Indian Country Diaries . Today's Challenges. In this section of the web site, you will explore in more detail many of the challenges raised in the two documentaries, Indian Country Diaries . You will also compare and contrast life for urban Indians in Los Angeles with life on the Qualla Boundary Reservation for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Identity and Assimilation Identity and assimilation have been critical challenges for Native Americans since first contact and are serious questions today. These are questions faced by every Native American — Do I decide to live traditionally and identify with the centuries-old culture of my tribe? Or, do I decide to move to the city and adopt or accept a more modern, pan-Indian identity? Other stories about Identity and Assimilation: Tribal Sovereignty Sovereignty, for many observers, is one of the key challenges facing tribes today.
Other stories about Tribal Sovereignty: Voting Rights. Sioux Are Pleased With "Dances With Wolves" Sioux Are Pleased With “Dances With Wolves” KATIE COURIC, co-host: "Dances with Wolves" is a big, powerful movie.
Native Americans are used to seeing big, powerful movies in which their ancestors are portrayed as cardboard characters. But as NBC News correspondent Roger O'Neill reports, this time is different. ROGER O’NEILL, reporting: The hood of an abandoned car, still the playground for Indian children at Pine Ridge. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: It's about time they portrayed the Indians the way we really are. UNIDETIFIED WOMAN #2: The part I really enjoyed was the humor, the way they portrayed the sense of humor because that's still here. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: It was pretty good. Ms. O'NEILL: That pain and suffering still exists but Doris Liedercharge, who translated the script into the Lakoda Sioux language and then taught Kevin Costner and the rest of the cast how to speak the language, thinks the movie will change some attitudes on the reservations, especially among the young people.
Ms. Language Index. Nlcs1.nlc.state.ne.us/epubs/e2420/h108-2004.pdf. NIARI Curriculum Project. Introduction As a Public Service Center of the Evergreen State College, the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, the Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement, and OSPI's Office of Indian Education presents our work into the research and development of culturally-responsive and culturally-appropriate curriculum representing Northwest Native American tribes for use in Washington state secondary public schools.
The curriculum was developed by Cheree Potts, an MIT graduate and a Research Associate at NIARI. You may contact her directly with comments or questions. We believe that most information about Native Americans in the public school system in this state is not accurate, fair, or equitable. "Negative stereotypes coupled with inadequate and inaccurate information about this Nation's Indigenous peoples, particularly in social studies curricula, damages the self-concepts and subsequent behavior of our youth.
" How To Use This Curriculum Guide. NIARI Curriculum Project. | previous | pdf version | next | curriculum home | niari home | Native American Literature: A Paradigm Shift EALRS: Reading 1: The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read.
Reading 2: The student understands the meaning of what is read. GRADE LEVEL: Secondary (suggested for Advanced Students, College Prep level) BASIC CONCEPTS: Recognizing cultural values represented in most Native American fictional literature and analyzing the structure of it. ORGANIZING GENERALIZATION: Almost all Native American fictional literature has a unique and vastly different perspective and structure than most mainstream fictional literature. CULTURE AREA: United States/World Indigenous Population. American Indian Literature Resources. Native American Literature Syllabus Fall 2007.
ENG 246: Native American Literature Fall 2007.
Dr. Permenter - English 244 Native American Literature Syllabus. Native American Literature English 244 Dr.
Rachela Permenter Fall 2002, Slippery Rock University IPL - Native Am. Authors Schedule Requirements Guidelines Basis for Grades Office Hours. Am Multiculturalism Competencies. Syllabus - 21st Century Native American Literature. Instructor: Brian I.
Gillis English Department Office: 322 Wheeler Hall Office Hours: M, 10:00-11:00 and by appointment Location: PIQ Berkeley, 91 Shattuck Sq. Email: gillis@berkeley.edu.