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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. 

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Local History Luggage: Artifact Activities


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Guide to Doing History with Objects, from the Curators of the National Museum of American History.
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If You Walked in My Shoes, from the Smithsonian


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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
  • 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
 
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Find more from our friends at the Minnesota Historical Society. 

EXPLORE MORE ON A FIELD TRIP

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We welcome students of all levels - Pre-school to College! 
Our museum docents will lead your students back in time to explore our local history and community. Groups rotate to various topic stations and activities
​throughout the History Center exhibits.


Contact: Jennifer Weaver, Museum Educator
​educator@winonahistory.org or 507.454.2723 ext. 3
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