How does the Oceti Sakowin circle honor both the individual and the
community?
How do individuals make the whole circle stronger through these teachings?
What has kept so many Native and Non-Native South Dakotans from being able to understand each other?
Learn FROM (deep listening, transformation)
What community or communities am I a part of that I feel responsible for? What are my responsibilities to my communities? Do I carry through with my individual commitments to my communities?
Have I been a part of a community that has fallen apart because of the actions or lack of actions of individuals? What lessons have I learned from this?
What does it mean to “understand” another person or group of people? How do we grow in our understanding of others? What is my role in this process?
If the state of South Dakota is a community made up of many different people, in what ways is it healthy? In what ways does the South Dakota community need to become healthier? What is MY individual responsibility in this process?
Do I honor each other individual in the communities or circles of which I am a part?
