Join a free monthly zoom class hosted by Whitney TopSky featuring a language/culture educator sharing ideas and strategies for the classroom. Just sign up once and you will receive the information and zoom link each month,
On this site, Montana’s Class 7 teachers demonstrate strategies and share ideas for language instruction. The instructional strategies and ideas are transferable to other language contexts and age groups.
NW Native American Language Resource Center - Free Resource for Language Teachers!
The Northwest Native American Language Resource Center (NW-NALRC) will be presenting and sharing their new book, Crow Flies Through the Valley. They encourage you to take a look ahead of time. The link includes books printable on a standard printer, flashcards, lesson plans, and free-to-use image files for all of the plants, animals, and actions that show up in the book.
The NW-NALRC has created an online Digital Hub with resources for language teachers. It is still under development and they need your feedback! They are most interested in hearing how easy the website is to use, and what you would like to see there. They would appreciate you providing them feedback through this short survey.
Billings Public Schools Indigenous Education Department
Resources for students/families and for teachers
Office of Public Instruction - Language Initiatives and Preservation
This site provides dozens of resources for teachers! Check them out.
Northwest Indigenous Languages Institute
Offer online courses and workshops and a summer institute designed to help Indigenous language teachers improve their practice.
The Star Quilt Ceremony on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, with Nakoa HeavyRunner
Stars Align (Backroads of Montana)
The past is ever-present in this episode. Travel to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation where the centuries-old tradition of giving now has a modern connection, see a working display of Montana’s railroad history in Helena, meet a mechanic in Corvallis, and more.
Nakoda Facebook Lessons with Practice Exercises
The Ft Belknap Language Department offers language courses on Facebook. This resource provides practice exercises using those recordings.
Learn and practice bird names in Blackfoot.