Elementary Resources

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Elementary Curriculum

Elementary Outcomes

By the time Washington State students leave elementary school, they will:

Understand that over 500 independent tribal nations exist within the United States today, and that they interact with the United States, as well as each other, on a government-to-government basis;
Understand tribal sovereignty is "a way that tribes govern themselves in order to keep and support their ways of life";
Understand that tribal sovereignty predates treaty times;
Understand how the treaties that tribal nations entered into with the United States government limited their sovereignty; and
Identify the names and locations of tribes in their area.

Transforming teaching and learning about Native Americans

Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) provides educators and students with new perspectives on Native American history and cultures.

Northwest Native American History by Heidi Bohan (2009-05-03) Paperback – 2009

The People of Cascadia is a highly visual and comprehensive historical glimpse into the daily lifeways of four major cultural language groups of the Pacific Northwest: the Coast Salish, Wakashan, Chinookan and Sahaptin which encompass hundreds of tribes. Cascadia refers to a geographic region which includes the Pacific Northwest and the Columbia Plateau encompassing portions of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska, with a focus on the Washington State area. It was written and illustrated for all ages, from elementary to college level students and for anyone interested in learning more about the people who lived in this region for at least five hundred generations before the first European schooners arrived in the late 1700's. It complements the 'Since Time Immemorial' Washington State curriculum and is designed to easily incorporate into social studies curricula throughout the region.

Indigenous Peoples' HistoryCo-hosted by experts from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, this webinar will delve into the ways American history instruction often fails to acknowledge—and contributes to—the erasure of Indigenous stories and perspectives.

Roger Fernandes Story Telling Project

Native American Stories told by Roger Fernandes: Mr. Fernandes has been given permission by the tribes to tell these stories. The following titles are not live links:

Roger Fernandes Introduction Video
Blue-Jay and Bear
Beaver and Mouse
Changer and Dog Salmon
The Coming of Slahal
Coyote and Bear
Father Ocean
The Gossiping Clam
I-i-esh
The Huckleberry Medicine
Columbia River Story
Coyote's Deal with the Wind
How Fire Came to Earth