Indian Education for All Links

Alaska Native Knowledge Network
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu

A Confluence of Cultures: Native Americans and the Expedition of Lewis and Clark,
 http://www.mt.edu/cultures/

Alliance For Curriculum Enhancement
http://www.mtace.org/iea.html
Our IEAl link is now updated and complete. Take a look at what your IEA Grant monies have provided for your use. Also remember that over $4,000 worth of books have been (and three more coming your way)provided for our 40 school districts. There are trainers available to address awareness issues affecting our Native American neighbors AND an online course that teachers can take at home and/or school to meet the Level 1 trainng required (strongly encouraged) by the state.

American Indian Inclusion Manual - This is an iterdisciplinary manual written by Martin Reinhardt and Traci Maday to support an engaging process of teaching others about American Indian concepts and issues across the curriculum, within the entire educational system.
http://edoptions.com/indianed/American_Indian_Inclusion_Manual.pdf

American Indians in Children's Literature
Critical discussion of children's books that contain images and content about American Indians.
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

Coming Together: Entering the Powwow Circle
www.mcps.k12.mt.us/Curriculum/IndianEducationCurriculum/indianeduationcurrmain.htm

Cosmic Quest: Discovering Astronomy Through Science & Culture
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Cosmos/index_en.html

Cradleboard Teaching Project - Lesson plans and curriculum resource for Indian and non-Indian students
 www.cradleboard.org/

Culturally Competent K-12 Standards Based Math and Science Lessons        
www.anamp.org/culturally/index.html

Early American History - Written accounts from the 1700s and 1800s
www.1st-hand-history.org/

Fire on the Land: Native Peoples and Fire in the Northern Rockies
http://www.cskt.org/fire_history.swf

Increasing Student Attendance - Strategies from Research and Practice 
http://nwrel.org/request/2004june/Attendance.pdf 

Indian Land Tenure Foundation  Visit the curriculum page
http://www.indianlandtenure.org/index.html

Montana Arts Council - Best practices, activity ideas and a registry of artists
 www.art.mt.gov

Montana Historical Society - Educational outreach footlockers
 www.montanahistoricalsociety.org/education/outreachresources.asp

MT Arts Council website features lesson plans derived from the Montana Circle of American Masters program. Jackie Bread and Al Chandler Goodstrike were two of the artists.
http://art.mt.gov/folklife/folklife_mcamposters.asp

Montana Tribes Digital Archives
 The Digital Archives features media including film clips from Regional Learning Project interviews and productions from Montana's Office of Public Instruction. Organized according to Montana's Essential Understandings, this material is presented as a freely accessible resource. An outline of the topic headings and subheadings is provided as a helpful guide for navigating the categories.
http://www.montanatribes.org/main.php?page=intro

NASA Native Earth System Science Curriculum Project
 www.anamp.org/nescp_curriculum/nescp_curriculum.html

NASA Ancient Observatories Timeless Knowledge
http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/2005/na/links.htm

Native American Literatures Educational and Historical Resources - Montana Indian education resources for educators
http://gtccmt.org/mascd/NAList_with_colors1_.htm

Northern Plains
http://www.turleislandstorytellers.net/index.html

Northwest Teacher- "Ways of Knowing: Native Knowledge and Western Science
http://www.nwrel.org/msec/images/nwteacher/winter2003/winter2003.pdf

Oyate - The best resource for information regarding literature by and about Native peoples
 www.oyate.org

 Place Names: Building World views Using Traditional Cultures and Google Earth
http://www.spatialsci.com/PlaceNames/

TEDNA (Tribal Education Departments National Assembly) is pleased to announce that the teacher's supplements have been finalized for the Indian Land Tenure Foundation's land base curriculum.  The guides provide model lesson plans to implement the curriculum. They are available online, free of charge! Just click the link below to access the appropriate guide for head start, K-12 and higher education. The curriculum can be accessed at www.indianlandtenure.org Grants are available to implement the curriculum. For more information about the curriculum or teacher's supplements email info@tedna.org.

The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest
 www.nwrel.org/indianed/indianreading/

Traditional and Contemporary Native Culture - history with a tribal perspective, along trails followed by Lewis & Clark
http://www.trailtribes.org/

Turtle Island Storytellers Network is the American Indian speaker’s bureau being developed to promote talented American Indian storytellers, tribal historians, and song carriers from the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains.
http://www.turtleislandstorytellers.net/index.html

US Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education

 

Alaska Native Knowledge Network
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu

Alliance For Curriculum Enhancement
http://www.mtace.org/iea.html
Our IEAl link is now updated and complete. Take a look at what your IEA Grant monies have provided for your use. Also remember that over $4,000 worth of books have been (and three more coming your way)provided for our 40 school districts. There are trainers available to address awareness issues affecting our Native American neighbors AND an online course that teachers can take at home and/or school to meet the Level 1 trainng required (strongly encouraged) by the state.

Indian Country Today - Leading weekly newspaper about issues in Indian country
www.indiancountry.com

Indian Education:  A Special Report in Montana by The University of Montana School of Journalism
http://www.umt.edu/journalism/student_work/Native.News.2006/story_blackfeet.html

Indian Education, Tribal Colleges and Native Studies Programs - listings of over 100 Indian education resource sites
www.nativeculturelinks.com/education.html

Indian Reservations and Tribes in Montana - demographic and economic information for each reservation and tribe
http://www.ourfactsyourfuture.org/cgi/databrowsing/?PAGEID=4&subid=249

Indianz.com - gathers all of the daily news concerning American Indian issues from across the United States
www.indianz.com

Montana Indian Business Alliance Conference (MIBA), April 20-21, 2009, Missoula, Hilton Garden Inn.  For more information and online registration,http://www.mibaonline.org/

Montana Indian Nations: Billings School District II Web site
www.billings.k12.mt.us/literacy/mont_indian/mainpage.htm

Montana Tribes Digital Archives
 The Digital Archives features media including film clips from Regional Learning Project interviews and productions from Montana's Office of Public Instruction. Organized according to Montana's Essential Understandings, this material is presented as a freely accessible resource. An outline of the topic headings and subheadings is provided as a helpful guide for navigating the categories.
http://www.montanatribes.org/main.php?page=intro

Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council - all Montana tribal government Web pages as well as Montana news pertinent to Montana Indian tribes.
www.mtwytlc.com

MT Arts Council website features lesson plans derived from the Montana Circle of American Masters program. Jackie Bread and Al Chandler Goodstrike were two of the artists.
http://art.mt.gov/folklife/folklife_mcamposters.asp

National Museum of the American Indian - Smithsonian Institution
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Native American Nations - website developed and maintained by Indian tribes.
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/nations.html 

Native Students Balancing two worlds               
www.nwrel.org/nwedu/09-03/

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's Comprehensive Center Region X Indian Education Resources - Links to Title VII resources and various Indian education sites.
www.nwrac.org/links/indian.html

TEDNA (Tribal Education Departments National Assembly) is pleased to announce that the teacher's supplements have been finalized for the Indian Land Tenure Foundation's land base curriculum.  The guides provide model lesson plans to implement the curriculum. They are available online, free of charge! Just click the link below to access the appropriate guide for head start, K-12 and higher education. The curriculum can be accessed at www.indianlandtenure.org Grants are available to implement the curriculum. For more information about the curriculum or teacher's supplements email info@tedna.org.

Four Directions Teachings
http://www.fourdirectionsteachings.com/main.html

"Echoes in the Electronic Wind: A Native American Cross-cultural Internet Guide"
 lone-eagles.com/nativeguide.htm

USC Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research - links to American Indian language sites and contains full text articles on various topics in Indian education.
www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR/cmmrhomepage.html
www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/BEResources.html
www-rcf.usc.edu/%7Ecmmr/Native_American.html#fulltext

Evaluation Guidelines for Web Sites about American Indian Peoples - addresses issues such as authenticity, appropriateness, respect, and assessing quality. Required reading for anyone planning a Native American Web site, or any Web site!
www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/webcrit.html

Multicultural Pavilion
www.edchange.org/multicultural/

Alliance For Curriculum Enhancement
http://www.mtace.org/iea.html
Our IEAl link is now updated and complete. Take a look at what your IEA Grant monies have provided for your use. Also remember that over $4,000 worth of books have been (and three more coming your way)provided for our 40 school districts. There are trainers available to address awareness issues affecting our Native American neighbors AND an online course that teachers can take at home and/or school to meet the Level 1 trainng required (strongly encouraged) by the state.

American Indian College Fund - This site contains links to Montana's Tribal Colleges. "Educating the Mind and Spirit."
www.collegefund.org/

Big Sky Science Partnership
http://www.umt.edu/bssp/index.html

Governor's American Indian Nations (GAIN) Council
http://gain.mt.gov/default.asp

Montana Indian Business Alliance Conference (MIBA), April 20-21, 2009, Missoula, Hilton Garden Inn.  For more information and online registration,http://www.mibaonline.org/

Montana Indian Education Association
www.mtiea.org

National Indian Education Association
www.niea.org/

National Indian School Board Association
www.skc.edu:16080/NISBA/

Native American Journalist Association
www.naja.com/

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) - legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals.
www.narf.org/

Native Waters is an outreach program of Project WET International Foundation. 
http://www.nativewaters.org/

Northwest Teacher: A Publication of the Northwest Eisenhower Regional Consortium For Mathematics and Science
 http://www.umt.edu/narl/index.html 

Blackfeet Community College - Located on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, MT.

Chief Dull Knife College - Located on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Lame Deer, MT.

Fort Belknap College - Located on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Fort Belknap, MT.

Fort Peck Community College - Located on the Fort Peck Reservation in Poplar, MT.

Little Big Horn College - Located on the Crow Reservation in Crow Agency, MT.

Salish Kootenai College - Located on the Flathead Reservation in Polson, MT.

Stone Child College - Located on the Rocky Boy Reservation in Rocky Boy, MT.