Washington State American Indian Educator's Conference March 2012. Project to share culturally relevant youth resources for Northwest Coastal and Inland Plateau tribes as well as Pan-Indian and Urban experiences.
1. What's My
Story?
Resources for
Youth
Help in
Finding and
Sharing the
Best
Resources
2. Presentation WSAIEA 2012
Project goals
• Communication and Learning in School
• Contribute to Place-Based Resources
Activity Today
• Talk and listen
• Look at books
• Comments and ideas about sharing
Finding the best resources for all schools, students,
children and adults working with children
3. Nadean Meyer
• Learning Resources Librarian EWU
• Tribal Curriculum Trainer http://indian-ed.org
• Resource guide http://research.ewu.edu/tribal
• Former K-12 Teacher Librarian
Beginner in this topic but reading,
listening and viewing many resources
and learning so much by meeting
tribal members.
You are willing to share, I am trying
to listen and learn
4. Rayette Sterling
• Outreach and Inclusion Librarian at EWU
• Resource Guide http://research.ewu.edu/american_indian
• Library Liaison to American Indian Studies Program
• Former Archives Librarian at the Northwest Museum of Arts
& Culture
• Former Diversity Representative to Washington State Library
Council
• Vice-Chair of Racial & Ethnic Diversity Committee of the
Association of College and Research Libraries
5. What's My Story: Native American Youth
Resources
• ALA Publication Grant
• Creating online access to list of youth resources by Spring
2012
• Visiting cultural centers and museums
• Working with tribal consultants
GOAL
Quality , accurate resource list of books, dvds, people and
websites.
6. Since Time Immemorial
Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Washington State
2005- Legislature "all school districts SHOULD include"
Aligned with Social Studies GLEs, units, CBAs
http://indian-ed.org
• Integrated in curriculum standards
• Place-based
• Inquiry-based
• Connections with all local tribes
7. Schools and Tribes
36 our of 295 districts - 12% Relationship with local tribes
(2008)
MOA OSPI WSSDA and Tribes for :
• Collaboration
• Government-to-governement
• Achievement gap
• Federally recognized tribes guidelines
Washington School Director's Toolkit
http://www.wssda.org/Resources/TrainingMaterials/TribalHistoryandCulture.aspx
10. Discussion: Common Images for American
Indian Unit
What comes to mind as the image most shown to represent
the regions?
Northwest Coastal?
Inland Plateau?
12. Washington State is Artificial Boundary
Maps show some of the complexity
• Languages
• Historical
• Modern Day Reservations and Land
What boundaries make the most sense?
• Interior British Columbia?
• Coast British Columbia?
• Coast Oregon?
• Interior Oregon and Idaho?
• Northwestern Montana?
13.
14. Washington State Historical Society- Languages
http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/treatytrail/context/homelands.htm
18. Handouts - Are we getting closer to
good lists?
http://research.ewu.edu/resourcelist
Some key recommended current resources for
• Preschool-elementary
• Middle - high school
• Professional
• Across Washington
• Pan-Indian and Urban
• Northwest Coastal
• Inland Plateau
24. Making Connections
• Visit centers and attend events
• Listen to Native Americans in each area
• Learn more about Washington State history through tribal
eyes
• Listen to students and engage them
• National organizations and blogs
Montana experience
Alaska experience
26. Tribal Consultants
• Asking 6 tribal consultants to review our discoveries
• Helping us understand the culture
• NorthWest Coastal--3
• Inland Plateau-- 3
• Educators or cultural experts
• Knowledge of different age levels
27. Role of Librarians?
Finding things
Standard Sources
Small Presses
Organizing things
Lists, subjects
WorldCat access a copy
We can be a bridge for non-Native educators to start their own
learning
28. Bi-Annual Youth Award
American Indian Librarian Association
http://www.ailanet.org/activities/youthlitaward.htm
3 age groups ----Across the continent-- 2012 Winners
Christmas Coat
Free Throw and Triple Threat
Pipestone
honor books too for the first time 7 titles
10 great books to acquire now
29. Availability- Out of Print?
Currency- Last Ten Years?
Tribal Author/Illustrator?
Which issues mean that it should
not be used or suggested?
30. Misunderstandings
• Lack of Knowledge
• Misrepresentation
• Bias
• Gaps in information
National Museum of American Indian stereotype quiz
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/files/StereotypesQuiz.pdf
31. Evaluating Youth Resources
Doris Seale, Bev Slapian, Debbie Reese, American Indian Library
Association, Dee Almeida (American Indian Studies at EWU)
Debbie Reese Blog- American Indians Children's Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/
2006-present
OSPI guides 9/09
http://www.k12.wa.us/equity/pubdocs/WashingtonModelsfortheEvaluationofBias.pdf
34. NorthWest Indian Reading Series
http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/1112
Includes fulltext for 1972 project
140 stories
many are from
Western Washington
Tribes
35. NW Indian Reading Series
http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/1112
Includes fulltext for 1972 project tribes include:
• Warm Springs
• Muckelshoot
• Skokomish
• Kootenai
• Yakama
• Salish
• Jamestown Klallam
many copies are listed in Wayfinder too
36. OSPI Native American Reading
Curriculum
CD from OSPI
Online Videos at NEA
Booklets-
Eaglecrest Readers (First Peoples Canada)
39. Our Plans for Resource Lists
Preschool- Elementary Inland Plateau
Middle - High School Northwest Coastal
Adult-Professional Urban and Pan-Indian
Online- Print- Media- People
Available at http://research.ewu.edu/tribal
TAB What's my story?
Searchable database by Spring 2012
Trial to Try and give comments
41. Work to Do to Have List Available
• Move to server, off student's home
• Design and look
• Update from feedback - consultants and
you
• Add titles- glitch and some disappeared
May 2012 goal - Update notices
http://research.ewu.edu/resourcelist
42. Wayfinder: Washington State Libraries
lists closest library to borrow books
http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/libraries/projects/wayfinder.aspx
Efficient way to discover or locate copies even if books are
out of print. Inter-Library Loan at no cost
WorldCat, http://worldcat.org shows entire catalog without
Washington emphasis. Allows for creation of booklists.
44. Eastern Washington University
Libraries
Nadean Meyer Rayette Sterling
nmeyer@ewu.edu rsterling@ewu.edu
http://research.ewu.edu/tribal http://research.ewu.edu/resourcelist
Project to be updated and
online by May 2012
Key resource lists available now
What's My Story?