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Academic Treatment of the Indian in Public School Texts and Literature
American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law
American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators
Contains links to historical overview and nine lesson plans, including: Mascots, Symbols, and Name; Federal Indian Policy: Historical Roots and 19th Century Policies; Indian Boarding Schools; Red Power; and American Indian Tribal Gaming.
American Indian Mascots: Hype, Insult, or Ignorance
American Indian Resource Manual for Public Libraries
American Indian Women: Sorting Through Myth and History: A Study of American Indian Women, Stereotypes, and Education in the Classroom
American Indians: The Image of the Indian
Discusses historical representations of Indigenous peoples such as the noble and ignoble savage, the assumptions underpinning these concepts, and debates among historians about stereotypes and makes suggestions for guiding classroom discussions.
An Analysis of Community Attributes Likely to Result in School Districts Repealing Native American Mascots
Public Policy Essay (MPP)--Oregon State University, 2014.
Beyond "Ten Little Indians" and Turkeys: Alternative Approaches to Thanksgiving
Beyond the Image: Depicting Native Americans
Books about, or Featuring, American Indians That Are Not Recommended
Annotated list gives reasons why material is considered inappropriate.
Books to Avoid
A Brief Review of Literature on Boarding School Education for Indigenous Students and Recent Australian Media Coverage of the Issue
By Their Very Presence: Rethinking Research and Partnering for Change With Artists and Educators From Long Island's Shinnecock Nation
Celebrate Diversity, Strengthen Community
Introduction to biases and stereotypes about Indigenous and other groups.
Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
Connecting the Strands of Wampum
Contesting Ideology in Children’s Book Reviewing
A Coyote Columbus Story: Written by Thomas King, Illustrated by William Kent [M]onkman
Teacher's resource for the children's adaptation of humorous story which retells the story of Christopher Columbus from an Indigenous point of view.
Suitable for Grades K to 3.
Critical Visual Literacy: Exploring Representations of Aboriginal Peoples in Children's Literature
Cross-Curricular Connect: Indian Gallery
Crow-Northern Cheyenne Selected for Study
Curriculum Review: The Sign of the Beaver: The Problem and the Solution
Decolonizing Moby-Dick: Native Centered Readings With Classroom Activites [sic]
Developing a Navajo Educational Media Guide: A Community Perspective
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Nevada, 2007.
Dilemmas of an Indigenous Academic: A Native Hawaiian Story
ESCD/ Alaska: An Educational Demonstration
Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
Evaluating American Indian Textbooks & Other Materials for the Classroom
Filmography for American Indian Education
Fistfighting "Super Injun": Reinscribing Native American Literature in the English Classroom.
Fluff and Feathers: Treatment of American Indians in the Literature and the Classroom
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian: A Study Guide for Grades 5-8
Geographies of Indigenous-Based Team Name and Mascot Use in American Secondary Schools
Historical Inaccuracy in Movies: Pocahontas and Peter Pan
Lesson plan for Grades 7-8 Social Studies.
Hoop Dancing: Literature Circles and Native American Storytelling
"I Should Not Be Wearing a Pilgrim Hat": Making an Indian Place in Urban Schools, 1945-75
The Image of the American Indian Female in the Biographical Literature and Social Studies Textbooks of the Elementary Schools
Images of Native American Female Protagonists in Children's Literature, 1928-1988
Images of Native American Protagonists in Fictional Contemporary Children's Picture Books, 1990-2010
Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 6, June-July, 1968)
An Indian View of Education: "You didn't Have to Know English to Understand Funny Books"
Indians at Work and John Collier's Campaign for Progressive Educational Reform, 1933-1945
Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public School
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Digital Storytelling, and Environmental Learning — A Confluence of Tradition and New Media Technology
Indigi-Genuis
Series of 13 videos (each approximately 5 minutes long), geared toward children, explore how Indigenous knowledge and traditions have contributed to the modern world.