Ch. 3: Dakota People and Culture

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True or False?
Early Dakota people earned income in the form of money wages, just as people do today.

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False

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True or False?
The Dakota have lived in Minnesota longer than any other group.

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True

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True or False?
Minnesota, the name of our state, comes from a Dakota word.

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True

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In the story “The Ghost-Wife,” the wife and children disappeared because the husband did not treat his family with ________.

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Respect

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Another name for the Dakota people is ________, which may have come from an Ojibwe term meaning snakes.

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Money or other benefits received in payment for goods and services (work).

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The home made of animal skins and wood poles the Dakota carried with them is called a ____.

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Two words to describe what Human Capital is.

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In the story “The Badger and the Bear,” the badger family was rewarded for showing ________ when the bear visited.

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Some ways human capital was a part of Early Dakota culture.

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