Indian Education for All Resources --Celebrating Native American Women
March is Women's History Month. We would encourage schools and teachers to use this opportunity to recognize and celebrate the amazing contributions of Native American women to our state's and nation's history. Here are some links to resources and videos which you can share with your students:
Norma Bixby, Northern Cheyenne Tribal Education Director, shares her thoughts regarding Indian Education for All.
Resilience: Stories of Twenty Indian Women
Playing for the World: 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School Girls Basketball Team DVD
Birthright Born to Poetry - A Collection of Montana Indian Poetry – This publication features several American Indian women poets
100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice – Curriculum features Elouise Cobell and the historic Cobell lawsuit. 100 Years Movie Trailer
Montana Tribes Digital Archive – View videos of Montana American Indian women sharing their perspectives regarding the Essential Understandings
You can also utilize OPI poster series to highlight the contributions of contemporary American Indian women.
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