Celebrating
Native American Heritage Month
Note: November resources offered in October due to BLAST schedule
L.A.’s Tongva (2 min)
Native America
History of national Heritage Month
Images and icons in slides link to online resources
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Digital Read Alouds
The American Indian Library asks us to consider these criteria in our choices:
- Authority
- Accuracy
- Tribally specific
- Language
- “We are still here”
Story begins @ 3 min.
Upper Elementary Resources
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Smithsonian NMAI Virtual Field Trips
Grade 4 Inquiry Set
Grade 3 Inquiry Set
NMAI Artifact search
Grade 5 Inquiry Set
National Archives Photos
Secondary Resources
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Young Adult Recommendations
Learning for Justice lesson
16 Native Americans Today
National Endowment for Humanities
Self-Guided student inquiry: Amplifying Native Voices
“In Indigenous teachings, the relationship between humans and the land has always been discussed,...the land as both a living being and a teacher”.
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Native Land Digital
Teachers’ Guide: Our Home on Native Land
National Park Service resources for Native American Heritage Month
A Map of First Peoples’ Poetry
Indigenous People’s Day
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Added for 2023-24 school year
“The Long Struggle…”
Facing History Blog
(2020)
Presidential Proclamation
(2021)
Secretary of the Interior
Deb Haaland (2 min.) 2021
Albert Bender’s
“Brief But Spectacular” take on indigenous peoples & culture (2 min)
Runtime:
5 minutes
(Elementary)
What about Thanksgiving?
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PBS segment (2018) How some teachers are debunking the myths...
Disrupting Public Memory…
Facing History & Ourselves (2020)
Native Perspectives on Thanksgiving
Do Native Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
NMAI Resource: Harvest Ceremony
Listen...Learn...Lead
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TEDTalk: Indigenous in Plain Sight
A Conversation with Native Americans on Race (2018)
10 Essential Understandings
Questions? Comments? lschaulis@nlmusd.org