Northern Lights Ch. 3 "Early Dakota" Vocab Review

• Dakota term that inspired the name of our state, it means:  

• "Land where the waters are so clear they reflect the clouds in the sky"

• MnisotaDakota

• Oyate

• Mni Sota Makoce

• Nadouessioux

• Another name for the Dakota which came from the Ojibwe.

• The French traders spelled it “Nadouessioux” and was shortened by the English.

• Dakota

• Oyate

• Lakota

• Sioux

A cone-shaped house made by stretching animal skins over a frame of wooden poles, used during three seasons.

• Adobe

• Birchbark House

• Wigwam

• Tipi

• The preferred term for the tribe.

• It means “friend” or “ally”

• Sioux

• Dakota

• Nakota

• Ojibwe

Respect: Expression of courtesy and consideration toward others.

• Tiospaye

• • Wo ohoda

• Ohanwaste

• Bdote

• Extended Family: All relatives, including parents, children, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles.  

• • Wo ohoda

• Tiospaye

• • Ohanwaste

• Oyate

Generosity: The habit of giving without expecting anything in return.

• Tiospaye

• Wo ohoda

• Oyate

• • Ohanwaste

• Close connections with one's relatives.

• Some Dakota made ties with neighbors and treated them like relatives.

• Income

• Human Capital

• Kinship

• Respect

Charles Eastman was a Dakota doctor and writer who recorded many oral histories. His Dakota name was:

• Ohiyesa

• Oyate

• Bdote

• Mni Sota Makoce

Money or other benefits received in payment for goods or services.

• Input

• Invest

• Interest

• Income