Native American Educational Resources

        Native American K-12 Innovative Projects
        Native American Cultural Curriculum Projects/Resources
        Native American Mentoring Programs and Resources
        Native American K-12 Network Models
        Indigenous Youth Projects
        Native American Language Resources

• NativeWeb Educational resources
  http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/education
  Nine educational categories. The K-12 listing includes a Navajo
  Classroom Grandmother program and a Four Winds program for students
  with disabilities.

• Indian Education, Tribal Colleges and Native Studies Programs
  http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/education.html
  Includes listings of over 100 Indian education resource sites, plus listings
  of Indian education organizations, Indian student organizations, K-12
  schools and programs.

• Index of Native American Indigenous Knowledge Resources on the Internet
  http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAknowledge.html
  Includes sites for life sciences, astronomy, math and the physical
  sciences.

• Useful Links for Tribal Librarians, by Elaine Cubbins
  http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/useful.html
  Includes funding sources for tribal libraries, training and tools,
  archives and bibliographies, and more. Elaine also maintains
  "Techniques for Evaluating Native American Web Sites"
  http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/webcrit.html
  A very important resource.

• Native American Home-school Association
  http://expage.com/page/nahomeschool
  Saving Our Culture For Our Children Through Our Children

• Native Child Pre-3 Curriculum
  http://www.nativechild.com
  Curriculum Material for Preschools With a Focus on Native
  American Tribes Resources for the Classroom PreK-3. Designed for
  three-to five year old children in Native American Head Start Centers
  and Preschools, NativeChild's goal is to affirm the Indian child's
  culture and identity in a positive way through a curriculum that
  builds self confidence and a sense of belonging. The resources are also
  developed to help non- native childhood professionals promote
  multicultural understanding of Native Americans for both teachers
  and children.

• ERIC Native Education Directory
  http://www.ael.org/eric/ned.htm
  Organizations and Resources for Educators of Native Americans listed in
  five sections which include International, National, and Multistate
  Nongovernmental Organizations and Federal Programs. Section 1.1 offers
  "Advocacy, Networking, and Reform Resources" and Section 1.4 offers
  "Youth Leadership, Mentoring, and Service Resources".

Native American K-12 Innovative Projects

• Thinkquest Pow-Wow Page
  http://library.thinkquest.org/3081/
  Three high school kids (one Native) from New Mexico won second prize
  in the Social Studies category for this exemplary instructional web site
  which teaches about Pow-wows of the Southwest Native Americans!
  Includes sound files of singers and drummers!

• Taos Pueblo Day School
  http://www.laplaza.org/edu/tds/index.html
  Creative works from youth at the Taos Pueblo Day School
  See the student projects and online student newsletter!
  Fifth-grade storytelling  http://www.laplaza.org/edu/tpds/stories

• I*EARN projects (International Education and Resource Network)
  http://www.iearn.org
  Thousands of schools from over 80 countries participating!
  I*EARN Projects listing
  http://www.iearn.org/projects/index.html
  See the Indigenous Arts exchange and the First Peoples Project.
  Elementary indigenous students worldwide share their art work via
  fax technologies, supported by Email. Fifth graders at the Taos
  Pueblo Day school (above) participated with great excitement!

• Alaska Native Art Virtual Museum
  http://www.asd.k12.ak.us/schools/William_Tyson/TysonHomePage.html
  Select the Alaskan Native Art virtual Museum. Great work by
  elementary students. A winning entry in the International Cyberfair
  competition!

• Cyberfair
  http://www.gsh.org  (Select Collaborative projects)
  Cyberfair is an international project-based competition where students create web pages
  showcasing various school/community synergies in eight categories. Here is a link to the
  Choctaw Tribal School's winning Cyberfair entry; http://cyberfair.gsn.org/pres/index.htm
  And here’s their main school homepage; The Choctaw Vision http://www.choctaw.org 
  The Choctaw Tribal Schools are also involved with the I*EARN First Peoples Art Project.
  The lead teacher is Bob Smith (bobe@cybertron.com) The significance of participating in a
  global competition, and winning recognition for their work, is a key replicable feature of
  Internet competitions and activities. The students literally feel they are championing the cause
  of their culture and develop great pride in their multimedia depictions of their culture.

• How Our Hawaiian Islands Were Formed
  http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5410
  Elementary students National Thinkquest Junior Winning Entry! An
  inspiring example for elementary students everywhere on how they can
  use the web to tell THEIR story.

• A Virtual Tour of the National Museum of the American Indian Exhibitions (Smithsonian)
  http://www.conexus.si.edu/VRTour
  Youth have created an exceptional Native American museum model
  using special imaging tools! This was part of the 4Directions challenge
  grant involving over 30 Native American schools.
  http://www.4directions.org

• Leo Ussak Elementary School
  http://www.arctic.ca/LUS
  One of the most advanced Native School web sites out there!
  Note their community technology center, student projects, newsletter
  and more! Models a wide variety of wonderful ideas and capabilities
  and is an excellent model to inspire other schools! Well worth
  extensive study!

• Mt. Edgecumbe Native Boarding School, Sitka, Alaska
  http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us
  An exceptional model for electronic student portfolios and includes a
  student-written tutorial on how to create such portfolios. The school is
  expanding their entrepreneurship emphasis. The students creativity is
  inspiring!

• Galena Charter School, Interior Distance Learning for Alaska (IDEA) and the Yukon-Koyukuk School District
  http://www.galenaalaska.org
  The Native village of Galena created a distance learning project "Interior
  Distance Education of Alaska,  (IDEA)" involving over 3,000 home
  schoolers Alaska-wide via Internet, to become the 7th largest school
  district in Alaska, 250 miles from the nearest road system with a local
  population of around 300. Ten Native villages received 2-way Internet
  satellite systems. Includes the technology intensive Project Education
  Native Charter School.

• Pueblo Project; A Global Learning Collaboratory and A Virtual Learning Community
  http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/community/pueblo  
  Funded by Xerox Parc in association with the University of Phoenix,
  this is an exceptionally significant project using new collaborative
  tools (MUDS and MOOS) with elementary Native American students.

• For more Native K-12 innovation examples, including Cyberfair and Thinkquest see
  http://lone-eagles.com/alaskan.htm

• Evaluation Guidelines for Web Sites about American Indian Peoples
  http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/webcrit.html  
  Maintained by Elaine Cubbins, these important guidelines address
  important issues such as authenticity, appropriateness, respect
  and assessing quality. Required reading for anyone planning a
  Native American web site, or any web site!

• Native American curriculum links
  http://www.thePeoplesPaths.net/mainindex.html
  Bringing youth together with elders to create web-based
  curriculum. 
  For youngers and elders
  http://www.thePeoplesPaths.net/YoungGen.html
  For elders and youngers
  http://www.thePeoplesPaths.net/favorite.html

• First People Web Sites in the Americas
  http://www.nyu.edu/pages/ngc/millard/first.html
  Many links to U.S. and Canadian sites including Native K-12
  curriculum resources and cultural centers..

• The Native American History Archive (NAHA)
  http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/index.html
  A New Center for Native American Studies in Internetworked
  Classrooms. NAHA's goal is to provide: easy access to Native
  American information and organizations, a forum for student
  discussions and publication of their project work, and tools for
  Native American research within the networked classroom. NAHA
  is designed for use by K-12 students using the Web for classroom
  projects and includes the Native American Navigator:
  http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nanav.html An inviting
  interface for geographical, historical, topical and keyword-based
  student inquiry. Clickable maps, an extensive timeline, a web of
  topics pages and a site & network-wide search page make the four
  corners of the Navigator's Medicine Wheel. Also includes the
  Inquirer: http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/inquirer.html
     A model for collaborative group projects in history, offered as a
  starting point for teachers seeking authentic uses of the World
  Wide Web in their classrooms.

• The Cradleboard Project
  http://www.cradleboard.org
  Presenting a very important vision for Native American education, this
  is a project to watch closely. Math and Science emphasis, resource
  CD-ROMs have been created. This project was created by Buffy St.
  Marie - the Cree singer! A great site to explore.

• Alaskan Native Knowledge Network
  http://www.ankn.uaf.edu
  A major project supported by the National Science Foundation
  and the Annenberg Rural Challenge to collect and disseminate
  indigenous curriculum. Combining the Native way of knowing
  with scientific method.

• NITI (National Indian Telecommunications Institute)
  http://www.niti.org/
  A major project funded by the National Science Foundation to produce
  Native math and science curriculum. Models for indigenous K12
  curriculum have been developed and tested. Innovative ideas, but limited
  curriculum.

• Young Cherokee
  http://www.childrenstheatreplays.com/yc.htm
  Native American culture comes to life. A theatrical play for K-12
  students. Includes links to children's theater resources and Native
  American curriculum!

• Trail of Tears
  http://www.childrenstheatreplays.com/tot.htm
  Another Native American theatrical play for K-12 students
  from the same site as the one above.

• 25 great research questions and resources for Native American kids
  http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/cur/wk97.html
  An outstanding example of combining relevant issues to Native American
  youth with Internet research.

• North Slope Borough School District
  http://www.nsbsd.k12.ak.us/
  A web-based celebration of Alaskan family, culture and villages.
  A great example of a school district culturally supportive web site.
  Home of the "Arctic Celebration" web project.

• Multicultural Pavilion
  http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/multicultural
  Perhaps the best listings of multicultural resources out there!

• Multicultural Curriculum Resources: The Explorer Trail
  http://ernie.wmht.org/trail/explor02.htm
  Outstanding links to multicultural sites of interest to elementary
  teachers and students.

• 4Directions Mentoring Project
  http://www.tapr.org/4d
  A major Challenge Grant project involving many Native
  American schools.

• Telementoring Institute from PSRTEC
  (Pacific Southwest Regional Technology in Education Consortium)
  http://equity4.clmer.csulb.edu/netshare/cti/index.html  
  Working with teachers to infuse technology into the
  curriculum and mentor other teachers. Their homepage is
  http://psrtec.clmer.csulb.edu  with resources for minorities.
  See also their community technology guide "Virtual
  Power:Technology, Education and Community"
  a free 48-page resource publication designed for teachers working
  with diverse populations. The publication may be obtained by
  request or viewed and downloaded in PDF format from
  PSR*TEC Web site.
  http://psrtec.clmer.csulb.edu/virtualp/virtual.htm

• Native American Mentoring Project
  http://www.minorities-jb.com/villages/native/village_native_american.asp
  A job bank project with an interesting 'mentorship' approach.

• Additional General Mentoring Models and Resources
  http://lone-eagles.com/mentor.htm

• Aboriginal Youth Network
  http://www.ayn.ca
  The Aboriginal Youth Network is a website designed by and for
  Aboriginal youth in the efforts to create and maintain a unique online
  youth community nationwide. As more and more of our youth get
  online, the AYN is working to ensure there is a place in cyberspace
  where we can connect, make friends, access information, exchange
  ideas, ideals, values, beliefs and above all, our cultures and traditions.

• Planet Youth
  http://www.codetalk.fed.us/planet/planet.html
  Outstanding links to resources! A great place for kids of all ages
  to explore. Has excellent listing of Governmental sites for kids.
  

• Futures for Children
  http://www.futuresforchildren.org
  Futures for Children works to improve the well-being of American Indian
  children. We teach self-help skills and community development strategies
  in reservation communities, and help mentors from around the country
  encourage American Indian students to stay and succeed in school.

• Junior Summit
  http://www.jrsummit.net
  Ambassadors of a New Digital Culture. An important project designed to
  give laptops to 1000 indigenous children for one year and to bring them to
  a global conference to share what they've learned about applications of their
  computers and Internet connections.
  

• Lisa Mitten's Language links
  http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/natlang.html   
  Over 100 Native language sites listed.

• Native Language Education Network
  http://www.sedl.org/culture/native.html
  SW Educational Development Laboratory Native Education Program.

• Database of Native Language Sites
  http://www.yourdictionary.com
  Online dictionaries and international language models.

• Hawaiian School Language site
  http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu
  Innovative applications of technology to support indigenous languages.
  One project is an Internet audio database of 700 hours of Elders oral
  histories. See also - http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/keola/lone_eagles.html