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Native American Heritage Month

Indigenous Life in America

The experience and impact of Indigenous Americans as recorded by the news media. 

  • Coverage of the Indigenous experience in America from 1690 to today

  • More than 16 million primary documents from diverse sources and perspectives

  • A fully searchable online resource, updated daily

The story of America’s Indigenous peoples is rich and varied with a complex tapestry of achievements, dislocations, occupations, resistance, forced migrations, upheavals, and triumphs that has shaped the story of America.

Sooth.fyi

Sooth is a search platform developed with digital literacy in mind. Results are credible and diverse sources of news, research, data, and insights. Keyword searches such as "Indigenous People" or "Native Americans" will bring up articles from a wide variety of vetted, curated sources. Sooth also has some lesson plans, including Indigenous Rights and Environmental Protection.

News-o-Matic

Daily news articles with multimedia elements, interactive maps, multiple reading levels, built-in accessibility, teacher resources, translation tools, and more! Check out the searchable database of 16,000 past articles and over 150 curated units. A keyword search for "Native Americans" returns more than 300 articles for students, including this recent example. They also have relevant units, including Indigenous Peoples of North America.

Gale in Context: Middle School

A browseable database with hundreds of topics to choose from with age-appropriate articles, pictures, and videos for middle school. Also includes Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs. 

Relevant topics include:

  • Native Americans

  • Cherokee

  • Iroquois

  • Native American Struggles

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is a research database that brings together topic overviews, articles, varied perspectives, statistics, and multimedia to help students explore contemporary issues and evaluate evidence. It supports inquiry, critical thinking, and research across subject areas.

For Native American Heritage Month, use the following starting points to connect learning about history and culture with the experiences of Native communities today:

  • Native American Culture

  • Native American Youth

  • Native American Reservations

  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)

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