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Native Heritage Month 2020
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ANE Land Acknowledgement - Click to learn more!
We gratefully acknowledge that this event is taking place in the territory of the traditional and original inhabitants of this land, the Tanana khwt'ana, and we say their name in this meeting to remind us of the tanana Khwt'ana, their culture and way of life, their special relationship to the land, and to honor the original language of this place Ch'eno' Kenaga'.
Native Heritage Month Calendar
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Indian Ice Cream and Akutaq Week - Nov. 1-7
All month we will be celebrating Native Heritage by focusing on different pieces of the Alaska Native & American Indian culture. Each week we will post recipes, as well as information on the weekly topic. Prizes will be given out each week for participation and sharing your knowledge on the ANE Facebook Page.
To participate please share your pictures, recipes, or knowledge with our ANE staff or by commenting on our Facebook Post about Indian Ice Cream and Akutaq week.
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Frybread Week - Nov. 8-14
All month we will be celebrating Native Heritage by focusing on different pieces of the Alaska Native & American Indian culture. Each week we will post recipes, as well as information on the weekly topic. Prizes will be given out each week for participation and sharing your knowledge on the ANE Facebook Page.
To participate please share your pictures, recipes, or knowledge with our ANE staff or by commenting on our Facebook Post about Frybread Week.
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Rock Your Mocs - Nov. 15-21
Celebrate Native Heritage Month by wearing your moccasins all week!
Share your photos with our ANE staff to be spotlighted on our website or Facebook Page!
Rock Your Mocs week is part of our Native Heritage Month because it brings visibility to indigenous peoples and is a great way to celebrate one beautiful aspect of indigenous cultures.
If someone were to walk a mile in your moccasins, what would they learn? To be more specific, if someone were to look through your eyes at the world for a mile worth of time what would they see/notice/feel/sense/wonder/fear/value?
Fred John, a Fairbanks elder shares a glimpse of what it is like to walk in his shoes:
"I hear so many “Get over it it’s in the past!”. NO, I will not get over it. It’s our history here in America! I will not hide behind Close doors as our government did! This needs to be told! We as individuals struggle most of our life from that era! Our kids suffer from this and they don’t know they are going through generational grieves that were put upon us! Yes! I for one will educate with our history! It has helped some, maybe many to understand us, survivors, better and our children!
BEHIND BIA DOORS... When we first came to boarding school.When we first arrive in Wrangell They pick us up in town and took us to the boarding school. When we came to the dorm all the old students came to the car and look at us through the window. They all look the same with shaved bald heads, wearing the same kind of clothes and their face looked so round and chubby. They keep calling us new meat. The Staff (matrons) took us to a place called the ‘Runbus Room’. On the way to the room, we were sized up, bumped, and push by the older students. My older brothers Nelson and Ben bump and push them right back and they knew right away not to fool with them. Me...I was too scared for a 7 year old and didn’t know what was this all about!At the Rumbus room they shaved off our hair, put some powder on us for lice, strip us down naked, and put us all in one huge shower. There were other students with us in the showers from all over Alaska. The showers were cold and I remember we used that old brown soap.When the showers were turned off our privates were checked to see if we were clean by both female and male staff members. We were issued uniforms with our permanent number over the left pocket and under the neck collar in the back. I was number 77. All our Sears clothes were taken and burned at the big furnace down by the dock.That number was our name those many years there!I remember when the students first came from Anuktuvik Pass. It was awesome to see them with their Parka, caribou pants, and mukluks. I remember how beautiful they look in their original clothes. Later looking into their history, I found out they had moved into a permanent settlement in this new village. They had been living their entire life hunting and gathering until 1949 when the government made them settle in this village so the kids could go to boarding school. Before that, they live in their original home like the Athabaskan use to live, half underground and above ground, and followed the seasonal way of hunting and gathering.The sad part is I saw them go through the shaving of the head. Showering was very embarrassing at the time because of the women staff watching... worst was when they piled up all the parkas, caribou pants, mukluk, dried meat, and fish and took it to the furnace to burn!Later on, I met some of them again and it was so good to hear them still speaking their original language. There were so many of them the can secretly talk with each other in their language and it stayed with them!We stayed for 2 years the first time. It was hard not to cry at night when the lights were turned off and hearing other kids sobbing in their beds and some older students trying to comfort them. Us younger ones didn’t know why we were there. Why we were beaten when we talked the only language we knew. Why the other students were so mean.We didn’t know that we were gonna be mean to other students the longer we were there. Before the first two years was up my language was taken and I was only number 77, almost forgetting my name. My two older brothers made sure I remember my name.
I still remember 77. It never left me.I BET THOSE PRISONERS IN EUROPE NEVER FORGET THEIR NUMBER!"
Fred JohnTo join the discussion on Fred John's story, please visit the public Facebook Post by Fred John himself!
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Native Dancing Week - Nov. 15-21
All month we will be celebrating Native Heritage by focusing on different pieces of the Alaska Native & American Indian culture. Each week we will post recipes, as well as information on the weekly topic. Prizes will be given out each week for participation and sharing your knowledge on the ANE Facebook Page.
To participate please share your pictures, recipes, or knowledge with our ANE staff or by commenting on our Facebook Post about Native Dancing Week.
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Native Heritage Virtual Celebration - Nov. 16 @ 6pm
We invite you to the celebration of Alaska Native Cultures and the recognition of students learning about Alaska Native Advocates! Join our Facebook Event to stay up to date on the Native Heritage Virtual Celebration!
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Native Music Week - Nov. 22-28
All month we will be celebrating Native Heritage by focusing on different pieces of the Alaska Native & American Indian culture. Each week we will post recipes, as well as information on the weekly topic. Prizes will be given out each week for participation and sharing your knowledge on the ANE Facebook Page.
To participate please share your pictures, recipes, or knowledge with our ANE staff or by commenting on our Facebook Post about Native Music Week.
Decolonizing The Classroom Resources
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Teaching Thanksgiving
A Story of Survival: The Wampanoag and the English
- A Thanksgiving Lesson Plan Booklet from a Native American Perspective
Recognizing Native American Perspectives: Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning
- Students analyze a primary source to learn about a Native American’s perspective on the arrival of the Pilgrims and discuss differing viewpoints about the significance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today’s Wampanoag tribe fight for their ancestral lands
- Students will learn about today’s WAMPANOAG PEOPLE, the same Native American tribe who interacted with the Pilgrims at Plymouth nearly 400 years ago. Students will also examine current issues in which Wampanoag tribes continue to fight for their ancestral homelands, preserve their Native language for future generations, and discuss the meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday. Grades 9-12
Wampanoag: Reviving the language
- Very few members of the Native American tribe, the Pilgrims, survive today. Sixty-nine Wampanoag communities once thrived across New England. Now, only four remain. Their language, nearly lost, is experiencing a modern-day revival.
'We Still Live Here' Details Effort to Restore Wampanoag Language
- The film "We Still Live Here," tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. It's part of our series, in partnership with The Economist magazine, showcasing the art of filmmaking.
What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale
- We know what we’re taught in mainstream media and in schools is made up. What’s the Wampanoag version of what happened?
The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell Is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday
- Every November, I get asked an unfortunate, loaded question: “You’re a Native American—what do you eat on Thanksgiving?” My answer spans my lifetime...
Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way
- Educators have an ethical obligation to teach accurately about Thanksgiving. Here are some online resources that can help.
American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving
- American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving FOR TEACHERS GRADES 4–8
Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Toolkit for Combatting Racism in Schools
- By taking a decolonizing approach to teaching about Thanksgiving, teachers and families reject the myths of Thanksgiving and harmful stereotypes about Native peoples.
Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620
- In this online exhibit, the Peabody Museum is giving us the opportunity to illustrate that point by lending contemporary Wampanoag voices to objects that were made, held, worn, consumed and otherwise made useful by our ancestor's generations, if not centuries ago. These words attest to the significance of the objects and our continued relevance to them.
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General Indigenous Resources
Decolonizing Our Classrooms Starts With Us
- Being an antiracist educator is no different. But I do believe that because our work is dynamic and our reach is wide, our job is more urgent than ever. The time is long overdue to think radically about teaching and learning, and it begins with us.
National Indian Education Association Recommended K-12 Reading List
- Books by Native Authors and/or with Native Main Characters
Teacher's Guide: American Indian History and Heritage
- This Teacher's Guide from the National Endowment for the Humanities will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with resources designed for integration across humanities curricula and classrooms throughout the school year.
Native Knowledge 360° Educational Resources
- Explore featured instructional and informational resources or search all resources using the search tool.
Zinn Education Project: Teaching The Peoples History
- Resources on Columbus and Native Americans
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General Lesson Plans
Honoring Tribal Legacies
- Curriculum for Early Childhood to Post Secondary
Indian Education Curriculum
- Welcome to “Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State,” a ground-breaking curriculum initiative made possible through federal, state, and tribal funding. This project seeks to build lasting educational partnerships between school districts and their local tribes via elementary, middle, and high school curriculum on tribal sovereignty.
Teaching Native American Histories
- Lesson Plans K - Post-Secondary
Lessons of Our Land
- The Lessons of Our Land Curriculum enables Pre-K through grade 12 teachers to easily incorporate Native American stories, lessons and games about land, cultures, histories and languages into regular classroom instruction. This inter-disciplinary curriculum aligns with state academic standards and is adaptable to include the history and culture of a region's Native nations. There are more than 200 lessons available that are free and easy to use in the classroom.
Decades of Advocacy
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- Each weekday during the month of November, Tribal College Journal will post one Native American history trivia question.
- If you think you know the answer, fill out the short online form and submit it by midnight of that day.
- The person who gets the highest number of correct answers throughout the contest period will win a $50 gift card!*
- Each weekday during the month of November, Tribal College Journal will post one Native American history trivia question.
