WoLakota Project:
Designing Trauma-Informed Instruction via Elder Wisdom & Culturally Responsive Practices
Dr. Scott Simpson & Sharla Steever
TIE Learning Specialists
Our Regional Work in ND & SD
- Supporting BIE National Board Candidates
- Offering Mentoring for New Teachers
- Training Mentors
- Classroom Modeling
- Essential Understanding Development
- Essential Understanding Implementation
- Elder Video Interviewing
- Resource Development (websites)
- Lesson Design (trainings for teachers)
Key Themes in MT, SD and ND Essential Understandings
- Tribal Sovereignty, Treaties & US Legal System and Policy (7)
- Traditional Culture, Values and Language in Contemporary Lifestyle (6)
- Individual Identity and Variety (5)
- Stewardship and Interrelationship with the Land (4)
- Learning, Storytelling and Oral Tradition (4)
- Resiliency (3)
- Group Cohesion through Generosity, Kinship and Humor (3)
- Societal Contributions of Native People (2)
- Spirituality (2)
https://www.wolakotaproject.org/wolakota-project-elements/wolakota-courage-to-teach-circles/
http://wolakotaproject.org
http://teachingsofourelders.org
Dr. Scott Simpson
ssimpson@tie.net
Sharla Steever
ssteever@tie.net