Educator Resources
Find links and additional digital materials that accompany the Winona County Historical Society Local History Luggage for classrooms, clubs, nursing homes and more.
Local History Luggage: Artifact Activities
Guide to Doing History with Objects, from the Curators of the National Museum of American History.
If You Walked in My Shoes, from the Smithsonian
Guide to Doing History with Objects, from the Curators of the National Museum of American History.
If You Walked in My Shoes, from the Smithsonian
Local History Luggage: Native American & Dakota Heritage
Videos:
Dakota Artifacts with Leonard Wabasha
Use artifacts found in the Local History Luggage: buffalo fur, deer scapula, antler, and hide/leather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4CMBz24NTc
Our Home: Dakota Homeland video by Minnesota Historical Society
https://vimeo.com/394221637/089a505d1d
Dakota Beadwork with Holly Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cStgUQnuENM
Then you can do the coloring activity shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-zxj4rSMg&t=48s
Dakota Place Names Parts 1 and 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ntqsny0Yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Srhm_eV8_0
Dakota Language Online Interactive:
The following guide will help you with the pronunciation of Dakota vowel sounds.
A has the sound of AH like the a in “father”
E has the sound of EH or EY like the e in “led” or the a in “fate”
I has the sound of EE like the i in “machine”
O has the sound of OH like the o in “rote”
U has the sound of OO like the oo in “moon”
https://www.nativeshop.org/learn-dakota.html is an interactive audio program created by The Native American Community Board (NACB). The interactive language lessons are brought to you as a project of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center (NAWHERC).
Articles:
Native American Heritage of Minnesota
https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/native-americans/dakota-people
Dakota, Ho-Chunk, and French Indigenous Communities Between St. Paul and Prairie du Chien, ca. 1300–1865
https://www.mnopedia.org/group/dakota-ho-chunk-and-french-indigenous-communities-between-st-paul-and-prairie-du-chien-ca-1300
The Land, Water, and Language of the Dakota, Minnesota’s First People
https://www.mnopedia.org/land-water-and-language-dakota-minnesota-s-first-people
Traditional Lacrosse
https://www.mnopedia.org/thing/traditional-native-american-lacrosse-minnesota
Dakota Beadwork
https://www.mnopedia.org/evolution-dakota-beadwork
Videos:
Dakota Artifacts with Leonard Wabasha
Use artifacts found in the Local History Luggage: buffalo fur, deer scapula, antler, and hide/leather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4CMBz24NTc
Our Home: Dakota Homeland video by Minnesota Historical Society
https://vimeo.com/394221637/089a505d1d
Dakota Beadwork with Holly Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cStgUQnuENM
Then you can do the coloring activity shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-zxj4rSMg&t=48s
- Use with Dakota Floral Design pattern sheet for coloring project.
- You can also use the Traditional Dakota Design sheet for more information.
Dakota Place Names Parts 1 and 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ntqsny0Yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Srhm_eV8_0
Dakota Language Online Interactive:
The following guide will help you with the pronunciation of Dakota vowel sounds.
A has the sound of AH like the a in “father”
E has the sound of EH or EY like the e in “led” or the a in “fate”
I has the sound of EE like the i in “machine”
O has the sound of OH like the o in “rote”
U has the sound of OO like the oo in “moon”
https://www.nativeshop.org/learn-dakota.html is an interactive audio program created by The Native American Community Board (NACB). The interactive language lessons are brought to you as a project of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center (NAWHERC).
Articles:
Native American Heritage of Minnesota
https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/native-americans/dakota-people
Dakota, Ho-Chunk, and French Indigenous Communities Between St. Paul and Prairie du Chien, ca. 1300–1865
https://www.mnopedia.org/group/dakota-ho-chunk-and-french-indigenous-communities-between-st-paul-and-prairie-du-chien-ca-1300
The Land, Water, and Language of the Dakota, Minnesota’s First People
https://www.mnopedia.org/land-water-and-language-dakota-minnesota-s-first-people
Traditional Lacrosse
https://www.mnopedia.org/thing/traditional-native-american-lacrosse-minnesota
Dakota Beadwork
https://www.mnopedia.org/evolution-dakota-beadwork
Find more from our friends at the Minnesota Historical Society.
