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There are currently at least 3 projects on KickStarter concerning the Native American community that deserve your support. One concerns the Mixtec people of Central Mexico who are sufferring through an ecological disaster. A second, titled LaDonna Harris: Indian 101, is a documentary about the Comanche activist. The third is Winter in the Blood, a proposal to make a feature film of James Welch's novel. Each of these projects deserves your support, even if you can only give a dollar. Other Native American projects seeking funding can be found here

Teachers: Please read the reviews of My Heart Is On the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, A Sioux Girl, and The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl. New Mexico, 1864, from the Dear America series, Scholastic Books.

Download Kickapoo diva Arigon Starr's song My Heart Is On the Ground, written in resonse to the book of that title.

Authenticity & Sensitivity: Goals for writing and reviewing books with Native American themes
by Debbie Reese
Fakelore, Multiculturalism, and the Ethics of Children's Literature by Eliot A. Singer
Articles by Dr. Cornel Pewewardy on the treatment of Americans Indians in the schools

Resources for Teachers

Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future by Larry Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg, and Steve Van Bockern
A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12 from the Smithsonian
Abalone: Education
Aboriginal Education Centre at the Coast Mountain School District
Aboriginal Education Team: A resource package for First Nations teachers and students
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Strategy (PDF) , BC Ministry of Education
Aboriginal Programs, Ministry of Advanced Education
Alaska Native knowledge Network
Alaska Native Studies Curriculum and Teacher Development
American Indian & Alaska Native Education Research
American Indian Education from Jon Reyner
American Indian Learning Styles Survey: An Assessment of Teachers Knowledge: by Karen Swisher originally published and provided by
The Bilingual Education Teacher Preparation Program at Boise State University.
American Indian Library Association
American Indian Scouting Association
American Indians and the Natural World from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
American Indians in Children's Literature from the Wikipedia
American Montessori Consulting
American Truths
Ancestral Lands
Are You Teaching the Real Story of the "First Thanksgiving"?
Canku Ota (Many Paths) An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity (CAREE)
Center for Diné Teacher Education
Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research at USC
CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy Sytem) S'COOL Project: Student's Cloud Observations Online. NASA wants your student's cloud observations!
Cradleboard Project
Critical Literacy in Practice
Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas
Culturally Responsive Curriculum for Secondary Schools: from Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, Evergreen State College
Educational podcasting for teaching and learning
ERIC/AE American Indian and Alaska Native Education Resources
First Americans for Grade Schoolers: Activities, information and links on 5 Native American tribes
First Fish: Wild Salmon Project
First Nations Curriculum Project , School District #67: (Okanagan Skaha), British Columbia
From Site to Story , The Upper Misssissippi's Buried Past
GoodMinds.com , Educational Resources for Native American Studies,: First Nations Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Aboriginal Studies
Gran Quivira: A Blending of Cultures in a Pueblo Indian Village: Lesson plan from the National Park Service
Great Peace CD Rom
Guide to Native American Studies Programs in the United States and Canada
Hawaiian Studies on the Web
History Matters a U.S. history survey course on the Web
In Our Mother's Voice
Independent American Indian Review
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Publications
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Indian Teacher and Educational Personnel Program
International Study Group on Ethnomathematics
Journal of American Indian Education
Kai's Study Web
Kids from Kanata
Learner.org including video on demand of workshops
MadSci Network , ask your science question.
Mi'kmaq Services
MIGIZI Communications , educating elementary, secondary and adult students
Multicultural Book Reviews
Multicultural curriculum material for Preschools with a special focus on Native American tribes
Native American Curriculum Materials from the Heard Museum
Native American Fine Art Movement Resource Guide
Native American Geometry
Native American Indian -- Culture, Education, Art, Science, History: Native Sources
Native American Insights , posters of images and inspirations of honor
Native-Controlled K-12 Education (after 1972): A Literature Guide
New books on Native Peoples acquired by the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library.: A month-by month listing from Lisa Mitten
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: Online Indian Education Resources
Not "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity from EdSitement
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Oyate working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed honestly
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Project Willow: Understanding Native American Culture Through Enviromental Education [Missing 9/10/11]
Raven Publishing , Northwest Coast Art Curricula
Resources for teachers on American Indian education
Resources for teaching math and science to American Indian students
Rethinking Columbus , from the Rethinking Schools website.
Rethinking Schools: Equity in public education
Standardized Testing of Native American Children
Substance Abuse and DWI Posters from Two Eagle Photography
Teach Respect - Not Racism , Mascots & Logos,: The Wisconsin Indian Education Association
Teaching and Learning with Native Americans
Teaching Virtues, Building Character across the Curriculum , by Don Trent Jacobs and Jessica Jacobs-Spencers
Teaching Young Children about Native Americans , Debbie Reese (PDF)
The NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment giving you the following curricula:: Dene Kede Curriculum developed by Dene educators; Inuuqatigiit, an Inuit curriculum.
The Virtual Classroom at the Arctic Circle
Understanding the Ancient Americas: Foundation, Flourishing, and Survival: from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
United States History Maps from The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection,: Maps showing the Early Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks and Exploration and Settlement in different Time Periods.
View from Native California: Lifeways of California's Indigenous Peoples: by Tad Beckman, Harvey Mudd College
Voices and Dreams , a curriculum for Native American literatures and cultures.: deriving from a seminar held at Saddleback College, Summer 1997.
WestEd , See their publications, especially: Language, Culture & Equity Publications and
The Directory of Indigenous Education Resources in the WestEd Region
Subscribe to National Geographic Magazine
Subscribe to National Geographic Kids
Subscribe to Ranger Rick Magazine
Subscribe to Smithsonian Magazine
Subscribe to Sports Illustrated for Kids Magazine
Purchase Joseph Bruchac's Native American books for children from Amazon.com.

Course Materials online

American Indian Social Studies Curricula from Marquette University
An Introduction to California's Native People , Cabrillo College
Colorado Ute Legacy
History of Native Americans in the United States , Ross Frank, UC San Diego
Indians of the Great Basin , Harvey Mudd College
Language and Culture , ANTH L200, Fall, 1996, Indiana University
Learning Aids for North American Indian Language
Links to Course Syllabi from the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures
Michael Wilson's Course Syllabi
Native American Autobiography from David Carlson, Cal State San Bernardino
Native American Folklore , FOLK F352-01, FOLK F640-01, Spring, 1997, Indiana University
Native American Literature , ENG L364/B675, Fall, 1996, Indiana University
Native Peoples of North America , Cabrillo College
Syllabus for American Indian Ritual and Performance , Jerome Rothenberg
Time Travelers: �Teaching American History in the Northwest: Year One
Time Travelers: �Teaching American History in the Northwest: Year Two

Our Book Recommendation

We recommend:
Native Americans in the School System: Family, Community, and Academic Achievement ,
by Carol J. Ward
Altamira Press

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