Curricula and Instructional

Hundreds of photos, paintings, drawings, political cartoons, and text in Spanish and English about truths long denied, this is a huge photoessay and a family album, about the Mestizo people in whom Indian blood runs strong...

If one thing can be said of Betita Martinez in particular and Chicanas as a group, it’s this: They’re no wimps. And this book is proof.

Did you know that Native peoples developed their own sign language, syringe needles and a secret ingredient in soda pop?



Presents a tapestry of perspectives on the interplay of health, cultural ecology, diet, agriculture, and environment, which are foundations of sustainable living, rooted in the historical traditions and practices of Indigenous peoples.

The only curriculum unit that tells the ways in which the Native peoples here resisted and survived Spanish colonialism, this is essential for fourth-grade teachers teaching about “California Indians.”

Focuses on the knowledge American Indians contributed to the field of astronomy and introduces some of the tools Indian people used to observe the sky.

Focuses on the ways Indian people communicate in addition to spoken language including hand signs, images and other tangible expressions.

This five-volume set is accessible to students from fourth grade through high school.

Analyzes contemporary literature, historical fiction and non-fiction in young adult “books about Indians,” with a discerning eye.

Focuses on the ways Indian people have understood and recorded the passage of time, and how events were documented and are remembered.

Focuses on some of the toys and games developed by Indian people for the dual purposes of having fun and developing important life skills.

“Grandma says” is Tom Porter’s story of a lifetime of learning and teaching, a gift from generations who have not forgotten how we were meant to be on this earth.

This curriculum helps students understand what it means to be a responsible person, based on the cultural values of the Hupa Tribe.

This curriculum helps students understand what it means to be a responsible person, based on the cultural values of the Hupa Tribe.

Author Eva Jean Bowman wrote this historical non-fiction book to empower Native and non-Native children.  Illustrated by the students of Bowler Elementary.

Should be required reading in every classroom where the “Columbus encounter” is taught.

Takes viewers through landscapes rich with the living legacy of people whose lifeways have been dramatically altered since their first contact with Europeans.

A group of parents, students, and educators calling themselves Communities United against Racism in Education (CURE) analyze kindergarten through fifth-grade texts.

Few questions about Indians are too ridiculous to ask. The answers here are well-researched, thoughtful and informative.

Depicts real Indian children, belonging to real communities, with real lives. No made-up “myths and legends,” no ethnographic expositions.