Native American Heritage Month Resources

Skokie School Native American Heritage Month Resources

How Many Of These Did You Know?

Skokie's Native American Heritage Month Collection

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Native American Heritage Read/Watch

We are the Music | PBS LearningMediaExplore the music and dance sequences of 11 cultural groups who have settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico over the past 700 years. These diverse communities include the Native Americans, Spanish, Mexicans, Crypto-Jewish, Celtic, German, Greek, Japanese, Tibetan, Sikh and the Central Americans. All performers and narrators in these segments are of school-age.

Julia Parker: Visual Arts (Basket Weaving) | PBS LearningMediaIn this Spark video produced by KQED, Julia Parker revives the art form of Native American basket weaving. Weaving baskets connects her to the lives and traditions of her ancestors. She is one of California's most talented weavers, and her baskets can be found in the collections of the Queen of England and the Smithsonian Institution. Original air date: May 2004. Check out the entire collection of KQED SPARK videos here!

The Dreamcatcher | Native American Culture | PBS LearningMediaSusan Mullins (Kwaronhia:wi), a Mohawk from the Kahnawake reserve in Canada who now resides in Berea, KY, shows her grandchildren how to create a dreamcatcher, an item designed to catch bad dreams and let good dreams through. The dreamcatcher originated with the Ojibwe but has been adopted by other nations.

The Cherokee Alphabet | PBS LearningMediaLearn about the story of Sequoyah, a Cherokee man who developed an alphabet for the Cherokee language in 1821, in this video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: “We Shall Remain.” Like most Native American groups at the time, the Cherokees did not have a written language. Sequoyah’s alphabet helped preserve the Cherokee language and Cherokee culture, especially after the Cherokees were forced to leave their native land by the 1830 Indian Removal Act.

A Wonderful Playlist of Native American Stories

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