Cousins and Relatives

Donald Montileaux

Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. Why are cousins more like siblings in the Lakota culture?
  2. Why do some cultures ride horses using a saddle while others ride bareback?
  3. What are the benefits and risks of each way of riding?
  4. What are some of the reasons Don has gained some fame in his life?
  5. Don shared that he is the only artist to ever have a painting launched into space. What picture and when was it launched?
  6. What is it about the Lakota Spirit that brings out fun, teasing one another, and lots of laughing?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, information)

  1. Wha is your relationship with your extended family like? Do you have cousins that you grew up with? If so, what was that experience like?
  2. Have you experienced the renewing of kinship through telling stories with your family members? How so these stories deepen kinship relationships?
  3. Have you experienced a sense of safety with your family? Why or why not?
  4. Don talks about being able to tease each other about things within his family, but that it isn’t tolerated from anyone outside the family. Have you ever experienced something like that? Is there a specific story of that kind of experience in your family?