2012 OSEU Document
2018 OSEU Document (Revised)
2024 OSEU Document

Lakota Name for the “White Man”

Sidney Byrd
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Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. What does “wasicu” mean?
  2. Why were the French fur traders known as “fat takers?”
  3. Why were the first white men referred to as Minihunska – long knives?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, transformation)

  1. Have you ever been given a name or nickname from something you have a tendency to do? What caused it to become your name?
  2. Are there groups of people you consider to be alike because of their behaviors? Do you name them?