ToDay we went to education
Day at Makato Wacipi. Makato means Blue earth in Dakota, that is
where the City of Mankato is. Wacipi means Dance or Powwow. Today
I learned Winuna is my Dakota name. it means I am the frist Born
girl. I also leared in a tipi grils sit on the left side, Boys on
the right. in Dakota ina means mom and ate means Dad. in the car
on the way here my grandma tought me how to say I came with my grandma
in Dakota "mi coon-ci kci wa-e." We went to a place were
we got to here storys, one was about an old man, the other about
fire. also we saw a cradle board and some bead work, a few insramints,
some druming, some Indian things like wepons, cloth and a Dancing
strick. We also saw some quilting.
BY,
Jordan
5th Grade
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