http://dakotainspain.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/the-housing-poem-by-dian-million/ Practice your English while learning about American Indian tribes Sat, 23 May 2009 16:11:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://dakotainspain.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/the-housing-poem-by-dian-million/#comment-56 Dakota Thu, 01 May 2008 21:01:18 +0000 http://dakotainspain.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-56 Why do all the knowledgeable people I know say that? :P Hi there, Mercedes! Great to see you around! Why do all the knowledgeable people I know say that? Hi there, Mercedes! Great to see you around!

]]> http://dakotainspain.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/the-housing-poem-by-dian-million/#comment-55 Mercedes Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:33:07 +0000 http://dakotainspain.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-55 The more I learn the more I realize I know nothing The more I learn the more I realize I know nothing

]]> http://dakotainspain.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/the-housing-poem-by-dian-million/#comment-33 Dakota Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:50:46 +0000 http://dakotainspain.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-33 You see, White families are called "nuclear families" and they relate to parents and their children. Native Indian families are "extended families", and that's another idea of a family, but this kind of organization was crushed by the imposition of the white lifestyle, or acculturization. Extended families also happen in Africa, and that's why even though a lot of people have literally nothing, children always have some adult(s) to turn to. In "Lakota Woman" Mary Crow Dog says, "At the center of the old Sioux society was the tiyospaye, the extended family group, the basic hunting band, w3hich included grandparents, uncles, aunts, in-laws, and cousins. The tiyospaye was like a warm womb cradling all within it. Kids were never alone, always fussed ove by not one but several mothers, watched and taught by several fathers" (p. 13, HarperPerennial 1991). You see, White families are called “nuclear families” and they relate to parents and their children. Native Indian families are “extended families”, and that’s another idea of a family, but this kind of organization was crushed by the imposition of the white lifestyle, or acculturization.
Extended families also happen in Africa, and that’s why even though a lot of people have literally nothing, children always have some adult(s) to turn to.
In “Lakota Woman” Mary Crow Dog says, “At the center of the old Sioux society was the tiyospaye, the extended family group, the basic hunting band, w3hich included grandparents, uncles, aunts, in-laws, and cousins. The tiyospaye was like a warm womb cradling all within it. Kids were never alone, always fussed ove by not one but several mothers, watched and taught by several fathers” (p. 13, HarperPerennial 1991).

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