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These support materials work compatibly with standards-based curriculum. They augment and enrich the instructional and curricular approach of Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State.
American History - an American Indian Comments
Unwritten Chapters
American Indian Urban Relocation - Middle School
Lesson developed by Shana Brown
Boarding Schools - Secondary Lessons
Columbus - Native American Perspective
An American Indian Perspective on Columbus
Columbus - Resource Kit for Teachers
Teaching About Columbus in 1992 and Beyond
Cultural Genocide and the Education of Native Americans
From Boarding Schools to Self Determination
Thanksgiving - Study and Discussion Questions and Ideas
Teaching About Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Curriculum from the Coos County Indian Education Coordination Program
Thanksgiving. . . A Resource Guide/Indian Education Curriculum Unit
Northwest Native American Reading Curriculum
The Northwest Native American Reading Curriculum is an interdisciplinary, research-based, culturally- relevant, supplemental curriculum that combines learning components for reading, writing, communication, and social studies. This multimedia curriculum features three units: Drum, Canoe, and Hunting and Gathering. The curriculum was developed in a collaboration between the Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement at The Evergreen State College and the Office of Native Education at the Office of Superinendent of Public Instruction.
The weekly lesson plans are found within each unit folder: Drum, Canoe, Hunting and Gathering.
Northwest Native American Reading Curriculum - K-2 ELA Standards
Storybooks
Storybooks
Curriculum Support Material - Grades 7-12
Indians of Washington State
Food, Shelter, Clothing in Native American Culture + Guidelines to Evaluate Materials
Content and Activities for Teaching About Indians in Washington State (Grades K-6)
Mental, Spiritual, Cultural and Physical Aspects of the Sacred Circle
Breaking the Sacred Circle
Salmon Homecoming - Story-based Curriculum for Primary Environmental Education
One With the Watershed Through Salmon Eyes Video
The Cedar Box Teaching Toolkit is an educational resource featuring important native foods in Salish Country and the rich cultural traditions that surround them. The foods were selected because of their high nutritional value, cultural significance, and reasonable availability. The Cedar Box Teaching Toolkit is being generously shared by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe.
oyate is an organization of Native Americans that conducts a critical evaluation of books and curricula with Indian themes. Visit the site or contact staff to find out more.
As one of the Smithsonian's institutions, the National Museum of the American Indian is "committed to bringing Native voices to what the museum writes and presents, whether on-site, at one of the three NMAI venues, through the museum's publications, or via the Internet.
National Museum of the American Indian & Educators and Students