The entire school can…

• Consider hanging a Native American History Month banner
• Use the district-approved Land Acknowledgment
• Have building-wide read alouds

Teachers can learn more with these websites…

• Explore the American Indian Resource Library
• Burke Museum’s Learning Resources
• WDCYF Native American Heritage Month website
• National Native American Heritage Month

All books are at the AIRL or on Epic!

• All Grades – Shadow of the Salmon movie short and guide
• Kindergarten –
  • We Are Grateful (book, video, read to me; ages 3 – 7)
• Grade 1 –
  • Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (ages 3 – 6)
  • Powwow Day (book, video; ages 4 – 8)
• Grade 2 –
  • We Are Water Protectors (audiobook) (ages 3 – 6)
  • Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message (audiobook; ages 7 – 8)

All books are at the AIRL or on Epic!

• Grade 3 –We Are Still Here! (140L; ages 7 – 10) and Teacher Guide
• Grade 4 –A Stranger at Home (760L, ages 8 – 11) and Teacher Guide
• Grade 5 –Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross (video, ages 7 – 11) and STEM Teacher Guide

• All Grades – Learn about the Summer 2023 Paddle to Muckleshoot Canoe Journey
• All Grades – Learn about Washington Tribes Today (SPS PowerPoint)
• Advisory or Homeroom – Create a display with the Lushootseed placenames in your school’s neighborhood using Native Seattle’s Seattle atlas with placenames and/or The Burke Museum’s Waterlines Project
• Grade 6 –Watch and discuss Canoe Journey video collection.
  • How Gift Giving Keeps Muckleshoot Culture Alive (2:55)
  • Ed Carriere, Suquamish Tribe – spreading the canoe (3:08 – science)
  • Create a Google slide or poster of an inductee to the Native American Hall of Fame
• Grade 7-Watch and discuss videos from our Treaty Tribes
  • Fighting for Our Treaty Rights (4:23) + transcript
  • Suquamish basket maker (2:55 – art)
  • Learn how fractions impact tribal membership in Reservation Mathematics: Navigating Love in Native America photo essay (What is blood quantum? video)
• Grade 8 – Learn about our Treaty Tribes by watching and discussing videos:
  • A History of the Muckleshoot Canoe Journey (3:25)
  • Muckleshoot Canoe Awakening 2023 (2:52)
  • Preparing for Paddle to Muckleshoot 2023 (1:25)
  • Suquamish Tribe Shellfish Harvesting (3:52) Science
  • Suquamish Harvesting the Best Clams on the West Coast (13:36) Science

• All Grades – Learn about the Summer 2023 Paddle to Muckleshoot Canoe Journey
• Advisory or Homeroom – IllumiNative Changemakers lessons and posters
• Social Studies – Learn about our Treaty Tribes and their histories
  • We Are Muckleshoot
• Math – The Economic & Community Benefits of Tribes in Washington
• Science –
  • Read about habitat restoration and resource management in NW Treaty Tribes Magazine
  • Learn about Coast Salish Canoes and Paddles from the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Museum
• Art – Learn about Northwest Coast Design
• English Language Arts – Learn about canoes and tradition.
  • UW students, staff and faculty learn to make cedar paddles (2:24)
  • Revitalizing the Tradition of the Muckleshoot Canoe (11:40)

Accessible to all SPS Staff: Search our online catalog to discover books and resources for elementary, middle and high school students.

Library Address:
American Indian Resource Library 
Meany Middle School Room #46, Mailstop CD-139 
301 21st Avenue E
Seattle, WA 98112

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Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Continuous Learning Resources

American Indian Studies: Since Time Immemorial – Access Washington State tribal history social studies curriculum, lesson plans and continuous learning resources for teachers, families and students compiled by SPS’s Native American Education Curriculum Specialist.