dakota spring, summer, & Autumn
Long ago, the Dakota of Minnesota moved with the seasons. They gathered maple sap turning it into sugar, planted gardens, gathered fruits and wild plants, hunted, fished, and gathered wild rice.
Fall: Ptaŋyétu
Winter: Waníyetu
Spring: Wétu
Summer: Bdokétu
Play video to see seasons change
Fall: Ptaŋyétu
Winter: Waníyetu
Spring: Wétu
Summer: Bdokétu
Play video to see seasons change
Page Jump
1 Essential Questions
2 Learning Goal
3 Vocabulary Words
4 Pronunciation of Dakota Seasons Video
5 Housing/Summer
6 Summer Planting Foods
7 Watcher Stage/Summer
8 Video – Dream of Wild Health
9 Wild Plants/Summer
10 Fishing – Animation of Spearing
11 Hunting/Fall
12 Buffalo – Importance of the Buffalo
13 Slide show – Buffalo as a walking store
14 Video – Prairie Island Buffalo Project
15 Dakota on the Move /Fall
16 Tipi – Tent vs. Tipi
17 Tipi – 14 Buffalo Hides Image
18 Video – Setting up a Tipi
19 Tipi - Inside a Tipi
20 Tipi – Quiz
21 Tipi – Answers
22 Essential Question Review
23 Learning Goal Review
24 Extension of Learning & Constructing a Parflech Bag
1 Essential Questions
2 Learning Goal
3 Vocabulary Words
4 Pronunciation of Dakota Seasons Video
5 Housing/Summer
6 Summer Planting Foods
7 Watcher Stage/Summer
8 Video – Dream of Wild Health
9 Wild Plants/Summer
10 Fishing – Animation of Spearing
11 Hunting/Fall
12 Buffalo – Importance of the Buffalo
13 Slide show – Buffalo as a walking store
14 Video – Prairie Island Buffalo Project
15 Dakota on the Move /Fall
16 Tipi – Tent vs. Tipi
17 Tipi – 14 Buffalo Hides Image
18 Video – Setting up a Tipi
19 Tipi - Inside a Tipi
20 Tipi – Quiz
21 Tipi – Answers
22 Essential Question Review
23 Learning Goal Review
24 Extension of Learning & Constructing a Parflech Bag