Indian Education for All Videos

Long Ago in Montana
Introduces viewers to how people lived before modern conveniences. Topics include food and water, shelter, staying warm, transportation, money (currency) and communication – within the context of the “natural community.” The film features interviews with Montana Tribal representatives and shows the ways in which these traditions continue. Includes a Blackfoot story told by Narcisse Blood. A good ‘Then and Now’ resource.
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           Produced by Regional Learning Project , Missoula, MT

Talking without Words
Drawing on a wealth of historical resources, students learn about the challenges people face when communicating with people who speak another language. Focus is on ways Native peoples of Montana communicated with each other and with non-Indians.
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          Produced by Regional Learning Project , Missoula, MT

Tribes of Montana
Students learn the tribes of Montana, signs for the tribes, and names they call themselves. Through map reference, students learn where tribes used to live and where they live now. They also recognize communication errors through translation of sign language. Historic film clips from a sign-talker gathering in 1930 and interviews with Montana tribal representatives are featured.
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           Produced by Regional Learning Project , Missoula, MT

View From the Shore
Native American Perspectives On The Lewis And Clark Expedition
The Indian Education Division is pleased to share with you the following video. We extend our thanks to Black Dog Films for graciously allowing us to reproduce this film for use in schools all across Montana.
Transcript of View From the Shore

Produced by Black Dog Films, Bozeman, Montana.

The Power of the Drum
When accompanied by the human voice, it helps to maintain and revitalize American Indian cultures.
Producer Mike Jetty has first-hand knowledge about both.

Produced by Montana PBS

American Indian Heritage Day Video

The 1997 Montana Legislature passed a law designating the fourth Friday of September as American Indian Heritage Day.

This law means that Montana's school districts are to conduct appropriate exercises during the school day commemorating the role of Indians in Montana’s past and present.

While setting aside one day is good, we hope schools infuse Indian content and perspectives throughout the entire year.

This streaming video production from OPI provides good background information and ideas for classroom implementation of Indian Education For All. It contains an overview of current curriculum resources, including film clips from several of the OPI Indian Education For All DVDs featuring representatives from Montana tribal nations sharing their perspectives.

Excerpts from American Indian Homelands

The following clip is from American Indian Homelands: Matters of truth, honor and dignity-immemorial. The film clip contains interviews with several American Indian leaders offering their perspectives on historic and contemporary land issues.

The film powerfully highlights efforts to redress more than a century’s worth of legal and political moves undermining Indian land ownership and sovereignty, going back to the 1887 General Allotment Act. The national fight to recover lost lands is being led by the Twin Cities-based Indian Tenure Land Foundation.