What are the government documents that defined the “50 years” and the “25 year” extension?
What documents show the Lakota promise to not “take up arms” again?
Where is the best place to read the Lakota perspective on Wounded Knee?
Who is Crazy Horse?
Who is Red Cloud?
Who is Big Foot?
Who is Sitting Bull?
Who is White Bull?
What’s happening in response to the letter that was written to President Obama?
What’s happened at Rosebud since the “state took over”? When will this happen at the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations?
What improvements were supposed to be made on the reservations that never happened?
Who has been making money on the reservations?
What motivates the chiefs to do the work of the people “for nothing”?
Learn FROM (deep listening, transformation)
What stories have I heard or what have I learned about self-serving leaders or governments from history?
What is my personal experience with others who do not carry through with their promises or agreements?
What do I know about leaders who have died for an important cause?
What do I believe concerning the decision to stand up and fight for a cause versus the decision to wait for a time and keep a “low profile”?
What are my perceptions about the reservations in South Dakota? What information has shaped my attitudes? Where has that information come from?
Are there things that I do for other people that I do simply because they should be done–not because I’m being paid? What sorts of things should be done with or without pay or recognition?
How does the promise of money impact the motivation of people? What might be the positive consequences? What might be the negative consequences?
Are there any situations that I know of in which I have seen people taking advantage of “the system” for their own personal benefit at the expense of others?How can we begin to solve these problems?
