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It's almost that time of year...Indigenous People's Day (Columbus Day)

Jazmin Puicon

Hey everyone,

I wanted to start a list of resources (video, documentaries, articles, etc.) for the upcoming holiday - Indigenous People's Day (Columbus Day). In particular, I wanted a set of resources that uplifts the indigenous voices during the Age of Exploration and complicates traditional narratives of European colonialism. Anything in native languages, Spanish, Portuguese would be greatly welcomed as I have a very diverse set of students. Thanks in advance!

  • Newsela has a couple of poems.  I don't know if that's exactly what you are looking for but they are certainly thought provoking.

    https://newsela.com/view/ckw6o0sip00013e65fwtxr9el/?levelId=ckw6o0so5000f086jhjwc11ty

    It also has the Tecumseh speech:

    newsela.com/.../

  • Related to this, I was trying to make the day a day where we can be outside, and where I have a big and diverse stack of different indigenous writings printed out, on all different topics, some fiction, some nonfiction, poetry, speeches, etc. I was thinking of having kids just grab out, pick a nice quiet place in the park, read it, and then journal. But I need more documents that would be good for this! So these poems that  added are very helpful, but anything else would be helpful too!

  • The National Museum of the American Indian has a diverse curriculum that's written by Native educators. I think they are still working to refine and update it, but it's certainly better vetted for cultural accuracy than probably anything else you'd find in the U.S.

    americanindian.si.edu/nk360

    Washington state also put a lot of work into Indigenous curricular content, as well as the state of Hawaii. My sources aren't as rich south of the U.S., but there's tons of really amazing work being done by revolutionary educators.

  • The National Museum of the American Indian has a diverse curriculum that's written by Native educators. I think they are still working to refine and update it, but it's certainly better vetted for cultural accuracy than probably anything else you'd find in the U.S.

    americanindian.si.edu/nk360

    Washington state also put a lot of work into Indigenous curricular content, as well as the state of Hawaii. My sources aren't as rich south of the U.S., but there's tons of really amazing work being done by revolutionary educators.

  • The National Museum of the American Indian has the Native360 curriculum, which is written by Native educators. I think they are still working to refine it, but it's probably the best culturally vetted educational resource you'll find on Native perspectives in the U.S. today.

    https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360

    Hawaii and Washington states have also done amazing work on curriculum about their Indigenous peoples.

    I also recommend "An Indigenous People's History of the United States" by Roxanne Dubar-Ortiz. It's well-regarded amongst Natives as the closest thing to a US history text from a Native perspective that has been written so far. There's also a Young Reader edition of it, so you can decide which is best for your classroom.

    I recommend looking into history of the Southwest as well. Colonial history of the U.S. is usually told as though it began in the 1600s on the east coast, but it began much earlier in the Southwest due to Spanish conquistadors migrating north for gold.

  • in reply to Masika Sweetwyne

    That resource is amazing.  Thanks for the share!