As I see (or folks send me) material I think may be of interest to you, I pop them in a file to share some day. Today is the day to share the articles and other resources relating to Indian Education for All.
First, though, I want to invite you to our upcoming PD on February 16, from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: "Montana's First Peoples: Essential Understandings." Join us to share your favorite IEFA lesson plans and for an introduction to our newest footlocker, which includes eight lessons designed to explicitly teach the Seven Essential Understandings regarding Montana Indians. Register here.
And now to cool links!
This five-minute Smithsonian-created video about the Lakota Winter Count tradition is fabulous! Thanks to Jodi Delaney (3-5 grade teacher in Helena) for introducing me to it. And here's an oldie but goodie that I had forgotten about: check out this interactive activity from the Smithsonian "Tracking the Buffalo: Stories From a Buffalo Hide Painting."
The National Archives has been harnessing "citizen archivists" to help make their material more accessible and searchable. Among their "missions" is tagging Native American photographs. Per the National Archives: "More than 18,000 photographs from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are now available in the National Archives Catalog. We are looking for Citizen Archivists to add specific topical subject tags to each photograph in the Record Group. Adding tags will help increase access to these rich records." And per their FAQ page: "A transcription or tagging event can work really well in a classroom... Please contact the Community Managers at catalog@nara.gov and they can provide you with instructions and handouts for your event.
OPI IEFA Specialist Mike Jetty directed me to these teaching activities (also from the National Archives) on the Sioux Treaty of 1868.
Speaking of treaties, have you checked out IDA Treaties Explorer yet? They've mapped land cessions (lands the tribes gave up during treaty negotiations) with links to the treaties.
Here's an interactive time-lapse map that shows the transfer of land from Indigenous peoples to the U.S. government from 1776 to 1887. You know it--but seeing it is something else altogether.
If you have students do current events, consider having them peruse Indian Country Today. Recent articles that caught my eye were about The first Indigenous Caldecott Medal winner (awarded for the book We Are Water Protectors) and their report on President Biden's executive actions around sovereignty.
And speaking of Indian Country Today, here's their article on the federal government relinquishing the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) as part of the Montana Water Rights Protection Act. For more on the bison range, check out this 28-minute video, created in 2018, which covers the Pend d'Oreilles' role in saving the bison as well as making a pitch for the return of the bison range.
ICYMI: Here are more relatively current events articles:
- "Little Shell Tribe navigates new territory 1 year after gaining federal recognition status" (Great Falls Tribune)
- "How the Pandemic threatens Native Americans--and Their Languages" (the Economist)
- "For the first time in more than 80 years, salmon spawning in the upper Columbia River" (Spokane Spokesman-Review)
And finally, for fun, three articles about South America during the pre-contact period:
- "Sprawling 8-mile-long 'canvas' of ice age beasts discovered hidden in Amazon rainforest" (Live Science)
- "The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots" (Atlas Obscura)
- "Ancient Remains in Peru Reveal Young, Female Big-Game Hunter" (New York Times) And speaking of the New York Times: Did you know that the New York Times is available to high school students and teachers across the United States FREE through September 1, 2021?
Happy reading!
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