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05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0178. Imported source record; individual Elder status and tribal affiliation are not inferred.
Reviewed JAG competency and OSEU connections
G46 — Demonstrate how to work with diverse people
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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): DeCory presents different teachings as adding to knowledge. Students can practice hearing a different account and asking about context; this does not require treating every factual claim as equally accurate.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The revised standard retains the meaning supported by the cited interview passage. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
It's another way of looking at whatever that is. And so I say, don't be confused, because this is the teachings of this person. This is my teaching. And they're both right.
Learn About: How does DeCory explain different versions of teachings?
Learn From: How could you listen to a different account without immediately dismissing it?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0178 · video ID 8SDk31URrwU · cited transcript passage. 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 (Supporting): Her account directly addresses variety in teachings and cultural knowledge. Students can examine diversity within a community as well as between communities.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The revised standard retains the meaning supported by the cited interview passage. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
It's another way of looking at whatever that is. And so I say, don't be confused, because this is the teachings of this person. This is my teaching. And they're both right.
Learn About: How does DeCory explain different versions of teachings?
Learn From: How could you listen to a different account without immediately dismissing it?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0178 · video ID 8SDk31URrwU · cited transcript passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
H65 — Demonstrate listening skills that result in understanding information
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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): The passage asks listeners to understand whose teaching they are hearing before judging it. Students can practice paraphrasing a speaker’s meaning and identifying its context.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The revised standard retains the meaning supported by the cited interview passage. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
It's another way of looking at whatever that is. And so I say, don't be confused, because this is the teachings of this person. This is my teaching. And they're both right.
Learn About: How does DeCory explain different versions of teachings?
Learn From: How could you listen to a different account without immediately dismissing it?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0178 · video ID 8SDk31URrwU · cited transcript passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
G41 — Apply critical thinking skills
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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Students can compare the source, purpose, and context of different accounts. DeCory’s explanation encourages inquiry; it does not remove the need to evaluate evidence for historical claims.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The revised standard retains the meaning supported by the cited interview passage. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
It's another way of looking at whatever that is. And so I say, don't be confused, because this is the teachings of this person. This is my teaching. And they're both right.
Learn About: How does DeCory explain different versions of teachings?
Learn From: How could you listen to a different account without immediately dismissing it?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0178 · video ID 8SDk31URrwU · cited transcript passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
K110 — Listen and contribute appropriately in a group situation
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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Her response to students models contributing another perspective while affirming an existing account. Students can try a group response that adds an idea without silencing the first speaker.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The revised standard retains the meaning supported by the cited interview passage. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
It's another way of looking at whatever that is. And so I say, don't be confused, because this is the teachings of this person. This is my teaching. And they're both right.
Learn About: How does DeCory explain different versions of teachings?
Learn From: How could you listen to a different account without immediately dismissing it?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0178 · video ID 8SDk31URrwU · cited transcript passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
Interview transcript
Many of the teachings that we have of Lakota people are from our grandparents and our great-grandparents that have been handed down. And they may be a little different than other Lakota people, which is okay. That's fine. Because the more teachings we have, I feel the better. And some of my students will say, well, isn't that in conflict with what you said? And I say, well, maybe if you look at it in a Wasicu way, an Indian way, a non-native way, then maybe it is. But for us, it's only adding to the knowledge. It's another way of looking at whatever that is. And so I say, don't be confused, because this is the teachings of this person. This is my teaching. And they're both right. And so sometimes it's a little confusing to our young people, because they might say, well, my grandpa said this, or my grandma said this. And so the teacher should say, well, yeah, you're right. Hold that knowledge. That's good. You know, affirm that with young people. Because it is right. To them, it is right. And then they can say, and we have another grandparent here, and this is how this grandparent looks at that. And so that's what I say to my grandkids as well, because they're learning other things in the school system, and they come back with all these different notions. And so making sense out of the world today is wonderful, I think, because it provides a whole cultural diversity, a whole bag of information, all different kinds.