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Reviewed JAG competency and OSEU connections
G46 — Demonstrate how to work with diverse people
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Reviewed teaching connection (Primary): The interview explicitly rejects a single generic image of Native peoples and asks listeners to respect differences. This closely supports understanding cultural diversity and working respectfully with diverse people.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: Cultural differences and respectful interactions are explicit in the account; revised 2.4 addresses differences among Oceti Sakowin nations and other groups. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
If you travel a lot on Indian reservations, I've worked with the Navajo and the Hopi and the Kiowa, you know, just around the country, different people, Salish, Flatheads, and they're all different. And if you look at some of the artwork they have or the clothes they wear during their ceremonies and so on, you'll see that they're different. Another story, I went to the Smithsonian for the opening of the American Indian Museum, and to sit there and watch the variety of Indians and the way they were dressed and everything, it's just amazing. And I think if the children think that there's only one tribe or one type of Indian, that should be corrected. So I think that that should be kept in the curriculum, and it should be stressed that we're not all the same. We've all got differences, and let's respect all those differences. Respect is the number one virtue, I think, that Indian people, the older ones, try to get across to us.
Learn About: Which examples does Lowell Amiotte use to challenge the idea that Native peoples are all the same?
Learn From: How could you check an assumption about a person or group before acting on it?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0081; video B7B7ur6eFcw; passage containing: let's respect all those differences.. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
Q130 — Demonstrate understanding of social and cultural diversity
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Reviewed teaching connection (Primary): The interview explicitly rejects a single generic image of Native peoples and asks listeners to respect differences. This closely supports understanding cultural diversity and working respectfully with diverse people.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: Cultural differences and respectful interactions are explicit in the account; revised 2.4 addresses differences among Oceti Sakowin nations and other groups. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
If you travel a lot on Indian reservations, I've worked with the Navajo and the Hopi and the Kiowa, you know, just around the country, different people, Salish, Flatheads, and they're all different. And if you look at some of the artwork they have or the clothes they wear during their ceremonies and so on, you'll see that they're different. Another story, I went to the Smithsonian for the opening of the American Indian Museum, and to sit there and watch the variety of Indians and the way they were dressed and everything, it's just amazing. And I think if the children think that there's only one tribe or one type of Indian, that should be corrected. So I think that that should be kept in the curriculum, and it should be stressed that we're not all the same. We've all got differences, and let's respect all those differences. Respect is the number one virtue, I think, that Indian people, the older ones, try to get across to us.
Learn About: Which examples does Lowell Amiotte use to challenge the idea that Native peoples are all the same?
Learn From: How could you check an assumption about a person or group before acting on it?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0081; video B7B7ur6eFcw; passage containing: let's respect all those differences.. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
G52 — Demonstrate an ability to adapt to people and situations
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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): The speaker’s emphasis on differences and respect supports adapting interactions without assuming that every person shares the same background or expectations.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: Cultural differences and respectful interactions are explicit in the account; revised 2.4 addresses differences among Oceti Sakowin nations and other groups. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
If you travel a lot on Indian reservations, I've worked with the Navajo and the Hopi and the Kiowa, you know, just around the country, different people, Salish, Flatheads, and they're all different. And if you look at some of the artwork they have or the clothes they wear during their ceremonies and so on, you'll see that they're different. Another story, I went to the Smithsonian for the opening of the American Indian Museum, and to sit there and watch the variety of Indians and the way they were dressed and everything, it's just amazing. And I think if the children think that there's only one tribe or one type of Indian, that should be corrected. So I think that that should be kept in the curriculum, and it should be stressed that we're not all the same. We've all got differences, and let's respect all those differences. Respect is the number one virtue, I think, that Indian people, the older ones, try to get across to us.
Learn About: Why does Lowell Amiotte want differences kept visible in the curriculum?
Learn From: What could you change in a group interaction so another person has a better chance to participate?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0081; video B7B7ur6eFcw; passage containing: We've all got differences. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
Interview transcript
If you travel a lot on Indian reservations, I've worked with the Navajo and the Hopi and the Kiowa, you know, just around the country, different people, Salish, Flatheads, and they're all different. And if you look at some of the artwork they have or the clothes they wear during their ceremonies and so on, you'll see that they're different. Another story, I went to the Smithsonian for the opening of the American Indian Museum, and to sit there and watch the variety of Indians and the way they were dressed and everything, it's just amazing. And I think if the children think that there's only one tribe or one type of Indian, that should be corrected. So I think that that should be kept in the curriculum, and it should be stressed that we're not all the same. We've all got differences, and let's respect all those differences. Respect is the number one virtue, I think, that Indian people, the older ones, try to get across to us.