What Are Lakota Values

There are so many stories in the Lakota values, and they all go way deeper than you think. The stories of respect can lead right into a story of bravery. The stories of love can lead to truth. The stories of fortitude can turn into bravery. You can visualize these values and the stories within the values so well because they are told so well. Respect, Love, and Fortitude, are the ones that sounded like they would be the best ones to write about because you can hear and tell them to the younger generation as you grow up. The following are the ones that were the easiest to tell, but had the bigger lesson to them.
Respect is an admiration for someone or something elected by their abilities, qualities or achievements. Respect is important because
A grandmother and grandson are having a conversation together when she tells him that he’s going to be a fine hunter, but if he goes hunting alone to beware of the Deer woman. Chapter 4, page 40, “So when you are a young man, Grandson, and you are hunting alone far from home and you come across the most beautiful woman you have ever seen, you must turn away. If you go with her, she will please you and she will give you pleasure; but she will also take your spirit from you and you will have it back. It may be the most difficult thing you will ever do, but you must turn away from her.” The grandmother is warning her grandson about this so he is ready, and still he kept it as he grew up, because just as she had said the deer woman had come to him and he had to turn away from her. Chapter 3, page 42, She (the deer woman) stopped and turned to Kaskalaka. “You are strong, a fine young man,” she murmured. “I am looking you a young man such as you. I have been waiting for you. Come.” Koskalaka’s legs seemed to have a mind of their own. Before he knew what was happening, he was walking toward the Deer Woman, his hand touched hers he stopped. “No!” he said, pulling his hand back. “I will not go with you.” He resisted the Deer Woman although it was the hardest
But they both did a brave thing for the people they love. Sometimes when you love somebody you have to let that person go, if they died, or if the person is better off without you. (Chapter 5, Page 79-80: As they [White Lance, Red Willow Women, Good Medicine, and He Crow] all sat around in the light of a crackling fire, he [He Crow] tossed a stick to the ground and spoke to Red Willow Woman. “That stick is you,” he said. “I cast you away. You know that is out ways a Lakota husband can cast away his wife by doing so. I have my reasons for this, and now you are away from me; you are free to go where you choose.”). To the Lakota love is balance, love is affection. To be like the Lakota, treat the things you love seriously, treat them like if you don’t have them you won’t be the same without them. Treat them like you can lean on them when you’re in pain. Or another word for it, Fortitude, something that the Lakota has that most people forget