Lakota dinner is a dinner that happens every quarter and consists of students in SpecLang 247, otherwise known as Lakota language. At Lakota dinner, we go over introducing our selves in Lakota to whomever our special guests are, showing off what we are learning. After that we eat a traditional-contemporary Lakota meal which is soup, wojapi, bread, and mint tea for a beverage. At this particular dinner the soup was buffalo chili with blueberry wojapi (pudding) and ceyaka (field mint tea). I seemed to gain a lot of energy from being in this space and eating the food. It was sort of a spiritual energizer for me. The chili was phenomenal, as well as the bread and wojapi. Anytime I drink ceyaka is a great time to me, so in return, this event was wholesome and was very powerful for me.
Mentor Dinner 2/28
The mentor dinner was a dinner to invite your personal mentors, people who have affected your life positively, to come enjoy a tasty "indian taco". Which is a contemporary staple that derives from government rations given during and through the establishment of reservations. The food was prayed for in two different languages as well as sang for in three others. There were awards that were handed out later throughout the night. I really enjoyed this event because the food was great as well as the SAIO members who gave speeches. In particular, Gabi Saiz had a really interesting speech that inspired me. All in all it was a great event with great people.
(No photos: Foster posted one from Lakota Dinner)
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