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Video Series - PreK Through 4th Grade 

Land Stewardship (PreK - Elementary)

Videos, Interactives, Lesson Plans, and More!

Traditional use of Tatanka (buffalo)
Traditional use of Tatanka (buffalo) is a PowerPoint series developed by Badlands National Park and South Dakota Public Broadcasting. 

The PowerPoint series includes a brief history of buffalo in South Dakota. Also, there are photos of buffalo parts, like a buffalo hide and tail. Your students are encouraged to guess the traditional use of the buffalo part and its location on the buffalo.

Newsletter for Educators and Parents (Register)

Welcome to SDPB’s Native American Studies Additional Resources Section 

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Resources

Waniyetu Wowapi (winter count)
Amazing resource, including lesson plans, interviews, videos, guides, and more!   
Red Bow
SDPB documentary about Buddy Red Bow, the Lakota country music singer/songwriter.

Archival photo of two Native American boys laying in hospital beds.

PBS Learning Media (Search Today!)  Example resources below:

Boarding Schools

The Return Of Native Children's Remains From Federal Boarding Schools

Dakota Life: Telling Our Own History

Dakota Life: A True Artist

Haaland, Interior Department Gathers Boarding School Stories from Mission
Listen to two hours of boarding school memories from The Road To Healing stop in Mission, SD.

Native America Series
Explore the world created by America’s First Peoples.
Anne J. Whipple was interviewed by her granddaughter Sarah Weston
Anne J. Whipple is from the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. She speaks of growing up on the prairie, including horse-drawn sleigh rides, life at boarding school, and losing her parents while a child. 
Statehouse Extra: Mitakuye Oyasin
Mitakuye Oyasin-a traditional Lakota greeting that has taken special significance during the South Dakota state legislative session.
The Tribes of Dakota
This older radio documentary examines subjects like treaty rights, cultural survival, poverty, respect for the elders, the role of women, urban life, casinos, and the future. 

The WoLakota Project
Lesson Plans Aligned to SD Standards
Where Words Touch the Earth
Students from American Indian Tribal Colleges interview Elders, other students, and community members to provide a Native American perspective on climate change.
Spirit of the Dance: Wacipi
Technology for Teen Inspiration

Former Boarding School Establishes Truth And Healing Committee To Reconcile With Its Past
More than 700 unmarked graves at the Kamloops Residential School, brings American Boarding Schools into the spotlight. 
Whetstone Repatriation Ceremony Connects Boarding School Victims With Surviving Relatives
The remains of nine children who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School have returned to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.  
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Brings Remains Of Children Home From Former Boarding School
The repatriation of 9 children’s remains to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe concluded on Saturday.  
'In Sacred Motion': Five Years Ago, A Lakota Elder Beat The Establishment And Renamed Harney Peak
Brave Heart said he wanted to change the name of South Dakota’s tallest mountain, Harney Peak. He is living proof that one person with an idea – and the courage to act – can inspire a monumental change.

Lakota Emergence Story

On this day in 1973, American Indian Movement protesters moved into Wounded Knee and refused to leave. Was it an occupation? A liberation?

Heart of All: Oral History Project
Oral history series documents words of Lakota elders for future generations
The Art of Ambrose Shields Returns to Little Eagle

Step Into My Studio | Story Painters

Step Into My Studio: Inkpa Mani - Stone Sculptor

Dakota Life from Mission, SD 

Miss Indian World | Dakota Life

Mission Equine Therapy | Dakota Life

Mission of Food Sovereignty | Dakota Life

Sicangu Heritage Center | Dakota Life

Tȟatȟáŋka na Wáta (The Buffalo and the Boat)

From the Lakota Language Consortium

From LLC, "The Buffalo and the Boat is an attractive bilingual picture book designed for early elementary and preschool children. It tells the entertaining story of a buffalo in his bull boat traveling down the river and meeting friends. Each different animal joins buffalo and they continue down the river until the surprise ending. Children learn basic verbs, sentence structure, animals, and numbers. Can be used for multiple lessons. Ages 3-8."  (Purchase the Book) 

Inspired by an Ancestor's Vision, Anthony Horse Road Is Resurrecting a Lakota Tradition
For eleven years, Anthony Horse Road struggled to bring the ceremonial doll he calls Waki-ča Hey Wa-na into being. “I couldn’t do it until I approached it through ceremony,” he says.

For more information about SDPB's educational resources and services contact Steven Rokusek at [email protected] or at (605) 222-3422
 

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