by boot | Feb 28, 2025
(Warning: sensitive topics — youth drug and alcohol abuse, residential school syndrome, suicide, alcoholism, abuse) Research residential school syndrome. What supports are in place to assist survivors and their families, if any? How has this impacted Indigenous people...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
How has the United States government compensated the Shoshone for the taking and contamination of their land? Do they receive any medical care for the exposure of their community to radiation? What other Indigenous lands have been taken for government use in your...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
What organizations exist to support Indigenous veterans? In what wars (U.S. or Canadian) did Indigenous people fight in? Investigate the Navajo Code Talkers. Why were they so successful? Curriculum Connections: Native Languages, Indigenous Studies (Worldviews),...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
Discuss why sports teams and mascots using Indigenous names and caricatures are offensive. What is cultural appropriation? Why is it harmful and a form of racism? Curriculum Connections: Literacy, Indigenous Studies (Worldviews), Character Education, Media...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
Research community organizations in your local region that assist Indigenous families in crisis. Share your findings with the class. Curriculum Connections: Social Sciences, Indigenous Studies (Worldviews), Civics and Careers, Government, Health (Mental Health,...
