|
Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
|
Subject Areas:
open
Timeline: spring semester;
two weeks travel
Grade Levels: high
school
Purpose: to heighten
awareness of the cultural and economic issues which
face the Indians in the lower 48; to increase
student sensitivity to the possible futures of
subsistence Native lands, and Bush
development
|
|
K. Ladegard and
J. and V. Lewis
Visit to the
Tribes
|
|
Activities
- Plan a spring tour of reservations
in the Northwest or Southwest United States.
- Throughout the semester,
incorporate into the curriculum readings and activities
on Native American history, religion, and
literature.
- Write letters to reservation
tribal leaders to arrange travel and home
placement.
- Student committees might help plan
budget.
- Live with families of students on
the reservation.
- Visit reservation schools and
historical sites. Attend reservation social
events.
- Arrange meetings with tribal
leaders who can discuss economic, legal, and political
issues.
Resources (in the Northwest)
- meet with urban Indians and visit
Daybreak Start Center in Seattle
- Yakima Reservation; learn about
salmon fishing controversy
- University of Montana, Native
American Studies Center
- Flathead Reservation, National
Bison Range, Salish and Kooknai Tribes Alternative
School
- Blackfoot Reservation, Museum of
the Plains Indian
- Rock Boys Reservation, Cree and
Chippewa tribes, Rocky Boys School
- Ft. Belknap Reservation,
Assinibone and Geo Ventre tribes
- Crow Reservation, Custer
Battlefield
- Northern Cheyenne Reservation,
Busby Tribal School
|
|
| 
