{"id":3186,"date":"2023-10-10T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inclusionado.org\/?post_type=learning-hub&p=3186"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:04:26","slug":"native-american-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"learning-hub","link":"https:\/\/inclusionado.org\/learning-hub\/native-american-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Native American Heritage Month. <\/b><\/strong>We have compiled a list of books, movies, and YouTube videos that are appropriate for a variety of age groups. Learn more about the first known people to live in this country, their history and some of the art and music they are making today.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Indigenous people are known to have been on this continent for 35,000 years.\u00a0 At one time, some scholars say there were more than 100 million Indigenous people living in the country now called the United States and they had extensive trade with other tribes throughout Central and South America. Today approximately 7.1 million people are members of the 642 Native Tribes living in the U.S. There is a history that has led to this decline in population. Some of the stories and movies listed below show parts of that history, the obstacles the Tribes have faced, their accomplishments and the richness of their cultures and traditions.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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California has the second largest Native population in the country behind Arizona. San Diego County has 18 reservations with 17 Tribal governments – the most tribes in any single county in the US. On Coronado Island, the Kumeyaay were the first known people and sustained fishing villages from North Island to the Coronado Cays. Despite the treaties the US signed agreeing to protect Native rights, the local government began deporting the Kumeyaay from Coronado. The last six Native families living in Coronado were removed from their homes and deported to the Mesa Grande Reservation in 1902. We have compiled a list of books, movies and YouTube videos that are appropriate for a variety of age groups. Learn more about the first known people to live in this country, their history and some of the art and music they are making today.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bowwow Powwow <\/b>by Brenda Child of the Chippewa Nation <\/span>tells of a child\u2019s dream of a powwow where all the characters are dogs.\u00a0 For ages 2-7<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Children of the First People: Voices of Alaska\u2019s Native Kids<\/b> by Tricia Brown <\/span>Hear the modern stories of 8 children who live in 8 different tribes in Alaska and learn about the lives they live.\u00a0 Ages 8 and up.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Finding My Dance <\/b>by Ria Thundercloud of the Ho-Chunk Nation & Sandia Pueblo <\/span>tells about her joy of dance and her evolution into the dancer she was meant to be.\u00a0 An illustrated book for ages 4-8.\u00a0 (2022)<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Fry Bread <\/b>by Kevin Maillard, a member of the Seminole Nation, <\/span>tells about Native American culture, community, history, and family using fry bread as the main focus. At the back of this book is a deeper history of tribal history for adults.\u00a0 For children 2-5.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Games of Silence <\/b>(2005) by Louise Erdrich\u00a0 <\/span>The 2nd in the Birchbark House series about Omakayas, a young Ojibwe girl in the mid-1980s.\u00a0 Ages 8-12.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Native Americans In History<\/b> by Jimmy Beason, member of Osage Nation, <\/span>highlights the great accomplishments of 15 Native Americans such as the first woman Chief of a Tribe, the first Native American prima ballerina, Olympic athletes, warriors, poets, astronauts and those who fought for their lands. \u00a0 Ages 9 and up.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Tallchief: America\u2019s Prima Ballerina <\/b>by Maria Tallchief <\/span>who tells her story of growing up on an Osage Indian reservation whose tribe members were the wealthiest people in the world. Her love of music and dance led her to eventually joining the Russian Ballet and becoming the most famous American-born ballerina of all time.\u00a0 Ages 5 and up.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

We Are The Water Protectors <\/b>by Carole Lindstrom\u00a0 <\/span>Native American author <\/span>tells the story of one little girl who takes a stand for the water. 2021 Caldecott Medal winner. For ages 2-7.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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An American Sunrise <\/b>\u00a0(2019) by Joy Harlo, of the Muscogee Creek Nation and the U.S. Poet Laureate. <\/span>Poems from her life experiences and her look back to May 28, 1830, when President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act to force her ancestors from their homes to move West.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0(1970)\u00a0 By Dee Brown, a<\/span> history of the US government driving the Sioux Indians off their lands in the Dakotas in the 1890s.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Code Talker <\/b>by Chester Nez, a Navajo code talker in World War ll, <\/span>tells his story of working with 29 Navajos who volunteered for the Marines and developed the only spoken code in modern warfare that was never broken. Chester was punished for speaking his native language as a child in boarding school but later he used that same language to help the US win the war over Japan in the South Pacific.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Crazy Brave<\/b> by Joy Harlo, a member of the Creek Tribe who is the US Poet Laureate. <\/span>Her story of coming of age is told in the context of her ancestors and their influence on her. (2013)<\/span><\/i><\/p>

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus <\/b>by Charles C. Mann. <\/span>An overview of life in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. (2005)<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth <\/b>by Wahinkpe Topa and Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. <\/span>The Indigenous worldview and its wisdom include values and concepts that are key for the Earth\u2019s and humans\u2019 survival. This book shares 28 speeches and writings from Indigenous leaders that point the way to well-being for all.\u00a0 (2022)<\/span><\/i><\/p>

What The Elders Have Taught Us:\u00a0 Alaska Native Ways<\/b> written by 10 Native Alaskans.\u00a0 <\/span>While Alaskan tribes are culturally diverse, they share some common values. These 10 essays are about 10 shared traditional values common to all tribes. The authors share lessons that they were taught by their elders.\u00a0 For teens.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Where White Men Fear to Tread <\/b>by Russell Means, an Oglala Lakota, <\/span>tells his story of growing up and his experiences as a kid, activist, artist, actor, musician, and his involvement with the American Indian Movement. (1996) \u00a0 For adults<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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