Monday

Unlearning & Relearning Foundational Narratives | Centering Indigenous Perspectives

Synchronous Activities

We will meet online from 10:30am—2:00pm EDT / 7:30—11:00am PDT

[Zoom PW = NEH]

MONDAY JULY 12 CHAT TRANSCRIPT | MONDAY JULY 26 CHAT TRANSCRIPT


10:30–10:45 AM

Welcome & Overview

Introductions; Rules of engagement; Map of the Day; Final portfolio; Grade level groups


10:45–11:00 AM

Grade Level Group Map Introductions

View the Storymap of your cohort's responses.


11:00 AM–12:00 PM

Foundation Narratives: Native New England

endawnis Spears (Diné/ Ojibwe/ Chickasaw/ Choctaw), Co-founder Akomawt Educational Initiative


12:00–12:30 PM

Concept Mapping Introduction

Christine Baron, Workshop Lead Teacher, Assistant Professor of Social Studies and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

12:30–12:45 PM

BREAK


12:45–1:45 PM

Re/presentations of Indigenous People in U.S. History Standards

Sarah Shear, Assistant Professor of Social Studies and Multicultural Education, University of Washington-Bothell

1:45–2:00 PM

Wrap Up & Reflection

In addition to work on your Concept Map, please complete this Evaluation Form for Monday's session.

(Optional) Documentary Film Viewings

As part of our learning this week we are providing access to two great documentaries and one short film. All of these films connect to so many of the themes from our course this week and explore the legacy of land dispossession and cultural genocide and efforts to heal and reclaim by different northeastern Native communities.

Watching these films is totally optional but highly recommended. We'll have a discussion for those who watch on Thursday morning before our class starting at 10:00 AM. Learn more about the films below.


Register here if you would like access to watch the films: https://forms.gle/TmgdBkH7E7ELAKhw9


We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân (56 Minutes)

We Still Live Here tells a remarkable story of cultural revival by the Wampanoag of Southeastern Massachusetts. Their ancestors ensured the survival of the Pilgrims in New England, and lived to regret it. Now they are bringing their language home again.

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/s0Vi4svvnVg

Dawnland (54 minutes)

For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to save them from being Indian. In Maine, the first official “truth and reconciliation commission” in the United States begins a historic investigation. National News & Documentary Emmy® award winning film Dawnland goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.

https://upstanderproject.org/dawnland

Dear Georgina (15 minutes)

Dear Georgina is a follow-up to Dawnland, in which Georgina Sappier-Richardson told a portion of her harrowing story of surviving foster care. Georgina is just one of many thousands of Indigenous children with similar stories.

https://upstanderproject.org/georgina


Asynchronous Assignments

Please complete the following readings and assignments before we meet online on TUESDAY morning.


Read

Explore

Map of the Day: Port St. Louis (Plimoth/Patuxet)

Watch

Locations of the Day:

Patuxet / Plymouth, Massachusetts

Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston, Massachusetts