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and others. The museum works to support the continuance of culture, traditional values, and transitions in contemporary Native life. Help provide new perspectives on Native American history and cultures to K–12 educators and students.
Table of contents
- Do American Indians celebrate Thanksgiving?
- Four Ways to Begin to Change the Narrative about American Indians in K Instruction
- Native Americans
I could read and study on my own but what really helped broaden and deepen my perspective was asking questions, respectfully, about cultural traditions, and the history and language of my Blackfeet colleagues and friends. At first, I was nervous to ask but found out quickly that most people were happy to share with me when framed by the fact that I was trying to build my understanding. This opened doors and helped me to build relationships with other teachers, my students, and their families.
If you do not have access to American Indian people to ask questions, check out this resource The Framework for Essential Understandings About American Indians to begin to develop your cultural competence.
Do American Indians celebrate Thanksgiving?
If teachers continue to look backward to teach about the rich history and cultures of American Indians, they will be missing an opportunity to shift the narrative to present-day events and issues. Thinking about current reality can be a tool to discover historical root causes and teach history from an informed perspective.
One way to teach responsibly about American Indians is to connect to current events and reality in order to share stories of American Indians that are innovating and challenging the historical narrative.
His mission is to educate people about indigenous foods and support all people to rediscover "culinary culture long-buried and often inaccessible. Teachers can also incorporate contemporary authors such as Tommy Orange, Joy Harjo, and Louise Erdrich into their curriculum. If students are interested in music, they may connect with Christian Parrish Takes the Gun who goes by Supaman when performing hip hop while fancy dancing. Maybe studying contemporary issues and activist leaders resonate with students and they can study specific events through the Zinn Education Project.
If you teach younger grades, read aloud books listed here are a helpful way to represent American Indians in children's literature and often the themes can lead to deep discussions, even with young students. This is not an exhaustive list and is from the perspective of American Indians in Children's Literature organization. Through connections with food, stories, and music, teachers are able to engage students in topics they are interested in while sharing positive examples of modern-day American Indians to inspire and change students' and possibly their own perceptions of American Indians.
Nationally, Native Education is gaining recognition and momentum.
Four Ways to Begin to Change the Narrative about American Indians in K Instruction
There are a few states that both fund and require that "Native Education" is taught in the K public school system. Is your state one of them? The National Council for American Indians recently released this report analyzing the efforts of states to provide Native American Education for all. Before this report was released, I sought out organizations and experts in states such as Montana, Wisconsin, Washington and Oregon that had begun to develop resources and lesson plans for teachers.
If your state does not make a formalized effort, you can still benefit from those that do. States such as Montana have a state law that requires that "every Montanan, whether Indian or non-Indian, be encouraged to learn about the distinct and unique heritage of American Indians in a culturally responsive manner The law and funding have supported Montana's Office of Public Instruction in creating culturally responsive curriculum resources by and about American Indians.
These resources provide teachers with an opportunity to broaden and deepen their personal understanding in order to teach from an informed point of view. The units and lessons highlight poetry and identity , traditional games , and the importance of the mathematical reasoning behind star quilts and many other interesting topics. While teaching on the Reservation, I learned quickly in order to move past being just another white educator who came "to save the Indians", I needed to show up consistently, immerse myself within the community and not be afraid to ask questions.
I had to step out of my comfort zone and be willing to connect with students and families in a way that made sense for them. That meant attending rodeos, basketball games, and cultural events. I asked community experts to share their history and cultural knowledge with me and my students during cultural days.
I asked questions about cultural norms and worked towards becoming more culturally literate and responsive through small actions over time. For teachers who have the privilege of teaching American Indian students and partnering with their families, I encourage you to look into resources from Education Northwest and especially this blog a three-part series written by Mandy Smoker Broaddus that shares concrete ideas about supporting a culturally responsive system for American Indian families.
It is important to inform and support American Indian families in navigating the public school system. Other Native consultants gave advice on respectful treatment of sacred objects.
Native Americans
Artifacts in the collection, including some considered too scared to be displayed, will be available for ritual use at a Cultural Resources Center located in Suitland, Maryland. The Windows on the Collection exhibits identify only the date, provenance and, if known, the name of the artist for items on display, treating them as works of art rather than anthropological specimens. Even the cafeteria invites visitors to adopt a Native perspective, serving indigenous foods in dishes based on the culinary traditions of different tribes. Given that many Americans see history as a tale of progress and national unity, the curators are wise to avoid extensive use of labels.
The West as America , a exhibit at the National Museum of American Art, attempted to incorporate a complex view of the history of the frontier in lengthy and, to some, didactic labels. Conservatives perceived the exhibit as a "politically correct" attack on American heroism. At the National Museum of American History, the author of every label is identified, informing visitors that they are reading the interpretation of an individual curator or community member and letting them draw their own conclusions about the validity of that viewpoint.
The museum makes a strong case for the merits of historical revisionism.
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At the beginning of the Our Peoples exhibit, a display of familiar portraits of Native Americans by George Catlin surrounds video monitors on which a narrator warns that the exhibit may not reflect what visitors learned in school. Explore the gallery. Encounter it. Reflect on it. Argue with it.