BOOK GUIDES
Continue Learning How to Decolonize and Indigenize Classrooms and Libraries
We Can Do Better: Rethinking Native Stories in Our Classrooms Continue to stay curious and gain knowledge on supporting literacy, cultural competency, and culturally responsive instruction for Native American students. Select, feature, and celebrate the lives and stories of contemporary Native peoples. Use books by Native authors all year round. Share your learning about Native Ways of Knowing with colleagues. Choose books that are tribally specific and recommended by Tribal Nations. Use present tense verbs to talk about Native writers and illustrators. Select books, pictures, music, and instructional resources for students that accurately represent the lives of Native people. Respectfully honor and continue to learn the unique cultures, languages, and history of the 574 diverse federally recognized tribes in the United States. Build relationships with Native American families, tribal community members, and tribal leaders in your community. Invite tribal elders, tribal community members, and Native families in your classroom to teach about their tribal nations and traditions. Let’s Purposely Design Our Instruction for Belongingness Whose stories do we choose to promote in the classroom? How can we design more actively-centered Native stories and experiences? How can we use children's books to broaden our community conversation about race and decolonization? What ways can schools design programs and structures to honor Native Ways of Knowing?
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