ILI Facilitator Nijeul X. Porter (l) and ILI Fellow Joe Tolbert (r) at Pe Sla (Black Hills). Photo by Melisa Cardona
Goals for the ILI Lakota Intensive
- Articulate the purpose, origin & intercultural approach of ILI as a grounding for the overall cohort experience.
- Offer curriculum across all 4 core topics (Who We Are, Where We Are, How We Work, Why We Matter) and the range of communities that anchor ILI.
- Offer intentional space for relationship-building & connection with the cohort balanced with intellectual & skill-building work.
- Offer a deep-dive experience into the Lakota / Indigenous / Native sense of place and people.
- Offer opportunities for local community and others to engage with ILI cohort & content
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 12
- Welcome & Orientation
- Community Dinner
THURSDAY, SEPT 13
- Cohort Sharing
- Afternoon Session at Pe’Sla sacred site
LAKOTA EMERGENCE: Who We Are & How We Work with Jace DeCory (See Resources below)
- Evening Dinner
REVITALIZING NATIVE AMERICAN CUISINE: Who We Are & How We Work with Sean Sherman, Sioux Chef
Menu
- Northern Tamale with Smoked Mushrooms with Rosehip Sauce & Pea Shoots
- Cedar and Maple Syrup drink
- Grilled Turnip, Watercress, Smoked Trout (or Field Mushroom) in Roasted Crabapple Broth
- Cedar Braised Bison with Maple Salt (or Roasted Squash) and Three Sisters (corn, beans & squash) with Wild Plum and Choke Cherry Sauce
- Wild Rice and Sunflower Seed Tart with Squash Puree, Fresh Fruit & Mint
- PINE RIDGE: Red Cloud Heritage Center Gallery, Collection, Campus Tours with Mary Maxon
- WOUNDED KNEE: Where We Are with Tashina Banks Rama, Nick Tilsen, Mike Two
- THUNDER VALLEY: Where We Are: a site visit with Jennifer Irving, Billie White, and Andrew Iron Shell
- Reflections so far
- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: RIGHTS and RESPONSIBILITIES: How We
Work & Why We Matter with Tia Oros-Peters and Chris Peters (See
Resources below) - RECLAIMING THE NATIVE TRUTH – Empowering You To Change
Hearts and Minds: How We Work & Why We Matter with Betsy Richards
(See Resources below) - ANTI-BLACKNESS: Who We Are with Kristen Adele Calhoun, Gyasi Ross and Carlton Turner
- CLOSING PERFORMANCE, LAKOTA GAMES, ART MARKET & OPEN MIC
- HISTORICAL INTERCULTURAL THROUGHLINE & EVALUATION: Ways We’ll Work & Learn Together Throughout the Year led by the Facilitation Team
- CLOSING
RESOURCES
Recommended ReadingThe Lakotas and the Black Hills by Jeffrey Ostler
Zuya, Life’s Journey – Oral Teachings From Rosebud by Albert White Hat, Sr.
Fools Crow by Thomas E. Mails
Standing In The Light by Severt Young Bear & R.D. Theisz
Oglala Religion, by William K. Powers
Culture & Customs of the Sioux Indians by Gregory Gagnon
The Sacred Pipe by Joseph Epes Brown
Lakota Belief and Ritual and Lakota Myth by James R. Walker
The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living by Joseph M. Marshall III
Black Elk Speaks: The Complete Edition by John G. Neihardt
Walking in the Sacred Manner by Mark St. Pierre
Voices in the Stones: Life Lessons from the Native Way by Kent Nerburn
Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming by Winona LaDuke (Black Hills chapter)
Where The Lightning Strikes: Lives of America Indian Sacred Places by Peter Nabokov (Black Hills chapter)American Indian Places: A Historical Guidebook by Frances H. Kennedy (essays on Mato Tipila, Mato Paha +)
My Indian Boyhood by Luther Standing Bear
Speaking Of Indians by Ella Cara Deloria
The World We Used to Live In: Remembering the Powers of the Medicine Men by Vine Deloria Jr.
Additional Resources
http://geometryofplace.com/bkhills.html
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/we-walk-our-ancestors-sacredness-black-hills
Bureau of Indian Affairs places sacred site in Black Hills in trust
http://sacredland.org/black-hills-united-states/
The Sacred Black Hills An Ethnohistorical Review – UNL Digital …
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2954&context…
https://www.nps.gov/wica/learn/historyculture/the-home-of-the-bison-full-text-an-ethnographic-and-ethnohistorical-study-of-traditional-cultural-affiliations-to-wind-cave-national-park.htm
(Report by Dr. Patricia Albers for the NPS)
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
Website (there are different downloadable versions in different languages): https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html
Toolkit: https://internationalfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/UNDRIP-Toolkit-Framework_2014.pdf
Reclaiming Native Truth Guide for Allies
https://www.reclaimingnativetruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/MessageGuide-Allies-screen.pdf