Traditional Teaching Style

Delores Taken Alive

Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. Is it traditional in Lakota culture to reteach more than to punish?
  2. How much of Lakota teaching is “telling” and how much is “showing”?
  3. In traditional Lakota culture, do men ever learn “inside” work and women learn “outside” work or do those stay strictly tied to gender roles?
  4. Why was it important to boil the water before making soup or tea or coffee?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, information)

  1. Have you experienced much “punishment” in your lifetime? How
    has it affected or changed you?
  2. Have you ever had a powerful “reteaching” time that didn’t involve punishment? How did that affect you?
  3. Do you learn better by listening or by doing? Do you have any examples you could share?
  4. Have you learned any roles or lessons specific to your gender (male or female)? How strict are the gender roles you learned? Do you feel comfortable with those expectations or do you feel the need to stretch them a bit?
  5. Have you ever learned a lesson that you think may have saved your life? What was it and how did it save you?