration
  • OSEU Exemplar Lessons
    • 2018 4th Grade & OSEU Lessons
    • 2018 Todd County Middle School OSEU Lessons
    • 2017 Fine Arts & OSEU Lessons
    • 2016 SD Social Studies & OSEU Lessons
      • South Dakota IDM Lesson Planning
      • SD Social Studies Standards & OSEU Course
    • 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

Story: How the Wood Duck Got His Red Eyes with Vernon Ashley

OSEU 5 Story WITH VERNON ASHLEY

Other Tellings of this Story:

The Story of Iktome & the Ducks with Janet Claymore Ross
The Story of Iktomi and the Ducks with Velma Kills Back

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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