In this activity, elementary students analyze and discuss photographs of an American Indian tribe--the Minnesota Dakota family--and compare and contrast the Dakota family with their own family. They learn that families are alike in their basic structure. (RM)

Compares Minnesota elementary school teachers' attitudes toward teaching about Native Americans in 1977 and 1981. Finds classroom materials better in 1981, but a majority of teachers still feel inadequately prepared to teach about native peoples. Makes recommendations for teacher training institutions, in-service programs, interaction between…