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Learn ABOUT (deep listening, information)
1. What is “stewardship” and how is it different from “ownership”?
2. How were different groups within the Oceti Sakowin stewards for different areas? How did this impact the entire Oceti Sakowin?
3. How does the idea of unci maka change your relationship with where you live?
4. What are there some examples of people “taking advantage” of unci maka?
5. How is the connection with the land spiritual?
6. How is the people’s identity connected with unci maka? How is identity “lost” when the land is taken?
7. Who are the stewards of the Black Hills?
8. Who are the stewards of the Pipestone Quarry?
9. What is the difference between deeding land to individuals and deeding land to the family? Why is this important today?, How does it impact the people of the Oceti Sakowin?
10. How is land connected with the concept of Tiospaye?
11. What are the misunderstandings that have happened in South Dakota because of differences in concepts of land ownership?
Learn FROM (deep sharing, transformation)
1. Are there things or places that I have stewardship over?
2. Do I have a relationship with the place where I live?
3. How is my “identity” shaped by where I live?
4. What is my family’s sense of “shared ownership” vs. each of us having our separate things? What things are “my family’s” and what things are “mine”? What is the best balance of ownership in a family?
5. Do I have a place I know, no matter where I go, I can “always come back” to?
6. Have I or my family ever had a misunderstanding with someone else or with another group over the concept of ownership? How was it resolved? Was it resolved?