Educator Summit

Michigan educators and community partners came together in Ann Arbor in August 2025 for a morning keynote from Angeline Boulley and continued learning together.

The morning session was open to school librarians and secondary English language arts and social studies teachers from AAPS and surrounding districts. It featured a keynote speech from Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Angeline lives in southwest Michigan, but her home will always be on Sugar Island. She will be in conversation with Eric Hemenway, Director of Repatriation, Archives, and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa. 

Afternoon sessions for educators focused on indigenizing social studies classrooms. Educators were encouraged to stay after the provided lunch for breakout sessions led by local educators. Sessions helped build skills for teachers to re-indigenize their curricula, pedagogy, and approach to teaching students and building their own learning.

Although this event has passed, included are some photos, materials, and some connected news coverage of the event. On our Curricular Materials page, you can find the presentations from the day as well.