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Resources for Educators / Researchers

The Importance of Training Teachers to Better Understand Their Native Students
Native students have the highest dropout rates, but a college program for educators aims to change that.

Northern Arizona University Resource List for Educators
American Indian / Indigenous Education
Native Knowledge 360
New perspectives on Native American
history, cultures, and contemporary lives
Native American Heritage Month -For Teachers
This Teacher's Guide from the National Endowment for the Humanities will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with resources designed for integration across humanities curricula and classrooms throughout the school year.
Teaching Tolerance Resource List
Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Why Treaties matter Educators Guides

Curriculum Development for Native American Students
Curriculum developed for use in non-Indian schools is seldom appropriate for use with Indian or Eskimo students, without adaptation.

Lessons of Our Land
Lessons of Our Land teaches the Native American story of this land from historical to modern times.

Beyond the Asterisk by Shelly C. Lowe (Editor); Stephanie J. Waterman (Editor); John Garland (Foreword by); Heather J. Shotton (Editor)
ISBN: 9781579226237
Publication Date: 2013-03-05
While the success of higher education and student affairs is predicated on understanding the students we serve, the reality is, where the Native American population is concerned, that this knowledge is generally lacking. This lack may be attributed to this population's invisibility within the academy - it is often excluded from institutional data and reporting, and frequently noted as not statistically significant - and its relegation to what is referred to as the "American Indian research asterisk."
Beyond Access by Stephanie J. Waterman (Editor); Shelly C. Lowe (Editor); Heather J. Shotton (Editor); George S. McClellan (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781620362884
Publication Date: 2018-03-31
This book argues that two principal factors are inhibiting Native students from transitioning from school to college and from succeeding in their post-secondary studies. It presents models and examples of pathways to success that align with Native American students' aspirations and cultural values. Many attend schools that are poorly resourced where they are often discouraged from aspiring to college. Many are alienated from the educational system by a lack of culturally appropriate and meaningful environment or support systems that reflect Indigenous values ....

National Indian Education Association
To convene educators to explore ways of improving schools and the educational systems serving Native children; to promote the maintenance and continued development of language and cultural programs; and to develop and implement strategies for influencing local, state, and federal policy and decision makers.
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium is the collective spirit and unifying voice of our nation's 36 Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs)—a unique community of tribally and federally chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations and make a lasting difference in the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Tribal Education Departments National Assembly
TEDNA strives to provide ongoing resources for professional development to providing technical assistance to TEDs in crafting more comprehensive educational systems
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
The premiere international & interdisciplinary professional organization for scholars, graduate students, independent researchers, and community members interested in all aspects of Indigenous Studies.

Native It's Your Game (NIYG)
Native It’s Your Game (NIYG): is an online, 13 lesson, culturally-appropriate sexual health curriculum that was adapted for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) middle school youth, 12-14 years-old. Each lesson lasts between 30-45 minutes, and includes a mix of videos, interactive activities, quizzes, animations, and journal activities. Lessons cover healthy relationships, puberty and reproduction, HIV/STIs, pregnancy, refusal skills-training, and contraception. The study was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as a five-year study.

NASGEM: North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics
POSOH: Learning from the Past, Collaborating in the Present, Growing Opportunities for Our Future
What is POSOH? Placed-based opportunities for sustainable outcomes and high-hopes. A partnership among UW-Madison researchers, the College of the Menominee Nation and educators helping take on the challenge of finding sustainable energy solutions by preparing the next generation of citizens and scientists.