BSSD Cultural Integration

Native American Heritage Month

Native Cinema Showcase 2021

Native Cinema Showcase is only available this month, during this limited time. Consider making time for it earlier rather than later. Click on the link to see the amazing videos available and the timeline they're available...

Hometown Alaska: Native Heritage Month can bring complex emotions for Indigenous people. Here are three perspectivesolks still commonly dress up in stereotypical Native costumes, and it is also when Thanksgiving happens, a holiday that is fraught with many problematic portrayals of history and Native Peoples. In this episode, we talk about these and many other relevant issues pertaining to Native Heritage Month.

New Film: The Forgotten Slavery of Our AncestorsSpecial Episode Alice Qannik Glenn is the host of Coffee and Quaq and assistant producer of The Forgotten Slavery of our Ancestors. This short, classroom-ready film offers an introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement on land that is currently the United States.

Decolonize Your Mind - PatagoniaA Yup’ik philosopher on culture, awareness and identity. Ellange: to obtain awareness; to have one’s first experience(s) that leave(s) a lasting memory;

Fry Bread Is Beloved, but Also DivisiveFor Indigenous people, the dish is both a family comfort food and a relic of colonial displacement.

Alaska Territorial GuardMore than 6,300 Alaska Natives from 107 communities volunteered to serve in the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) during World War II. Assembled to defend against potential Japanese invasion, the “Eskimo Scouts” were the U.S. military’s eyes and ears along the territory’s 6,640-mile coastline.

Native Women and World War IIThe war offered unprecedented opportunities to Native women. About 800 were accepted into the WACs (Women’s Army Corps) and WAVEs (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, a naval reserve), some serving for the duration of the war and beyond.

EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS — ATTLA

Native Knowledge 360° | Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianEducational resources, teacher training, and strategies to support positive change! Native Knowledge 360° is a national initiative to inspire and promote improved teaching and learning about Native America. #NK360

Why Are Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Records Still Not Recognized?100 years ago, Jim Thorpe became the greatest American Olympian of all time, but not if you ask the IOC

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The "Indian Problem"As American power and population grew in the 19th century, the United States gradually rejected the main principle of treaty-making—that tribes were self-governing nations—and initiated […]

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American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL)Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books

Native Knowledge 360°— EARLY ENCOUNTERS IN NATIVE NEW YORK: Did Native People Really Sell Manhattan?This online lesson provides Native perspectives, images, documents, and other sources to help students and teachers understand how the 17th century fur trade brought together two cultures, one Native and the other Dutch, with different values and ideas about exchange.

Native Knowledge 360Â°â€” Northern Great Plains Culture and History: How Do Native People and Nations Experience Belonging?This online lesson provides perspectives from Native American community members, images, objects, and other sources to help students and teachers think about the significance that homelands, kinship systems, and nationhood hold for Native Peoples of the Northern Plains. #NK360

ASU professor’s book explores the impact of Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr.In a new book released this year, Arizona State University scholar David Martínez explores the Red Power movement of the late 1960s, a youth-led effort focused on self-determination and tribal sovereignty that set the stage for contemporary actions like the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.

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Tom Jackson has released a devastating new song about children lost at residential schools | Roots Music Canada

Wukchumni Five years after filming Marie’s Dictionary, Marie and her family share how they continue to teach Wukchumni classes to members of their community.

IndigenousLibrarian on TikTokLorisia MacLeod's templates for citing Indigenous elders and knowledge keepers (2021) #greenscreensticker

Churches respond to revelations about residential schools | Juneau EmpireThat acknowledgement is taking a number of forms, varying by institution.

ELCA issues declaration to American Indian and Alaska Native peopleThe ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with more than 3.8 million members. "God's work. Our hands."

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