Search
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 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.
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
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.
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.
Cross-Curricular Connect: Indian Gallery
Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
Evaluating American Indian Textbooks & Other Materials for the Classroom
Filmography for American Indian Education
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian: A Study Guide for Grades 5-8
Historical Inaccuracy in Movies: Pocahontas and Peter Pan
Lesson plan for Grades 7-8 Social Studies.
Indigenous Activism: The Paradox of Colonial Mass Media’s Propaganda and Censorship
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.
Jim Thorpe: The World's Greatest Athlete: Study Guide
Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian Policy: A Case of Contradictions: Lessons for Grades 7-12
Title refers to the Chippewa, Cree and Métis.
The Native American in Juvenile Fiction: Teacher Perception of Stereotypes
Native Americans in Basal Reading Textbooks: Are There Enough?
Native Americans in Elementary School Social Studies Textbooks
Native Americans in U.S. History Textbooks: from Bloody Savages to Heroic Chiefs
Noble Savage: Depictions of Native Americans throughout U.S. History
Unit involves students reading and evaluating images by Theodor DeBry, Simon van de Passes, Mathaeus Merian, D.F. Blanchard, George Catlin, John Gast, and Walter Ufer and contemporary photographs.
[North American Indians: A Collection of Bibliographies, Resource Lists, Questions and Answers, and Other Leaflets]
Oyate Resource List
The Place of Falling Water
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian: Education Resource
Revised Criteria from How to Tell the Difference
Adapted from Oyate.org's book How to Tell the Difference: A Guide for Evaluating Children's Books for Anti-Indian Bias by Beverly Slapin, Doris Seale, and Rosemary Gonzales.
Russel on Indians: Grade Level: 7-12
Lesson plan involves students learning about stereotypes and deciding whether paintings by Charles M. Russell reinforced those stereotypes.
Selective Bibliography and Guide for "I" is Not for Indian: The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People
Some Guidelines for Evaluating Media Portrayals of Indians
Teacher's Resource Guide: North American Indians
Teaching About American Indians, Stereotypes and Contributions: A Resource Packet for Kentucky Teachers
Teaching American Indian History with Primary Sources
Thanksgiving ... A Resource Guide: An Indian Education Curriculum Unit
Discusses some of the myths and stereotypes associated with Thanksgiving and contrasts them to the factual version of what took place when the pilgrims landed in the United States.
Uno Native Film Festival
The Value of Perseverance: Using Dakota Culture to Teach Mathematics
We R Native: Facilitator Manual
Related material: Student Handouts.
Western Perspectives
Discusses representations of Indigenous peoples in early 20th century art.