1. 6Y Wednesday
Objective: Describe the Dakota people in Minnesota around the 1500s-1700s.
Agenda:
Do Now: Who are the Dakota people? What do you know about them?
Copy and define key terms from page 25 in the Northern Lights Textbook.
Review and discuss Northern Lights Chapter 3: The Dakota

2. Who are the Dakota people? What do you know about them?

3. Dakota Key Terms Page 25
Oral Tradition: a custom of telling stories about histories and legends of a group in order to teach about that group.
Elder: an older member of the tribe who is respected for his or her wisdom or knowledge.
Tipi/teepee: a cone shaped house made by stretching animal skins over a frame of wooden poles.
Sugar camp: village that the Dakotas lived in during Spring when they made sugar from maple sap. It’s a place where they grew the maple trees.
Bark house: a rectangular shaped house made of poles and covered with large overlapping strips of bark.
Ohanwaste: the Dakota word meaning generosity
Tiyospaye: Dakota word meaning extended families including cousins, aunts, and uncles.
wohoda: Dakota word meaning respect and courtesy.
What happens to the Dakota in the Spring time? What food do they eat? Where do they live?