Sub-Topics 2005 Traditional Stories Also Try Ancient History Ancient Native Americans Multicultural Toolkit Native American Languages in General Native Americans By Group, Tribe, or Nation Lesson Plans Completing the Circle Reading Curriculum (Wambdi.BIA.edu) Does not provide lessons in Native languages, but does incorporate Native culture in the reading program. Designed by Dr. Sandra Fox. 12-03 Lists Aboriginal Peoples Worldwide Links (Henderson) Provides links. 10-09 Native American Indian Resources (Giese) Provides sources of information on the cultures of Native Americans. Native American Links (Henderson) Provides links. 10-09 Native American Organizations (Southeastern Oklahoma State University) Provides links to hundreds of Native American organizations. 10-00 Native American Resources (Ableza) Provides links to Native American information, stories, and history. 2-00 Native American Resources (Evening in the Southwest) Provides close to 100 resources on Native Americans, listed in alphabetic order. 11-99 Native American Resources (FirstGov.gov) Provides information on jobs, education, environment, housing, and more for tribes and Native Americans. 9-04 Native American Resources (Haa tl'atgi ) Provides links to Native American resources, including a special emphasis on Tlingit and Haida communities. Native American Resources (NativeTech) Native Americans (Information Please) Provides an alphabetic listing. 10-04 Native Americans in American History (Global Access to Educational Sources) Provides American history sources on indigenous peoples. 4-03 Native Canadian Links (Henderson) Provides links. 10-09 NativeWeb Home Page US Senate - Committee on Indian Affairs (US Senate) Materials -Bias, Prejudice and Attitudes (IAT Corp and Tolerance.org - Greenwald and Banaji) Provides a test of attitudes regarding age, race, gender, and obesity. Your responses are measured by your speed of associations. Most of us do have biases (preferences) that may conflict with our values. Biases can work invisibly and give us a tendency to treat others unfairly (with prejudice). By uncovering our biases, we can combat our prejudices more effectively. 9-05 News -08-28-08 Study: Over 10 Percent of Native American Deaths Alcohol-related (MSNBC News) "Almost 12 percent of the deaths among Native Americans and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says." 08-08 Historical Information and News for Youth (NativeVillage.org) Provides Native American news and historical information through a newsletter for youth. 1-00 Papers "Dead" Indian Language Revived (MSNBC News) "Of perhaps 400 Indian languages spoken in North America in 1500, about 45 are in common use today, one expert estimated." A movie director chose the task of researching pre-1800's Algonquian language in order to include it in a movie about colonial era Virginia. "The best source was a list of Indian words and their meanings compiled by a Jamestown colonist in the 1600s. But it had been recopied by some of the 17th century's most incompetent scribes. Their N's looked like A's, which looked like U's, and they had a serious problem with spelling. The Algonquian word for 'ants' had been mislabeled as 'aunts,' and the word for 'herring' had become 'hearing.' " 12-06 Ancient Native Americans - Daily Life (Donn) Provides information on the daily lives of the ancient Iroquois, Anasazi, Pacific Coastal, Ojibwa/Chippewa, Pueblo, Inuits, Cherokee, Hopi, Far North, Seminole, Apache, Incas, Plains People, Navajo, Mayas, Sioux, California, and Aztecs. 03-06 Comprehensive North American/Canadian History Crazy Horse Biography (PBS.org) Provides a biography. 6-02 Culturally Congruent Education (Clark) Provides suggestions for making the education of Native American children congruent with their culture and thereby reducing their drop out rate. 7-99 First Nations Project Ghost Dance (Kavanagh) Hide Tanning (NativeTech) Jackson, Helen Hunt (Gale Group) Provides a biography of "one of the most influential defenders of Native American rights in late 19th-century America."6-00 Native Activists and the Future (Massa and Cascadia Planet - LaDuke) Provides statements from Winona LaDuke about "White" views of the environment compared to the Native views. She also discusses the difference between Native Activists and Environmentalists. Native American Culturally Based Education (NWREL.org - Sherman) "In searching the research base, Demmert and Towner defined CBE [culturally based education] as having six critical elements:" "Recognition and use of Native languages Pedagogy that stresses traditional cultural characteristics and adult-child interactions Pedagogy in which teaching strategies are congruent with the traditional culture and ways of knowing and learning Curriculum that is based on traditional culture and that recognizes the importance of Native spirituality Strong Native community participation in educating children and in the planning and operation of school activities Knowledge and use of the social and political mores of the community" "Demmert and Towner report that their review yielded only six studies on CBE that could be called experimental or quasi-experimental (the difference is in the degree of rigor used, especially in how the students are assigned to groups)." 12-03 Native American Culture Card (SAMHSA.gov) Provides myths vs. facts regarding Native Americans. Native American Groups Native American Recipes (About.com - Trowbridge) Provides traditional recipes from seven sources. 5-00 Native American Spirituality (Robinson) Discusses Native American spirituality. "Many followers of Native American spirituality, do not regard their spiritual beliefs and practices as a 'religion' in the way in which many Christians do. Their beliefs and practices form a integral and seamless part of their very being." 10-09 Old Indian Legends (University of Virginia Library) Provides 14 legends involving animals. 10-09 Plains Indian Markings (Viewzone) Provides a description of markings and meanings of the ancient Plains Indians of the United States. Poetry and Stories of Native Americans (NativeTech.org) Provides stories and poetry. 10-09 Population Statistics on Native Americans (U.S. Census Bureau) Provides basic statistics about the locations and economic conditions of Native Americans in the USA. 8-02 Pow Wows (White) Provides tips for guests of Pow Wows, such as how to behave at a Pow Wow. 9-00 Schalk, Lynell (Archaeology.org - Schiffman) "In the course of her 30-year career fighting archaeological crime, Lynell Schalk showed grit and determination in her mission to preserve this country's Native American cultural heritage." 04-06 Sitting Bull (The West Project and WETA) Provides a short history of the famous Lakota chief and holy man who resisted expansion of territory by the European Americans. 6-02 Test Bias - Examples (NWREL - Kuykendall) Provides examples of test bias for persons of diverse minority groups. 3-02 Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans (Yale Law College - Avalon Project) Provides teaties by century, from the eighteenth century through the twenty-first. Also provides some of the available treaties from 1778 - 1868. 9-04 UN Aopts Treaty on Native Rights (BBC News) "The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples after 22 years of debate. The treaty sets down protections for the human rights of native peoples, and for their land and resources. It passed despite opposition from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. They said it was incompatible with their own laws." "There are estimated to be up to 370 million indigenous people in the world." 09-07 Projects Mentoring Native American Classrooms by Email (Electronic Mentoring Project) Provides teachers with an opportunity to mentor Native American classrooms through email contact. 10-99 Purchase Resources Language Translations (World Language Resources) Provides resources for various Native American languages. NativeWeb Electronic Store Standards Five Standards for Reading Instruction (CREDE.USC.edu) "Tharp, Estrada, Dalton, and Yamauchi (2000) propose the Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy as critical for improving learning outcomes for all students, and especially those of diverse ethnic, cultural, linguistic, or economic backgrounds. The Five Standards are:" "• Standard I — Teachers and Students Producing Together Facilitate learning through joint productive activity among teacher and students. • Standard II — Developing Language and Literacy Across the Curriculum Develop competence in the language and literacy of instruction across the curriculum. • Standard III — Making Meaning — Connecting School to Students’ Lives Contextualize teaching and curriculum in the experiences and skills of students’ homes and communities. • Standard IV — Teaching Complex Thinking Challenge students toward cognitive complexity. • Standard V — Teaching Through Conversation Engage students through dialogue, especially the Instructional Conversation." 12-03

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