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Mirich, Denise L.; Cavey, Laurie O. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
In this article, the authors drew on the cultural traditions associated with the Shoshoni-Paiute tribes to design a lesson to engage students in problem solving and making arguments for their strategies. The reservation school is in an isolated rural community 100 miles from any other larger town and the participants for this article were the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Rural Schools, Middle School Students
Weston, Marla; Biin, Dianne – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
The goal of the ANCESTOR program is to use digital storytelling as a means of promoting an interest in technology careers for Aboriginal learners, as well as increasing cultural literacy. A curriculum was developed and first tested with Aboriginal students at the LÁU,WELNEW Tribal School near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Based on feedback…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Computer Science Education, Canada Natives
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Arviso, Vivian; Welle, Dorinda; Todacheene, GloJean; Chee, Janet Slowman; Hale-Showalter, Gloria; Waterhouse, Shirley; John, Susie; and Susie John, MD, MPH – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2012
This article presents the participatory curriculum development process and foundational Dine (Navajo) concepts that inform the Tools for "Iina" (Life) curriculum, designed for grades 4-6 by a group of Dine educators to strengthen resiliency by addressing children's health, relationships, identity, and sense of the future, utilizing core concepts…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Oral Tradition, American Indians, Grade 4
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Deschenie, Tina – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2008
This article profiles teacher Leroy Silva (Laguna), 27, a.k.a. "Buster". Silva describes himself as an active guy who stays busy working out, playing basketball, softball, and more recently golf, soccer, and lacrosse. He teaches personal wellness and sports (not physical education), a job he began in 2006. Before that he was a trainer at…
Descriptors: Role Models, American Indians, American Indian Education, Wellness
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Umbhau, Kurt – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2009
Fort Belknap College President Carole Falcon-Chandler does not fluently speak the "A'ani" (White Clay) language, but her granddaughter does. The girl, one of the 12 students in the White Clay Language Immersion School located on the college campus in Harlem, Montana, is part of the next generation of fluent A'ani speakers. The language…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, College Presidents, American Indians, American Indian Languages
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Bequette, James W. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2007
Teaching about Native artworks as part of school arts curriculum can serve to pass on traditional ecological knowledge while also contextualizing colonialism's influence on traditional and contemporary Native arts practices. This article explores how schools can actively engage in community arts partnerships with American Indians who have…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, American Indians, Ecology, Partnerships in Education