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ASD Native American Education Program

Videos for learning more about Native American people, their history and culture.  

VIDEO 1

“We are Muckleshoot,” Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtENMuwNh1s

Accompanying Questions

Our People Our Lands                                                                                0:00-1:57
  1. What are examples of past and present natural food sources found on the land?  
  2. What did signing the treaty accomplish?
  3. What does being a sovereign nation provide?  
  4. What is a priority of the tribe?
Our People Looking Back                                                                        1:57- 5:19
  1. What are some of the ancestral areas of the ancestors of the Muckleshoot people?
  2. What was life like after moving to the reservation?
  3. What happened to most of that land?  
Our People Our Lands- Today                                                                        5:19 – 6:43
  1. After a federal court affirmed Muckleshoot treaty rights, what was the tribe able to build?
  2. What did the income from these businesses allow the Tribe to do?  
  3. Why is land important for the tribe?    
Our People Our Resources                                                                        6:43-8:15
  1. Who manages the income from the Tribe’s economic enterprises?
  2. What are examples of businesses that create income for the Tribe?  
  3. The Tribe uses business income in the same way as other governments use what?  
  4. What does this income fund?  
Our People Our Resources – Looking Back                                                        8:15- 11:44
  1. Describe the vast territory that was home to ancestors of Muckleshoot people before treaty times.  
  2. What was an important food source to tribal people?  
  3. What did treaties guarantee?  
  4. What happened to fishermen in the mid-1900’s?  
  5. What did tribes around the state do to assert fishing rights?  
  6. What is the Boldt Decision, what did it accomplish, and why is it important to the tribe?  
Our People Our Resources – Today                                                                11:44-13:45
  1. What programs are of highest priority to the Tribe?  
  2. What are examples of programs the tribe provides?  
  3. What is the #1 priority of the Muckleshoot people?
  4. What does  “Our greatest resource is our people” mean?  
Our People Our Legacy                                                                                13:45-17:18
  1. Who is Virginia Cross?  
  1. What is an example of how heritage is tied to the land?  
  1. What does “Federally Recognized Tribe” mean?
  2. What are examples of the ways the Tribal government spends business income?   
  3. How are the majority of Tribal revenues spent?   
  4. What non-tribal organizations benefit from Tribal contributions?
  5. What do young people learn from elders?  

Our People Our Legacy – Looking Back                                                                17:18-18:02

  1. What are three things the Muckleshoot Reservation has today that it did not have in 1949?  

Our People Our Legacy – Today                                                                        18:02-19:57

  1. How does the Tribe strive to meet the needs of its youth?  
  2. What does “The future of the tribe will be rooted in the past” mean?
  3. What does “Community values are born of their ancestors” mean?  
  4. What is the “foundation” of the Muckleshoot people?  

VIDEO 2

Muckleshoot Canoe Journey

https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/pnw-history-culture/media/CanoeJourneyMaster_Final.mp4

(Scroll down, click on “Canoe Journey” Video)

  1. Why is the connection to land important for Native people?  
  2. What actions are Native nations taking to strengthen cultures?  
  3. Why is it important to strengthen cultural connections for students?  
  4. What examples of cultural practices did you see in this video?  
  5. Why do you think the canoe family (and also the Native Education program in ASD) uses the phrase, “We are alive and strong?”
  6. What is one thing you learned?
  7. What questions do you have after watching this video?  

VIDEO 3

https://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mod19-soc-grandpasdrum/grandpas-drum-molly-of-denali/

  1. Watch the episode, Grandpa’s Drum.
  2. Watch “The Making of Grandpa’s Drum”
  3. Review the Support Materials
  4. Understand that Native cultures are alive and strong.  While every community is different, there are some commonalities.  Here is some background information for Grandpa’s Drum, and is relevant for anyone who wants to know more about Native people, history and culture.