There are 573 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States. From the Abenaki to the Zuni, Blackfeet to the Pennacook, there is no one ‘Native’ person - there are different cultures, belief systems, histories, and contemporary art that we can all learn from. While November is Native American Indian Heritage Month, you can explore these links year round.
November is Native American Indian Heritage Month
https://www.pbs.org/specials/native-american-heritage-month/
It May Not Be What You Think
https://www.hoover.org/research/native-american-heritage-its-not-what-you-think
Indigenous Tik Tok Artists
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Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces
https://americanindian.si.edu/why-we-serve/
Warrior Spirit - article by Ellen Baumler
Resources for Teaching About American Indians in the Military
Death by Civilization: Thousands of Native American children were forced to attend boarding schools created to deprive them of their culture.
https://boardingschoolhealing.org/education/us-indian-boarding-school-history/
Thousands of students attended Carlisle during its 39 years of operation as a boarding school for Native students. Their stories live on through their descendants.
https://carlisleindianschoolproject.com/
Eulynda Toledo-Benalli Has Devoted Her Life to Saving Diné Knowledge
Students at the Ahkwesashne Freedom School take a look at the Maple Tree and its importance to their community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE71zOF5wiU
Truth and Reconciliation: The Findings on Wabanaki Child Welfare in the State of Maine
The Real Legacy of Crazy Horse: The Oglala Sioux leader prophesied an economic, spiritual, and social renaissance among Native American youth
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/the-real-legacy-of-crazy-horse/534924/
Ruth Muskrat Bronson — Poet, Educator and Native American Rights Activist
Native American Ledger Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX0hpiLP-FY&list=PLYSMxORqGlAnUavwtLkCDh4XiqfHgWTMl&index=3
In 2015, Temprano founded Native Land—an interactive digital map that shows which Indigenous groups resided in any given area centuries ago (or even to this day).
Much of what is now New Hampshire has been lived in by the Abenaki for over 10,000 years
NH Abenaki Heritage Weekend 2016
https://www.nh.gov/folklife/learning-center/traditions/native-american.htm
Nebi: Abenaki Ways of Knowing Water
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki
Saving the Cherokee Language
http://therevivalist.info/saving-the-cherokee-language/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9y8fDOLsO4&feature=youtu.be
Preserving Indigenous Languages
http://endangeredlanguages.com/
http://www.ourmothertongues.org/Home.aspx
https://www.alaskanativelanguages.org/
Geronimo’s Cadillac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd0RusyIBWU
Indigenous Podcasts
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/at-home/indigenous-podcasts.html
In 1906, American photographer Edward S. Curtis was offered $75,000 by financier J. P. Morgan to produce a series on North American Indians (Native Americans) and their culture
https://mymodernmet.com/edward-s-curtis-the-north-american-indian/
http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/
A federal court case could have a sweeping impact on Native families and tribal sovereignty.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/2/20/21131387/indian-child-welfare-act-court-case-foster-care
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/health/navajo-children-custody-fight.html
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