Succeeding in Both Worlds

Jesse Taken Alive

Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. How important are sports to the Lakota people?
  2. What are the traditional activities or values that support participation in sports among the people of the Oceti Sakowin?
  3. How difficult is it to live both as a member of contemporary American society? What are the challenges? What are the benefits?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, transformation)

  1. What are some of your experiences with participation in sports? What lessons did you learn; what strengths did you gain?
  2. Do you ever experience “living in two worlds” in some way? Describe that. How do you deal with that tension?