LibGuides: Cultural Calendar: NATIVE AMERICANS

CURRICULUM GUIDES, LESSONS AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

Changing the Narrative About Native Americans: A Guide for Allies
Honoring Tribal Legacies: An Epic Journey of Healing v.1 "The purpose . . . is to offer America and our children an opportunity to learn who they are, an opportunity to learn about the Lewis & Clark Trail and the people of the Lewis & Clark Trail. "
Honoring Tribal Legacies: An Epic Journey of Healing v.2
A Curriculum Guide
Native People of the Land This teaching poster looks at reciprocal relationships with the land and how the A:shiwi people, also known as the Zuni, adapt to the semiarid climate of New Mexico through a centuries–old farming technique known as a waffle garden. Audience: Middle School

20 Teacher Resources on Native American History and Culture Facing History and Ourselves Blog offers a multitude of resources that "combats racism and antisemitism by using history to teach tolerance in classrooms around the globe."

RESOURCES

AMERICAN INDIAN REMOVAL What Does It Mean to Remove a People? From the National Museum of the American Indian: "This online lesson provides perspectives from Native American community members, documents, maps, images, and activities to help students and teachers understand an important and difficult chapter in the history both of Native Nations and the United States. Scroll to begin an exploration of the vast scope and effects of American Indian removal."
Featured Items from Native Knowledge 360
Five Ideas to Change Teaching about Thanksgiving, in Classrooms and at Home
Impact of Native American Removal: what Does It Mean to Remove a People Resources from Native Knowledge 360
Native Land Digital A stunning web tool that helps you identify whose land you are on anywhere in the US
Resources Related to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities at the National Archives
Surviving the Horror of Residential Schools by Skateboarding Video from The New Yorker. In “Joe Buffalo,” directed by Amar Chebib, an Indigenous skateboarder overcomes addiction and trauma stemming from his years in Canada's Church-run school system.
U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs: Frequently Asked Questions

The Administration of Indian Affairs, 1929 A CQ Researcher article from 1929
American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving A resource for teachers of Grades 4-8
The Cyclical Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
History in a New Light: Illuminating the Archaeology of historic Patuxet and Plymouth History in a New Light demonstrates how the modern town of Plymouth has been shaped by the ways humans have lived along these shores for thousands of years, and how this land continues to reveal stories of a transcultural Indigenous-Colonial regional society. This is part of Project 400, an ongoing archaeological research initiative conducted in partnership with the Andrew Fiske Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts - Boston, the Town of Plymouth, and Plimoth Plantation.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Native American Rights From Gale's Opposing Viewpoints, this article provides an overview of Native American land rights, social, environmental, economic issues, cultural approbation, and health concerns.
Native American Sovereignty A 2017 report from CQ Researcher, that asks the question, "Should Indians have more control over their land?"
Five Myths About American Indians An article from The Washington Post(11/22/17)...captivity narratives, novels, short stories, textbooks, newspapers, art, photography, movies and television perpetuated old stereotypes or created new ones — particularly ones that cast indigenous peoples as obstacles to, rather than actors in, the creation of the modern world."

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

"We gratefully acknowledge the Native Peoples on whose ancestral homelands we gather, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today " National Museum of the American Indian

Honoring Original Indigenous Inhabitants: Land Acknowledgement From the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Land acknowledgements meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

IDENTITY AND STORYTELLING

Native Words, Native Warriors A teaching resource from Native Knowledge 360: "Meet the Code Talkers of World Wars I and II. Learn about their lives and military achievements. "
Surviving the Horror of Residential Schools by Skateboarding Video from The New Yorker. In “Joe Buffalo,” directed by Amar Chebib, an Indigenous skateboarder overcomes addiction and trauma stemming from his years in Canada's Church-run school system.
Home from School: The Children of Carlisle A documentary film (55 minutes long) from PBS and Independent Lens looks at the legacy of Indian Boarding Schools. “Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” This was the guiding principle that removed thousands of Native American children and placed them in Indian boarding schools. Among the many who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School were three Northern Arapaho boys. Now, more than a century later, tribal members journey from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to help them finally come home.

PODCASTS

This Land

This podcast talks about the installation of an exhibit, Apsáalooke Women and Warriors, and how museums have 'struggled' with how to represent Native American culture. This exhibit was curated by an Indigenous woman and part of a revamping of the Field Museum's (Chicago) Native American Hall.

A 2018 Code Switch podcast from "reporter Kat Chow spoke to two families grappling with where to live, how to identify, and how those identities might get passed down to their children."

ARTS AND CULTURE

5 Native American Artists You Should Know
Cultural Survival "More than 49 years of experience partnering with Indigenous communities has equipped Cultural Survival with a trusted network of Indigenous partners and international human rights advocates across the globe."

Harvest Ceremony: Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth This is a study guide from the National Museum of the American Indian. "Contemporary celebrations of the Thanksgiving holiday focus on the idea that the “first Thanksgiving” was a friendly gathering of two disparate groups—or even neighbors—who shared a meal and lived harmoniously. In actuality, the assembly of these people had much more to do with political alliances, diplomacy, and an effort at rarely achieved, temporary peaceful coexistence".

Living Nations, Living Words "he “Living Nations, Living Words” project features a sampling of work by 47 Native Nations poets through an interactive ArcGIS Story Map and a newly developed Library of Congress audio collection." Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States

CURRENT EVENTS

He Unleashed a California Massacre. Should This School Be Named for Him? "The founder of the Hastings College of the Law masterminded the killings of hundreds of Native Americans. The school, tribal members and alumni disagree about what should be done now." NYTImes
Why the Native American pipeline resistance in North Dakota is about climate justice
TREATIES STILL MATTER: The Dakota Access Pipeline
Indian Country Today "The voice of Indigenous people throughout the Americas."
United Native American Indians of New England

Cultural Calendar: NATIVE AMERICANS

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