"Luminous Literacies" shares examples of teachers and educators using local knowledge to illustrate literacy engagement and curriculum-making through scholarly accounts of experiences in teacher preparation courses, classrooms, and other community spaces in New Mexico. This edited collection includes chapters focusing on the teaching of…

Describes the Flint Youth Theatre's presentation of Saphira Linden's "Tribe," which was sponsored by A World of Difference, a prejudice awareness and reduction organization. Describes the project's treatment of the North American Indian theme, the involvement of Flint, Michigan's North American Indian community, and the process of…

The Tlingit and Haida are Native Americans who inhabit southeast Alaska and share many traditions and stories. Written by a non-native scholar, this book contains nine Tlingit and Haida tales concerned with shamans and kushtakas. Land otters were fearful hybrid beings of the spirit world. Able to live on land and in water, they had the special…

Presented are a wide variety of current and older titles that teachers and students can use to better understand Native Americans. The following are included in the bibliography: planning aids, music, poetry, art, and fiction. (KC)

Provides an annotated list of resources for a unit on American Indian myths and legends. All of the listed materials were written by American Indian authors, set down in print as told by various tribal story tellers, or gathered by respected authorities on the American Indian. (MKM)

This paper attempts to reconcile the notion of a planetary future with shamanism, presenting the theme that any planetary future will be severely diminished unless shamanic experiences and outcomes are considered in the understanding of education. Methodology was based on participant observation conducted at a medicine lodge at Bengal Mountain,…

Written for the students at Heart Butte School on the Blackfeet Reservation, the booklet tells a story about Old Sun, a Blackfeet medicine man, and how terribly unkind the country of the far north can be. Old Sun had a dream of a bear with long, soft fur and white as snow. He was advised by his secret helper to get the bear's skin for a sacrifice…

The reader is one in a series of stories of the Blackfeet Indians which take place when the people were at the height of their power, hunting buffalo north to the North Saskatchewan River, south to the Yellowstone River, east to the Montana-North Dakota border, and west to the Rocky Mountains. The story is about Little Blaze, a young Blackfeet…

Examines the incidence of frightening figures and unhappy endings in traditional and modern Inuit stories and identifies purpose for these elements. Monsters and unhappy endings apparently are tools to help children come to terms with Eskimo environment and values. Studies the conclusions and implications for Indian education. (TES)

Describes how Native American folk culture carries important values. (JL)

Examines approximately 28 children's books containing American Indian stories. Evaluates the authenticity of the stories, their effectiveness in adapting oral materials to written form, and their suitability for classroom use. Bibliographic notes include prices. (SV)

This bibliography lists 178 books which can be incorporated into teaching units about Native Americans. Sections within the list are: (1) Books for Children and Young Adults, 117 entries; (2) Books for Adolescents, 37 entries; (3) Reference Books, 13 entries; and (4) Adult Resources: A Simple Beginning, 11 entries. Each entry contains the name of…

This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "Children of the Sun," by N. Scott Momaday. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," is in the form of a Director's Notebook--a scrapbook/journal of clippings, memos, lists, illustrations, notes, and other items--to show students how a…

The American Indian teaching tale "Jumping Mouse" is used to illustrate how storytelling can provide a learning experience--the listener's active participation in the storytelling process through emotional engagement and creative imagination, and the resulting change in perspective and clarification of values. (SV)

Examined trade books regarding their accuracy in depicting Native Americans. Criteria embodied an authenticity guideline based on Five Great Values (e.g., generosity and sharing, coexisting with nature, and courage). Over half of the books had at least satisfactory depictions. Bias and stereotyping persisted enough to recommend using the guideline…