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Reviewed JAG competency and OSEU connections
G41 — Apply critical thinking skills
Explore G41 · Stewardship of Mother Earth - Dr. Sherry Johnson & Dr. Nadine Eastman - OSEU #1 · OSEU 1
Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): The speakers distinguish stewardship from ownership and connect care for land with future generations. This offers a shared-responsibility case for thoughtful choices. Scientific claims in the interview remain attributed statements, not newly verified findings.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: Communal stewardship moved from former 1.2 to revised 1.3; treaty impacts are now 1.2. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
Dr. Sherry Johnson: In this day and age of our oceans… with their increase in their temperatures… the strange behaviors of our sharks in the ocean… because of that… as a result of that, we need to take that kind of stewardship of our Mother Earth more important now. And that's a basis of all of our teaching. It should be a basis of all of our teaching… because this is we're taking care of what are going to last for our future is what our children are going to have to look at… have to work with. Dr. Nadine Eastman: And I think if this is taught in across the state of South Dakota, there would be a bigger understanding of why some native people and native students feel so connected to Mother Earth, and why taking care of it is important. And really why historically, we weren't land grabbers… and we had an opportunity where a lot of natives could have ended up with a lot more land. But they didn't… because it wasn't about ownership. It was about stewardship, and it was about taking care of it together. And it belonged to everybody, and it belonged to no one, you know. And so, they could learn about that historical perspective.
Learn About: How do Dr. Sherry Johnson and Dr. Nadine Eastman distinguish stewardship from ownership?
Learn From: What effects on other people or future users would you consider before changing a shared resource?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0085; video mDpJfPoIosA; passage containing: It was about stewardship, and it was about taking care of it together.. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
F35 — Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility for actions and decisions
Explore F35 · Stewardship of Mother Earth - Dr. Sherry Johnson & Dr. Nadine Eastman - OSEU #1 · OSEU 1
Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): The speakers distinguish stewardship from ownership and connect care for land with future generations. This offers a shared-responsibility case for thoughtful choices. Scientific claims in the interview remain attributed statements, not newly verified findings.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: Communal stewardship moved from former 1.2 to revised 1.3; treaty impacts are now 1.2. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
Dr. Sherry Johnson: In this day and age of our oceans… with their increase in their temperatures… the strange behaviors of our sharks in the ocean… because of that… as a result of that, we need to take that kind of stewardship of our Mother Earth more important now. And that's a basis of all of our teaching. It should be a basis of all of our teaching… because this is we're taking care of what are going to last for our future is what our children are going to have to look at… have to work with. Dr. Nadine Eastman: And I think if this is taught in across the state of South Dakota, there would be a bigger understanding of why some native people and native students feel so connected to Mother Earth, and why taking care of it is important. And really why historically, we weren't land grabbers… and we had an opportunity where a lot of natives could have ended up with a lot more land. But they didn't… because it wasn't about ownership. It was about stewardship, and it was about taking care of it together. And it belonged to everybody, and it belonged to no one, you know. And so, they could learn about that historical perspective.
Learn About: How do Dr. Sherry Johnson and Dr. Nadine Eastman distinguish stewardship from ownership?
Learn From: What effects on other people or future users would you consider before changing a shared resource?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0085; video mDpJfPoIosA; passage containing: It was about stewardship, and it was about taking care of it together.. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
Interview transcript
Dr. Sherry Johnson: In this day and age of our oceans… with their increase in their temperatures… the strange behaviors of our sharks in the ocean… because of that… as a result of that, we need to take that kind of stewardship of our Mother Earth more important now. And that's a basis of all of our teaching. It should be a basis of all of our teaching… because this is we're taking care of what are going to last for our future is what our children are going to have to look at… have to work with. Dr. Nadine Eastman: And I think if this is taught in across the state of South Dakota, there would be a bigger understanding of why some native people and native students feel so connected to Mother Earth, and why taking care of it is important. And really why historically, we weren't land grabbers… and we had an opportunity where a lot of natives could have ended up with a lot more land. But they didn't… because it wasn't about ownership. It was about stewardship, and it was about taking care of it together. And it belonged to everybody, and it belonged to no one, you know. And so, they could learn about that historical perspective.