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Important Dates:

5/30 No School Memorial Day
6/2 Last Day of School
6/3 Teacher Check Out
6/6-6/10 BNAS Curriculum #1
6/6-6/8 OPI Workshop Great Falls, MT
613-6/17 BNAS Curriculum #2

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KW/Vina Immersion Classes at the State Capital

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Kindergarten and 1st Grade Immersion Buffalo Harvest

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Evelyn Boyd- kindergarten student �Babb Elementary

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BES BEADING CLUB

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ms. Whiteman

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BES BEADING CLUB

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ms. Whiteman

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BES BEADING CLUB

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ms. Whiteman

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BES BEADING CLUB

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ms. Whiteman

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Mother’s Day Gifts

3rd Grade Immersion

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Buffalo Harvest

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Buffalo Harvest

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5th Grade Immersion Buffalo Harvest

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Mrs. Zubacks BNAS Class

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Ms. Tatsey’s Immersion Class: Tea & Cookies with Mom.

Beadwork created from students for their moms.

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6th Grade Immersion Winter Counts

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Ribbon shirt making “Project Based Learning”

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Mr. Whiteman Drumming

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Kevin Kicking Woman - Teaching how to make drums and how to sing the songs that go with it.

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Bobbi Jo Powell’s (Babb) class doing a round dance

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Naming Ceremony

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COMING SOON!

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COMING SOON!

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Book Recommendations

Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn books
Paul Goble books
Fry bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
Rebirth of the Blackfeet Nation , Paul Rosier
There By Tommy Orange
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Jojo Mookooms by Dawn Quigley

Recommended book reading from the BNAS teachers

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BNAS STAFF

BNAS Office Location: Napi 338-2835 ext. 4187

Director

Robert Hall

ō´nōk̇īyk̇ǔṫtsis

“Elk Shirt”

roberth@bps.k12.mt.us

Instructional Coach

Lea Whitford

maistṫwǎakii

“Crow Woman”

leaw@bps.k12.mt.us

Newsletter/Online Resources Shaylea Tatsey

ǎa”sō’woōtǎanǎkii

“Good Shield Woman”

shayleat@bps.k12.mt.us

BNAS Teachers

KW: Britney Shooter and Jocelyn Big Throat

Vina: Marci Burd and Anita Crow Shoe

BES: Samantha Grant, Willie Tailfeathers, Amanda Whiteman, and Arthur Westwolf

Napi: Anna Armstrong, Thomas HeavyRunner, and Terry Whitcomb

BMS: Stan Whiteman, Carolyn Zuback, and Shaylea Tatsey

BHS: Leo Bird and Kevin Kicking Woman

Buffalo Hide: Nick Rink

Babb School: Samantha Devereaux and Bobbi Jo Powell

BNAS Committee (2021-2022)

Anita Crow Shoe, Willie Tailfeather, Leo Bird, Arthur Westwolf, Amanda Whiteman, Samantha Grant, Britney Shooter, Jocelyn Big Throat, Shaylea Tatsey, and Stan Whiteman.

BNAS Committee (2020-2021)

Leo Bird, Arthur Westwolf, Samantha Grant, Shaylea Tatsey,Shawnee Momberg, Darcy Skunkcap, Nick Rink, & Zeba Burdeau.

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Blackfeet Immersion Class Names

Kindergarten

ǎṗǔnniiks

�Ms. Shooter

1st grade

nǎaṫīyiiks��Ms. Burd

2nd grade

siksṫǔmiiksiiks��Ms. Grant

3rd grade

niiṫai´k̇iṫo´ṗiiks��Mrs. Tailfeathers

4th grade

ksissksṫǔk̇iiṗō´k̇aiks

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Mrs. Armstrong

5th grade

ṗō´nōk̇aiṗō´k̇aiks�

Mr. Whitcomb

6th grade

Ǎaṗǎaṗaitṫǔṗiiks��Ms. Tatsey

7th grade

mǎaniiṗiik̇ǔniṗō´k̇aiks��

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Blackfeet Native American Studies Teachers

KW

Mrs. Big Throat

Vina

Ms. Crow Shoe

BES

Mr. Westwolf

Napi

Mr. Heavy Runner

BMS

Mr. Whiteman

Mrs. Zuback

Babb

Ms. Powell

Ms. Devereaux

BHS

Mr. Bird

Mr. Kicking Women

BJA

Mr. Rink

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Resources and Websites�(Clickable links)

BNAS Course Unit Organizer

BNAS WEBSITE

BNAS GOOGLE DRIVE

BNAS Curriculum Guide

IEFA

Click on words to bring you to website/resource

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