Dr Reverend Clifford Canku Retired Faculty Dakota Studies North Dakota State University Fargo ND Dakota Nation Land According to Dakota oral traditions legends and history the Dakota Nation were always living in the area of the Minnesota River and Mille Lacs Lake ID: 586385
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Native Tribal Relationship to Land and Food
Dr. Reverend Clifford Canku,
Retired Faculty, Dakota Studies
North Dakota State University, Fargo, NDSlide2
Dakota Nation Land
According to Dakota oral traditions, legends and history, the Dakota Nation were always living in the area of the Minnesota River and Mille Lacs Lake.
Picture Source: http
://www.d.umn.edu/~bart0412/Cause.htmSlide3
Mitakuye
Owasiŋ
- Reciprocity
Kinship Relationship
DakotaOther Tribal NationsThe CreatorSlide4
Responsibility to Unci
Maka
Dakota belief is that all living things originate from a great, mysterious Creator.
Relational connection to their CreatorSlide5
Dakota Relationship to Land
Land cannot be divided because it was used by everyone (Meyer 1993, pg. 40)
Image Source: http
://mn.audubon.org/minnesota-important-bird-areasSlide6
Dakota Relationship to Food
Food is a natural nutritious gift from the Creator.
Original genetic relationship of Creation to the Creator
Spiritual – Natural EcologySlide7
Wild Rice – P’sin
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Manoomin
Endowed with spiritual attributes
Recounted in legends and dreamsCeremonial use
Social aspect of harvest in late summer
Image Source: http
://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Manoomin_picking%2C_1905%2C_Minnesota.jpgSlide8
Commercial Exploitation
Commercial sale of wild rice by non-Indians
Modern agriculture practices
Pollution of water by sulfates from mining operations.
Research by John Moyle
Image Source: www.friends-bwca.orgSlide9
Government in Traditional Indian Culture
Little distinction between political and spiritual world.
Political decisions made with spiritual guidance.
Image of painting titled “Sioux Indian Council” by Capt. Seth Eastman, 1852Slide10
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