Loss of Identity, Values & Language - David Bald Eagle - OSEU 3

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Reviewed JAG competency and OSEU connections

G58 — Identify ways to build mutual trust and respect

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): David Bald Eagle recalls welcoming travelers with water and meals and compares generosity with later conflict and prejudice. This supports G58 by inviting students to identify practices that build mutual respect.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of hospitality and values? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you identify practices that build mutual respect? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0059; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOjZKS3n4A; opening passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.

G51 — Demonstrate politeness and civility

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): David Bald Eagle recalls welcoming travelers with water and meals and compares generosity with later conflict and prejudice. This supports G51 by inviting students to consider hospitality and civility.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of hospitality and values? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider hospitality and civility? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

N122 — Define and demonstrate empathy

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): David Bald Eagle recalls welcoming travelers with water and meals and compares generosity with later conflict and prejudice. This supports N122 by inviting students to recognize the needs of a visitor.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of hospitality and values? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you recognize the needs of a visitor? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

F32 — Identify a self-value system and how it affects life

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): David Bald Eagle recalls welcoming travelers with water and meals and compares generosity with later conflict and prejudice. This supports F32 by inviting students to examine how values shape treatment of others.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of hospitality and values? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you examine how values shape treatment of others? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

J103 — Articulate personal values

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): David Bald Eagle recalls welcoming travelers with water and meals and compares generosity with later conflict and prejudice. This supports J103 by inviting students to articulate values illustrated by the speaker.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of hospitality and values? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you articulate values illustrated by the speaker? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

G46 — Demonstrate how to work with diverse people

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): David Bald Eagle recalls welcoming travelers with water and meals and compares generosity with later conflict and prejudice. This supports G46 by inviting students to consider respectful contact with unfamiliar people.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of hospitality and values? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider respectful contact with unfamiliar people? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

H79 — Demonstrate the ability to learn from past experiences

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): David Bald Eagle recalls welcoming travelers with water and meals and compares generosity with later conflict and prejudice. This supports H79 by inviting students to reflect on change through the speaker’s memories.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of hospitality and values? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you reflect on change through the speaker’s memories? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

Interview transcript

Before World War Two, everybody got along real good. We had white people here traveling from village…from our Indian villages…to activities maybe in Rapid City…or way over there they go by wagon trains. And they could stop any place along the way at a ranch or something to water their horses and things like this. And they were always there to welcome them…give them dinner or something…just like we did here. ‘Have dinner with us.” Some of them knew my dad. They’d say, “C’mon Taylor, put your horses away. We’ll feed them. Don’t worry about that. We’ll feed them. Have coffee or something.” And we’d stop there and we’d have lunch with them. Sometimes before we’d leave there, they gave us watermelons or something to take along as lunch. We are on our way. Today, it’s not that way. Any place you go, if you get what you want, you pay for it. Sometimes you pay dearly for it. There’s none of that anymore. No kindness anymore. No Indian way of life. It’s different. So today, after World War Two, everything turned differently. There was prejudice…all of this crap came along…gang members and all of that stuff came along. The Indians fight amongst each other in the same town. And that’s how it started. Nobody’s got a friend that they can introduce to another friend that belongs to another gang…none of that anymore. Everybody’s sorrow-faced…always got our minds…it’s no good anymore. These Indian people go to these powwows. They stand there and look…nobody’s even…even the powwow announcer speaks English. They don’t explain any ceremonials that’s going on out there. Just dancing, singing, that’s all. They stand there and then look on. They don’t understand it and so they just walk away…go drink beer or something elsewhere. They forget their own culture. They forget their own activities because they don’t understand…English…English…they speak English all the time. They are forgetting their Indian language. If they could speak Indian, they could understand some of the powwows and ceremonies that are taking place. They could understand it. But they don’t. They don’t want to understand. They want to join the gangs…or drinking…go to a bar or something like that. They’re being lost. And it’s hard to bring them back because they’re too far gone…a lot of them.