What are the details of the written history of the Little Big Horn battle as told by white historians?
What are the details of the oral history of the Little Big Horn battle as told by the Native people?
Where can one access the archeological information that was recorded after the grassfires?
Have more white historians acknowledged the credibility of the oral accounts since the grassfire archeological finds?
Learn FROM (deep listening, transformation)
Have you ever been ina situation where you felt someone else was controlling the “story” that was being told about you? If so, how did that feel? How did you deal with the situation?
Are there things you were taught in school that you found out later were a bit different in reality? If so, what were they? How did you react when you discovered the fuller picture?
Do you have any personal “oral” history that has been passed down to you generationally? What part of that oral history might you be willing to share?
Have you ever been to visit a physical place that confirmed something you’d only heard about through stories?
How might these kinds of oral histories impact your sense of identity? How might they impact your family’s sense of collective identity?
