NativeWeb Resources: Teaching Resources

Name and Description	Nation	Location
A Roadmap to African American and Diversity Resources		United States
Learn about African-American and Diversity Resource links that you can visit on the Internet. The sites offer a range of resources: connecting you to pages where you can access both primary and secondary documents, databases, archives, libraries, maps, images and more. The focus covers what is available for the United States with an emphasis on Florida and Central America. The links cover at least one of the following criteria; sites that offer resources at the secondary, college and university levels; sites that allow access to material without copyright restrictions on downloading and circulating materials in an educational setting; and sites from well-known government databases.
academicinfo
Academic information on Native American Studies
Alaskool	Inupiaq	US - Alaska
At www.alaskool.org we feature some of the greatest materials on Alaska Native history and culture available, and the tools to help teachers use them in the classroom. We feature an Interactive Curriculum Planner and Class Bookmarks as well as news and historical documents, photographs, and streaming audio and video recordings. The Alaska Native Curriculum and Teacher Development Project brings together teams of teachers, elders, and community members in various parts of Alaska with university-based specialists to develop curricula on Alaska Native studies and language that is available to all schools through the internet or on CD. The project is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Alaska's Native people include Inupiaq, Yup'ik, and Cup'ik Eskimos, the Aleut, and Tlingit and Athabaskan Indians.
American Centuries ... view from New England		US - Northeast
Memorial Hall Museum Online - Explore artifacts from our museum and historic documents from our library that reveal the history of New England.
American Indian Education - California Department of Education		US - West
Designed to assist educators in identifying the needs of American Indian students and providing them with high-quality educational opportunities, especially in schoolwide programs.
An Act respecting the powers of the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia in relation to education	MicMac	Canada
Passed by the Canadian Parliament in 1997, and legally known in Canada as "Bill C-30".
AN ATHABASCAN ART SAMPLER	Athabascan	Canada - Eastern
Activities, projects, and games about traditional Athabascan Native Art: K-12.
More sites on www.ankn.uaf.edu
An interview with Charles C. Mann (part 1)		US - Northeast
Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, published in 2005 by Knopf, is interviewed by Peter d'Errico in Indian Country Today (in two parts).
More sites on www.indiancountry.com
An interview with Charles C. Mann (part 2)		US - Northeast
Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, published in 2005 by Knopf, is interviewed by Peter d'Errico in Indian Country Today (in two parts).
More sites on www.indiancountry.com
Ancient Aztalan		US - Northeast
Mr. Neefe's Social Studies Web Project -developed by Local Materials, Madison Curriculum Department, Wisconsin - about the Aztalan Indians of the Middle Mississippi cultural group which settled in Wisconsin from approximately 1100-1300 A.D.
Appropriate Methods When Teaching About Native American Peoples		United States
Basic understanding of how to teach about Native Americans.
More sites on www.ableza.org
Asian-Nation		United States
You've arrived at Asian- Nation, your one-stop information source on the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural elements and issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. You can almost think of Asian-Nation as an online version of "Asian Americans 101."
Canada's Polar Life: Traditional Knowledge		Canada - Northern
Given the reliance of their culture on the harvest of wildlife, it should come as no surprise to learn that the Inuit developed a deep understanding of polar life. They created a practical classification system for the organisms they encountered, and gained a detailed knowledge of their seasonal movements and behaviours. They also created a rich mythology, which often featured Arctic life and was passed down to each generation through oral tradition.
Change of Worlds		US - Northwest
Teacher and Student Portal Entrances and Curriculum Units to explore Culture, Photographs & Artifacts of Puget Sound Natives.
Christopher Columbus: The Untold Story		United States
Many people are surprised to learn that Christopher Columbus and his men enslaved native inhabitants of the West Indies, forced them to convert to Christianity, and subdued them with violence in an effort to seek riches. For readers who are skeptical or wish to learn more, this page contains information that can be confirmed by consulting the sources cited.
More sites on www.understandingprejudice.org
Circle of Stories
Digital Storytelling - With Native culture bearers as guides, this web-original interactive experience explores the art, culture and legacy of the Native American oral tradition. CIRCLE OF STORIES is an Electric Shadows Project presented by ITVS Interactive.
More sites on www.pbs.org
Cradleboard Teaching Project		United States
The Cradleboard Teaching Project turns on the lights in public education about Native American culture - past, present, and most important for the children - the Future. It comes out of Indian country, and reaches far beyond, into the mainstream classroom and into the future of education.
More sites on www.cradleboard.org
Cultural Ecology - Classroom Activity		US - Southwest
Serrano Indians - Ethnobotany, Medicine, Housing, Music, Animals, Tools
Culturally-Based Curriculum Resources		US - Alaska
The curriculum resources included in this site have been selected to illustrate ways in which Indigenous and Western knowledge systems can be brought to bear in schools through a balanced, comprehensive and culturally-aligned curriculum framework adaptable to local circumstances. The resources are intended to help teachers and students make the connection between the knowledge, skills and ways of knowing used to maintain a livelihood in the villages, and the knowledge, skills and cultural standards for teaching/learning reflected in the school curriculum.
More sites on www.ankn.uaf.edu
Dakota Culture and Language	Dakota	Canada
Dakota Culture and Language is a online collaborative project that contains translation resources, lessons, and various other information about the Dakota culture and language.
Dakota Curriculum Project	Dakota	US - West
The Dakota philosophy and way of life is just as important and also should be taught to the children on a daily basis. This could be made possible through daily lessons, storytelling, songs, and dances within the classrooms at school. It is with this in mind that as teachers and educators we should all work collectively to keep this way of life alive.
DCIAmerica		US - Southwest
DCI America offers unparalleled training and techncial assistance to US Tribes and Canadian Bands, consortia, casinos, schools, health centers, etc. With a cadre of exceptional Native American instructors, and some of the finest and up-to-date materials, our Conferences and workshops rank among the best offered.
Documentary Educational Resources
Documentary Educational Resources produces, distributes and promotes anthropological and documentary films and videos . We represent producers from every populated continent. At present, DER's library contains over 400 film and video titles used internationally in classrooms and other educational institutions.
More sites on der.org
Education: A Dene Perspective	Dene	Canada - Western
The purpose of this curriculum is to give this perspective back to our children. There is a need to root ourselves in tradition not for the sake of the past but for the sake of the future. Our children, with the gift of their culture, can work towards ensuring our future survival as well as the survival of humankind.
Educational Resources for Aboriginal Head Start Programs		Canada - Western
This compendium was created by Ball & Moselle Consulting Inc.* for Aboriginal Head Start Programs. The project was made possible by a contribution from Health Canada. Our purpose was to identify resources that would assist Aboriginal Head Start staff in finding materials that would: support the education component of the Aboriginal Head Start program; be appropriate for use by young children, particularly those from 3 to 5 years of age; represent Aboriginal cultures, particularly those located on the west coast of Canada.
More sites on www.ahsabc.com
Examining the Reputation of Columbus		United States
An Essay by Jack Weatherford Christopher Columbus' reputation has not survived the scrutiny of history, and today we know that he was no more the discoverer of America than Pocahontas was the discoverer of Great Britain.
More sites on www.understandingprejudice.org
First Nations / Issues of Consequence		US - Northeast
An extensive gathering of resources on Native American tribes. The information here could be used by history teachers looking to supplement lesson plans on Native Americans as well as cultural studies teachers covering the subject. Students researching for reports will also find this site quite useful.
More sites on www.dickshovel.com
First Nations and Metis Curriculum Units		Canada - Western
Saskatchewan Indian Federated College - Department of Indian Education
More sites on collections.ic.gc.ca
FourDirectionsTeachings.com
Four Directions Teachings.com Created by Invert Media in association with the National Indigenous Literacy Association, FourDirectionsTeachings.com is an interactive website featuring Elders' teachings from the Mi'kmaq, Mohawk, Ojibwe, Cree and Blackfoot nations. Four Directions Teachings.com includes beautiful flash animation, audio narration, soundscapes and free downloadable curriculum (grades 1 - 12) - making it an exciting resource for educators, students and anyone interested in Indigenous philosophies and beliefs!
History 41: The American Colonies		US - Northeast
This course explores the history of the social, cultural, and political developments in the British North American colonies from the first contact between indigenous and colonizing cultures to the eve of the American Revolution. Since the colonial era of American history covers more than 250 years of historical developments, this course cannot cover every topic or colony. Rather, it will be a thematic exploration into some of the important historical problems during this era. Many of those problems remain central to the history of American life and culture -- the origins of slavery; the origins of capitalism, consumerism, and religious revivalism; as well as the future of indigenous peoples amid a migrating and colonizing people of European ancestry.
Howard Lyons Presenter	Mohawk	US - Northeast
Howard Lyons is a Native American Musician and Educational Assembly Presenter.He travels worldwide performing in concerts and educational assemblies in schools and for Educational Organizations
Indigenous Peoples		America - South
maintained by the University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center
More sites on www.lanic.utexas.edu
Indigenous Uprising	Menominee	US - Northeast
informing and archiving the social justice and sovereignty movements of indigenous people from around the world
More sites on www.indigenousuprising.com
Journal of American Indian Education		US - Southwest
The Journal of American Indian Education constitutes a record of policy and thinking that have governed the development of the educational system for American Indians in the last half of the 20th Century.
Kaitoro Publishers Limited	Maori	Aotearoa-New Zealand
Maori owned publishing company producing educational resources in electronic and printed media. Specialising in unique innovative Maori resources that are bilingual
Knife River Indian Villages - Teachers Guide		US - Central
The purpose of this Teacher's Guide is to provide history and social science teachers, at all grade levels, with information and activities about the American Indians of the Northern Plains, who lived in the area of the Knife River where it enters the Missouri. This area is now Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. - History, subsistance, housing, transportation, arts, crafts & clothing, games, illustrations and more.
More sites on www.nps.gov
Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Rogers' Enrollment Case File		United States
A Teaching with Documents lesson plan from the U.S. National Archives, with links to reproducible copies of primary documents.
More sites on www.archives.gov
My Community, Our Earth
The My Community, Our Earth project is intended to foster geographic learning for sustainable development. Resource kits will be provided to each project that registers(high school and university level students)around the globe can participate. The kit includes GIS software (see http://www.conservationgis.org/aatribal.html for more info.) and many great educational resources.
Native Access to Engineerng		Canada
The Native Access to Engineering profgram at Concordia university offers culturally appropriate science and math lessons on its web site.
Native American Cybernetics: Indigenous Knowledge Resources in Information Technology		US - Northeast
Native American knowledge systems include many aspects of contemporary information technologies, and native communities have become increasingly adept in appropriating computing and communication devices for their own use. I refer to this complex of indigenous and appropriated information technologies as Native American Cybernetics.
More sites on www.rpi.edu
Native American Dwellings		United States
Indian Dwellings - as described and illustrated from an architect's view. Activity CD to teach the knowledge and materials used in indigenous dwellings.
Native American Schools, Student Groups and Related Programs		United States
WWW Virtual Library for Native Americans, maintained by Karen Strom - American Indians Index of Native American Education Resources on the Internet
More sites on www.hanksville.org
Native American Studies Programs	Navajo	United States
Dennis Rogers is an enrolled tribal member of the Navajo Nation of the state of Arizona. His specialties in tribal art forms include traditional Navajo Sandpainting, the Hoop Dance, and Northern Traditional Dances. He also speaks about Navajo Silversmithing, reservation life, tribal issues, Indian laws & legislation, and Indian gaming.
Native American Village @ IMDiversity.com		United States
Essays, news, commentary and other resources about Native Americans. Suitable for educational use as well as for daily information purposes from arts & culture to world affairs.
More sites on www.imdiversity.com
Native Americans
EduScape Topic / Learning Activities
Native History Magazine
A free online magzine devoted to eliminating stereotypes by providing educational resources for teachers and students of all ages. The magazine uses primary-source articles, lesson plans, and detailed tribal-specific resource links. Articles and book reviews written by contemporary authors that meet the standards of our mission and receive the approval of our Elders Circle and Editorial Board will be considered for inclusion.
Native Village		US - Central
NATIVE VILLAGE Publications and website was created for youth, educators, families, and friends who wish to celebrate the rich, diverse cultures of The Americas's First Peoples. Each month this award-winning resource offers readers two publications: Native Village Youth and Education News, and Native Village Opportunities and Websites. Each issue summarizes today's happenings in Indian country and is written in an easy-to-read format. Native Village also houses additional resources and information to enrich all lives on Turtle Island. Please enjoy your visit; you are always welcome here!
Navajo Architecture: Concepts & Design	Navajo	United States
This site is a general interpretation of Navajo dwellings as it relates to the culture.
More sites on members.tripod.com
Norval Morrisseau - Multicultural Art - KinderArt	Ojibwe	Canada - Eastern
Lesson Plan - Norval Morrisseau was born in 1930 on the Sand Point Lake Reserve north of Thunder Bay in Ontario Canada. He was raised by his Grandparents and through them learned traditional Ojibwa customs, values and beliefs. It was in his youth that he received - from his Grandfather - his "mission" to share through art, all of those things he was taught to respect about Ojibwa culture.
Ontario Native literacy Coalition		Canada
The Ontario Native literacy Coalition is comprised of 31 Native literacy programs across Ontario. The ONLC is committed to developing culturally relevant learning materials, developing and implementing a computer network and establishing a centre for Native literacy administration and training. All the ONLC programs are based on a whole-person (or holistic) approach.
Our Canadian Girl - Historical fiction for girls.	Metis	Canada - Western
Follow the adventures of Our Canadian Girls with this series of historical fiction they prove once and for all that Canadian history isn't boring. One of the books in the series is "Buffalo Hunt" by Cora Taylor and the story is set in the West, during the waning years of the buffalo hunt. Angelique Dumas is a ten-year-old Metis girl, and this year she gets to be part of the hunt-not with the children, but with the grownups. It will be hard work, she knows, and she will have lots of new and important responsibilities. Just how important they are becomes clear on the day Angelique wanders off exploring, and finds herself in the middle of a buffalo stampede.
Peace 4 Turtle Island Homework Help	Haudenosaunee	US - Northeast
Here we hope to offer students a place to write to when they seek answers to their homework and research questions concerning the Haudenosaunee, and to also provide a place where scholars and those interested in learning more about our people can seek answers to their questions.
More sites on www.peace4turtleisland.org
Praxis Media Productions		Canada - Eastern
Praxis Media Productions is a non-profit collective providing educational resources on topics such as colonialism, language revitalization, and history. Most recently, they released an audio-documentary called "Hoping Against Hope? The Struggle Against Colonialism in Canada."
Reading Native American Literature		United States
Published by the National Council of Teachers of English, _Reading Native American Literature_ is a new book by Bruce Goebel for teachers of high school and college literature classes. It includes ideas for teaching works by writers such as James Welch, Leslie Marmon Silko, Sherman Alexie, and others. The book features resources that include copies of traditional, tribally specific poems and stories, histories, and a glossary.
Rez Education		US - Southwest
Rez Education is an online community of teachers dedicated to teaching Native American Students. Our purpose is to find better ways to educate our students by communication and critical discourse on our profession. We welcome articles and news events authored by members about where they teach. Schools are also welcome to place employment information on our forums to aid in the search for educators from around the world.
Science, Through Native American Eyes
People who used to see Native American culture represented only in the fall as an exotic extra - �just after we study dinosaurs and just before we study Columbus� - now can study both Science and the real deal about Native America.
More sites on www.cradleboard.org
Spirit Lake Consulting, Inc.	Dakota	US - Central
With headquarters on the Spirit Lake Nation, Spirit Lake Consulting, Inc. provides computer-based training FREE or at very low cost for tribal members with disabilities and those who work with them. SLC also provides FREE training for employees, managers and small business owners in tribal communities, through funding from the USDA .
STAR, Students and Teachers Against Racism		United States
Through education, we seek to bring the image of Native Americans into the present, to support the well being of Native children in schools through the accurate depiction of history and by raising awareness of the need for sensitivity to Native culture as well bringing recognition to the ongoing contributions of Native Peoples today, and to celebrate the varied and rich cultural traditions of all Native people in the United States.
Survivors Of Boarding School Syndrome	Cree	Canada - Northern
Survivors Of Boarding School Syndrome is the true story of a Cree woman's family history of three generations that attended the same residential school at St. Ann's at Fort Albany,along the James Bay coast.
More sites on www.geocities.com
Talking Leaves		United States
Talking Leaves is designed to give K-12 students and their educators access to culturally and historically accurate information by and about Native Americans
More sites on www.wisdomkeepers.org
TEACH: Native Peoples of the Great Lakes Region		US - Northeast
Indians, or Native Peoples, were the original inhabitants of North America and the Great Lakes region. In fact, Native Peoples inhabited the continent tens of thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from Europe and the Far East. By the 16th century, the Native Peoples of North America had evolved into widely different cultures. Notable tribes around the Great Lakes included people we now call the Chippewa, Fox, Huron, Iroquois, Ottawa, Potawatomi and Sioux.
Teaching about Thanksgiving		US - Northwest
A lesson plan from The Center For World Indigenous Studies and the Highline Indian Education program (Seattle, Washington).
More sites on www.cwis.org
Tefl Certification in Mexico - Teach English Worldwide		Mexico
4-week TEFL Certification course. Guaranteed paid job placement in Mexico and direct employment contacts worldwide, upon successful completion of the Tefl Certificate Course.
Thanksgiving holiday in Canada and the U.S.		Canada - Eastern
Educational materials and teaching resources, from Gander Academy, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada.
The Indigenous Worldview as a Prerequisite for Effective Civic Learning in Higher Education	Lakota	US - Central
Until the dominant culture fundamentally investigates and modifies its essential worldview with one more in harmony with that of traditional indigenous tribes, such as those of America�s first nation peoples, moral education and effective civic engagement will remain another failed effort at �school renewal.� by Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D., Ed.D., Dean of Education at Oglala Lakota College
The Training of a medicine person	Ani-Stohini - Unami	US - Southeast
A page explaining how Native American Medicine people learned what they learned.
More sites on expage.com
Understanding anti-Indian Prejudice: Test Your Native IQ		United States
A 10-item test will probe your knowledge of Native American issues, Native American history and contemporary life. The site was developed by Professor Scott Plous of Wesleyan University.
More sites on www.understandingprejudice.org
Use of Alcohol in the Indian Fur Trade
The use of alcohol by the fur traders and President Jefferson's Indian Police to control the Indian Fur Trade
More sites on www.thefurtrapper.com
Using Traditional American Indian Stories to teach Indigenous Languages
Legends, myths, folk tales, and stories have long been an important aspect of the history and culture of indigenous people; vehicles to preserve, carry, and teach historical events, religious beliefs, ethics, and values to the young and old. Ethnographers and students of folklore have described in detail and extensively analyzed the literary aspects of oral tradition. However, despite the broad consensus on the artistic merits of traditional stories and the role they have played in the linguistic and cultural continuity of indigenous peoples, they are little used in schools. This paper discusses the instructional uses of traditional stories is meant to serve as a contribution to realizing their educational potential.
Welcome to Kids' Stop - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada		Canada
Cool Stuff, History, Languages, People, Places, Resource Links, Schools Online & Teachers Section
More sites on www.ainc-inac.gc.ca
Who Owns Native Culture?		US - Northeast
Resources for understanding current debates about the legal status of indigenous art, music, folklore, biological knowledge, and sacred places.
World Mythology: Native American Myth: Curriculum Materials
Mineapolis Institute of Arts - World Mythology Image 17- United States (Navajo)- Ketoh (Wrist Guard)- About 1930/ Image 18- Canada (Haida)- Chief's Rattle- 19th-20th century/ Image 19- United States (Lakota)- Woman's Dress- 20th century // Introduction ~ Myth by Image ~ Myth by Culture ~ Mythological Comparisons ~ Glossary ~ Suggested Readings ~ Downloadable Resources