Ranching Perspectives: Becoming Cowboys to Remain Indians
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North Dakota ranchers have had to embrace new techniques and strategies, as well as new products, to be able to successfully stay in the livestock raising business.
Kyle and Stacy Baker ranch on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. They feel that ranching is a natural way to keep their Native American traditions alive. They tell their personal story and the story of western North Dakota native ranchers in general.
Producer
D. Geck
Source
Ranching Perspectives. 2003 Prairie Public Television. Becky Jones (Producer)
Grade Level
2 - 8
Subject Matter
Social Studies
Standards
Describe the exchange of ideas, culture, and goods between the Native Americans and the white settlers (e.g., the Pilgrims, Wampanoag, explorers)
Identify examples of how different groups, societies, and cultures are similar and different (e.g., in beliefs, traditions, family relationships, celebrations, institutions, folklore)
Identify similarities and differences between past events and current events in North Dakota (e.g., in the lives of people from different cultures past and present)
Use chronological order and sequence to describe the cause-and-effect relationships of historical events and periods in North Dakota (e.g., how the railroads led to settlements in the state)
Explain the significance of agriculture in North Dakota history (e.g., immigration, railroads)
Describe the effects of changes in industry, agriculture, and technology in North Dakota (e.g., energy production, transportation, farming methods)
Identify ways that natural resources (e.g., soil, minerals, trees, fish, people) contribute to the economy of the local community and North Dakota
Identify principal exports of North Dakota (e.g., crops, energy, livestock)
Explain how the physical environment (e.g., rainfall, climate, natural hazards) affects human activity in North Dakota
Describe ways geography has affected the development (e.g., the development of transportation, communication, industry, and land use) of the state over time
Explain the contributions of various ethnic groups (e.g., Native Americans, immigrants) to the history of North Dakota (e.g., food, traditions, languages, celebrations)
Explain the impact of climate, geography, and available resources on the daily lives of Native Americans (e.g., dwellings, clothes, food and crops, technology, tools, cultural traditions)
Identify principles governing individual and group behavior (e.g., cooperation, collaboration, power, conflict) within social dynamics (e.g., familial, political, religious)
Describe how technological advances (e.g., cotton gin, steel plow, McCormick reaper, steamboat, steam locomotives) and industrialization impacted regions of the United States prior to the Civil War
