Category: Culture
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Teaching Tribal History Is Finally Required in Washington Public Schools
Here, from the Stranger. An excerpt: When Shana Brown was in 11th grade, her US history teacher took a metal wastebasket, flipped it upside down, and started banging on it like a drum. “Go, my son, get an education! Go, my son, get off the reservation,” he sang. Brown had grown up on the Yakama…
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Native American Rights Fund: National Day of Prayer for Native American Sacred Places
From NARF: For our friends in the Colorado region, please join us this Friday, June 19, for a sunrise ceremony that will be held at 7:00 a.m. on the front lawn of the Native American Rights Fund at 1506 Broadway in Boulder, Colorado. The program and prayer service will last about one hour, followed by a potluck…
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Via Indian Country Today: A Lesson From the Miccosukee Tribe: Importance of Putting the ‘Native’ Back Into Native Education
An excerpt: “This language (English), which is good enough for a white man and a black man, ought to be good enough for the red man. It is also believed that teaching an Indian youth in his own barbarous dialect is a positive detriment to him. The first step to be taken toward civilization, toward…
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Via Diverseeducation.com: Honoring Cultural Traditions of Native Graduates
To view previous TEDNA articles and links about eagle feathers and graduation this year, click here, here, here, here, here, and here. NARF, California Indian Legal Services and the ACLU of CA wrote a letter together for the Superintendent of Clovis Unified School District on behalf of Christian Titman. An excerpt: One of the proudest…
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Via Indian Country Today: UMass Amherst Ojibwe Language Students Build Birchbark Canoe
Students in Howard Kimewon’s Ojibwe language class at the University of Massachusetts Amherst floated around Puffer’s Pond May 2 in what is believed to be the first birchbark canoe to sail locally in 300 years. This is not Kimewon’s first canoe build. The native Anishinaabemowin speaker and guest lecturer at UMass, has built seven in…
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ICT – Principal Tells Graduating Native: Hide Your Eagle Feather Under Your Gown
Here, from Indian Country Today. An excerpt: Native high school student Waverly Wilson, who will be graduating soon fromLakes High Schoolin Lakewood, Washington has been told by an advisor and principal Karen Mauer-Smith that she would not be allowed to wear a gifted eagle feather on her tassel. Mauer-Smith instructed Wilson she could only wear…