(Thank You to Diane Furuya-Wong for putting together some of these resources)

• Native American Heritage Month Teacher Resources site

• Native American Heritage Month - New York City Public Schools

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: Countering the prevailing, traditional story of the first Thanksgiving, with its black-hatted, silver-buckled Pilgrims, blanket-covered, feathered Native Americans, these books offer a balanced perspective of the Native Americans that lived and still live in the region where the pilgrims first settled in 1621.

These are three books that I used with second and third graders:

• Clambake by Russell M. Peters The book explains the traditional Wampanoag celebration--it portrays real people who are part of the contemporary world, passing on old traditions to their children. 

• 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O'Neill Grace          The book teaches about the Wampanoag people, their language, and their diplomacy, and also the settlers’ food, clothing and shelter. National Geographic photographs show contemporary Wampanoag men and women dressed in traditional clothes re-enacting the multi-day feast with actors from Plimoth Plantation dressed as the colonists would have been. The reenactment uses 17th century artifacts and draws on historical documents for a more authentic examination of Thanksgiving.

• Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp.         This book is a special children's version of the Thanksgiving Address, a message of gratitude that originated with the Native people of upstate New York and Canada and that is still spoken at ceremonial gatherings held by the Iroquois (Six Nations)

For further Native American book recommendations (all levels): 

OYATE is a Native American organization that reviews children’s literature and advocates for Native Americans/American Indians to be portrayed with historical accuracy, cultural appropriateness and without anti-Indian bias and stereotypes. It's a good site to explore for books--from board books to high school level.

• http://oyate.org/index.php/about-us. 

These are Thanksgiving books that Oyate recommends: 

• • https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2007/11/good-books-about-thanksgiving.html

This is a list of Thanksgiving books they suggest avoiding:

• • https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2014/11/oyates-list-of-thanksgiving-books-to.html

PBS LearningMedia: Native American Heritage Collection

There are lessons, great videos covering a wide variety of subjects , Indigenous women gallery walk (google slideshow), media resources (Dawes Act of 1887), and interactive activities. A lot of interesting resources!

• https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/nativeamericanheritage

National Museum of the American Indian. The museum website has an "EDUCATION' tab with a plethora of resources, and a specific one on Thanksgiving.

• https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/nativeamericanheritage/

• https://americanindian.si.edu/online-resources/thanksgiving