Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Katherine Graham
Description
Annotated bibliography.
Assessing the Impact of Total Immersion on Cherokee Language Revitalization: A Culturally Responsive, Participatory Approach
Alternate Title
Nurturing Native Languages
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lizette Peter
Ella Christie
Marilyn Cochran
Dora Dunn
Lula Elk ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at a holistic model of assessment to evaluate language revitalization program developed by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
Chapter from Nurturing Native Languages edited by Joh Reyhner, Octaviana V. Trujillo, Roberto Luis Carrasco and Louise Lockard.
Chíin: Salmon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jordan Lachler
Cherilyn Holter
Linda Schrack
Julie Folta
Description
Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Pavel
Susan Rae Banks-Joseph
Ella Inglebret
Laurie McCubbin
Jason Sievers ... [et al.]
Description
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
Guidelines for Strengthening Indigenous Languages
Documents & Presentations
Description
Document sets a foundation for the continued learning and promotion of heritage languages for Elders, parents, children and educators. Provides recommendation for implementation of goals set out in foundational document.
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum: Avoidance of Conflict-Paaqæaktautaiññiq
Alternate Title
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
North Slope Borough School District
Description
Iskigamizigedaa: Let's Boil Maple Sugar
Alternate Title
The Akawe Biindaakoojigen Series (First You Offer Tobacco)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erik Redix
Description
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
Native Teacher Understanding of Culture as a Concept for Curricular Inclusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy Begaye
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. 35-52
Description
Discusses the challenges of preserving Native American cultures and languages and the pressures to assimilate into English-speaking culture, largely due to colonization and genocide.
A New Native Teacher Corps: Integrating Culture and Language in Schooling
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anna Figueira
NABE news, September/October 2004, pp. 22-25
Description
Contends that nature of the relationship between Native American students and their teacher, along with cultural context, can be important factors in academic success and retention .
Preschool Immersion Education for Indigenous Languages: A Survey of Resources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Johnston
Kimberly A. Johnson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 107-201
Description
Summarizes available information on programs worldwide and examines issues involved in establishing such programs in Indigenous communities.
Teacher Guide for High School for Use with the Educational DVD Contemporary Voices along the Lewis & Clark Trail
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Boyer
Kim Lugthart
Elizabeth Sperry
Sally Thompson
Description
Film explores Tribal members' perspectives on traditional knowledge, history, the impact of early contact and westward expansion, the importance of language, and cultural continuity.
To Us They Are Butterflies: A Case Study of the Educational Experience at an Urban Indigenous-Serving Charter School
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison G. Reeves
Description
Teaching and Teacher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2006.
Woven Seasons of Time and Place: A Curriculum Framework For the Haudenosaunee Way of Life
Theses
Author/Creator
Tonya Lynn Shenandoah
Description
Cultural Foundations of Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2006.
X’aat: Salmon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.