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Moccasin Economy

Lowel Amiotte
Transcript

Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. What is a Moccasin Economy?
  2. How does the leasing of land help the economy on the reservations
  3. Lowell talks about 160 acres that were given to families. At what point in history did that happen? Why?
  4. What kinds of resources have been taken from reservation lands? How did those situations where resources were taken settle?
  5. What is a giveaway? In what ways do giveaways demonstrate the different kind of economy that Lowell speaks of?
  6. What is meant by this quote, “The richest man in the village was the one who had the least because he gave it all away.”

Learn FROM
(deep listening, transformation)

  1. When you think of generosity, what
    comes to mind?
  2. In what ways does society seem generous?
  3. In what ways does it seem that society has lost its sense of generosity?
  4. Lowell speaks of two types of economy…the one we see and the one below the surface. How does that play out in your own life?
  5. How do you feel personally about the following quote, “The richest man in the village was the one who had the least because he gave it all away.”