NA Childrens Literature

(p. 175) Thoughts in teaching Native American literature by Joseph Bruchac

• Developing an Appropriate Children's Literature Collection

           Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective (Doris Seale - Oyate Press)

          Rewriting history - for the better (Constantin, 2015, Teaching Tolerance)

          Knots on a Counting Rope (Marin & Archambault)

          Knots on a Counting Rope pdf

• Evaluating Children's Books for anti-bias (& stereotypes- Oyate Press)

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

• Lee & Low Discussions on Race

• Oyate Press (see Books to Avoid)

• Oyate Press' Recommended books about Thanksgiving

• Debbie Reese's blog American Indians in Children's Literature

• Salina Bookshelf

• Heritage Language Resource Center (Blanding, UT)

DIVERSITY REFERENCES

• • U.S. Forced Navajo Students into Western Schools (Tapahonso, 2016, Smithsonian)

• Rethinking Columbus

• ABOLISH Columbus Day (Zinn Education Project)

• Time to Abolish Columbus Day (Zinn Education Project)

• Leading with Diversity: Cultural Competencies for Teacher Preparation and Professional Development

• First Americans Day (PBS)

• Definition of Anti-Oppresive Education

• White Privilege Conference

• Institute for the Study of 'Race' & Social Justice

• Colorblind: The Do's and Don's to Talking to Kids about White Supremecy

• Institute of the African American Child (ISAAC)

• Kumashiro, K. (2012). Bad Teacher! How blaming teachers distorts the big picture. Teacher's College Press. ISBN: 0807753211

• Perspectives for a Diverse America (Teaching Tolerance & CCSS)

• Using Data to Engage Parents & School Leaders

• Teaching a People's History: Zinn Education Project

• Three Ways to Achieve Education Equity (Striving for Change blog)

• The Problem we all Live with (Ira Glass, 2015)

• How State Standards Represent Indigenous Peoples (Teaching Tolerance)

• Why are All Teachers White? (NCTE Blog)

• Teaching with Stories as the Content and Context for Learning (Vitali, 2016)

  • Straight Talk on Race: Challenging the Stereotypes in Children's Books (Perkins, 2009, School Library Journal)

• Latino Heritage Month (Educator's Guide)

• Native Media Network

• Rethinking Schools

• Teaching a People's History: Zinn Education Project

  • The Voices of Power & the Power of Voices: Teaching with Native American Literature (White-Kaulaity, The ALAN Review, Fall 2016)

• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson, 2016)

DIVERSITY FILMS

• Journeys in Film

• Miss Navajo Documentary (Billy Luther)

• Reclaiming Dine' Film: Visual Sovereignty and the return of "Navajo Film Themselves"

• Lapahie Diné Home Page (comprehensive language, culture, history resource)

• World Trust Films (addresses racial equity)

• Sonia Nieto (multicultural education)

• Christine Sleeter (multicultural education)

• The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talks novelist Chimamanda)

• The Loving Story Documentary

• WP 2018 Films