Best Practices for Teaching Native Students
August 11th and 12th, 2014
Schedule
Day 1:
8:30 Welcome/Breakfast/Housekeeping
8:45 Experiential Introduction to Best Practices (Graham Hartley)
9:00 Round Dance (Nation Wright)
9:25 Native People of MN 101 (Louise Matson)
10:15 History of Indian Education (Roxanne Gould)
11:15 Engaging with Native Families (Deanna Standingcloud)
12:00 Lunch and Discussion (Potluck with Community Partners)
12:30 Teaching through an Indigenous Lens- Indigenous Ways of Knowing (Ida Downwind/Odia Wood-Krueger/ Danielle Grant/Joe Rice.)
1:30 Language lesson: Our culture is in our language/ 7 Generations (James Vukelich)
2:30 Internet and other resources (Joe Rice & Graham Hartley)
3:15 Closing Activity: Write a letter to your students (Danielle Grant)
Day 2:
8:30 Breakfast/ Introduction to the Field Trip (Jim Rock)
9:00 Place Based Field Trip: Sacred Sites (Jim Rock)
Box lunches
2:00 Return to DIW for Talking Circle
3:15 Evaluation/Survey