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Teaching Young Children About Native Americans. ERIC Digest. Teaching Young Children about Native Americans. ERIC Digest. savages, or positively, as romanticized heroes living in harmony with nature http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Preschool Education Articles Teaching Young Children about Native Americans. thirsty savages, or positively, as romanticized heroes living in harmony with nature (Grant http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
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TEACHNET.ORG HOW IT WORKS Exploring How Native Americans Lived in Harmony with Nature is an interdisciplinary program that infuses the elements of http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Extractions: This is Meelai A. Chows second year teaching third grade in P.S. 124 since completing her masters degree. Wei Yee Chan, the Multimedia Lab teacher, assisted with the technical aspects of the program. After seeing how excited students got in computer class, the need became apparent for the creation of an authentic opportunity for them to apply technology to what was being taught in class. The individual programs complemented and enriched each other. WHAT YOU NEED Trade books with ample illustrations and of various levels are necessary. To make the learning more concrete, a film strip or video and a trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Native Americans are encouraged. A multimedia Lab equipped with computer, KidPix, HyperStudio, and word-processing software is needed for the second part of the program.
Native American Music The traditional music of native americans is as diverse as the peoples the use of songs to keep individual members of the group in harmony with nature. http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/cultures/nativemusic.html
Extractions: The traditional music of Native Americans is as diverse as the peoples themselves. To those once called "Indians," now also known as "First Nations" or "First People," songs are a part of life. Songs are used for many reasons, including religious rituals, healing, accompanying work or games, storytelling, and social events. Among most Native American groups, many songs are the personal property of the singer or the group sponsoring a ritual or celebration. The music begins as a song. When it is accompanied, the instruments are mainly drums, rattles, and sometimes flutes. Singing is the traditional way of presenting a new piece, and the melody is taught to others by repeating it. The style of singing, the form of the song, and the range of the voice all vary by group. There are many kinds of Native American songs. The personal songs of the Arctic peoples of Alaska and Northern Canada, for example, are often used in social events, such as potlatch celebrations. A potlatch is a community gathering to honor the host or to celebrate family events, such as births or marriages. Gifts are given to the guests to thank them for coming and to ask that the songs they have heard that day be remembered for next year. There are also songs for
Division Of Labour: Harmony With Nature harmony with nature. Don Boudreaux over at Café Hayek objects to the idea thatprecontact native americans lived in greater harmony with nature than we http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/001026.php
Extractions: Main April 10, 2005 Harmony with Nature Don Boudreaux over at Café Hayek objects to the idea that pre-contact Native Americans lived in greater harmony with nature than we do today, pointing out that our greater scientific knowledge allows us better to avoid being victimized by nature. Of course, theres another sense in which pre-contact Native Americans have been said to have lived in harmony with nature and that other sense is also false. I recommend The Ecological Indian: Myth and History by Shepard Krech III for debunking the myth that Native Americans were especially gentle toward the ecosystem. For one example, the earliest Americans hunted many species of megafauna (e.g. mastodons) to extinction. My favorite evidence of non-selective native hunting techniques: theres a Canadian national park in Alberta called Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump , so called because native hunters drove herds of bison over a cliff there in order to slaughter them. For another, early Americans deliberately burned entire forests to increase their future yield. For a third, the extensive Native American irrigation systems in Arizona ended up salinizing huge areas of land. The basic message of Krechs book is that Native Americans responded to incentives, and generated the tragedy of the commons, just as much as those who came later. ADDENDUM: An author at Muck and Mystery thoughtfully comments on Boudreaux's post, pointing out that the leading pre-Columbian American civilizations (the Aztecs and Incas) were coping quite well with nature, thank you. Which complements my point that even the Amerindians north of Mexico (to whom I took Boudreaux to have been referring) did much more than let nature batter them.
Teaching Young Children About Native Americans. ERIC Digest. Young children s conceptions of native americans often develop out of as romanticized heroes living in harmony with nature (Grant Gillespie, 1992). http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-4/native.htm
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education Urbana IL. Teaching Young Children about Native Americans. ERIC Digest. STEREOTYPES CHILDREN SEE Many popular children's authors unwittingly perpetuate stereotypes. Richard Scarry's books frequently contain illustrations of animals dressed in buckskin and feathers, while Mercer Mayer's alphabet book includes an alligator dressed as an Indian. Both authors present a dehumanized image, in which anyone or anything can become Native American simply by putting on certain clothes. TEN LITTLE RABBITS, although beautifully illustrated, dehumanizes Native Americans by turning them into objects for counting. BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY (Harris, 1993) contains a speech delivered by Chief Seattle of the Squamish tribe in the northwestern United States. However, Susan Jeffers' illustrations are of the Plains Indians, and include fringed buckskin clothes and teepees, rather than Squamish clothing and homes. AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE 1990s Native Americans make up less than one percent of the total U.S. population but represent half the languages and cultures in the nation. The term "Native American" includes over 500 different groups and reflects great diversity of geographic location, language, socioeconomic conditions, school experience, and retention of traditional spiritual and cultural practices. However, most of the commercially prepared teaching materials available present a generalized image of Native American people with little or no regard for differences that exist from tribe to tribe.
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools Charleston WV. Using Literature by American Indians and Alaska Natives in Secondary Schools. ERIC Digest. This digest describes the relationship between literature and culture and shows the significance for students who read a variety of literature about their own and other cultures. No aspect of American society, however, excludes American Indians and Alaska Natives more completely than the accepted canons of literature. The Digest describes the resulting loss for American culture, but also discusses the development of literature by Native writers. It explains why literature written about Native Americans can never take the place of literature written by Native writers. LITERATURE AND CULTURE Literature is a powerful vehicle for the transmission and interpretation of a culture (Grant, 1986). Literature can combine knowledge and feelings in ways different from other disciplines such as art and music. People of all ages need to read a variety of literature to help them understand the principles underpinning the values and traditions of their own culture and the cultures of others. Artistic expression can be conceived, in part, as an attempt to transform "otherness" into "ourness" (Grant, 1986). Studying the vivid and compelling myths, legends, and songs of traditional Native literature helps readers understand contemporary Native literature and appreciate its differences from the mainstream. Two invaluable books for helping secondary school teachers lead students through such subject matter are Lerner's "Dancing on the Rim of the World" (1990) and Silko's "Ceremony" (1977).
Stereotyping Of Native Americans native americans have long been the subject of educators, particularly atThanksgiving. every form of life and for living in harmony with nature. http://www.unr.edu/nnap/NT/i-8_9.htm
Extractions: Stereotyping of Native Americans Native Americans have long been the subject of educators, particularly at Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the study of Native Americans has been stereotypical and has contributed to children not understanding about diverse cultures. This section provides teachers with ways that Native Americans are stereotyped. It also gives ideas on how to teach more effectively about native Americans. Many children hear the words "Indian" or "Native American" and picture a stereotypical image: These images do not present children with an accurate portrayal of Native people. Their diversity would take years to study and, even then would not be covered entirely. For this reason, it is important that teachers study about Native Americans in a way that allows children to see the diversity and uniqueness of the individual tribes. The following checklist was developed by the Council on Interracial Books for Children. It is included to provide teachers with some helpful suggestions when teaching about Native Americans.
STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS Often native americans will look off in the same direction, Traditionally,work and play both bring pleasure if they are in harmony with nature. native http://www.as.wvu.edu/~equity/native.html
Extractions: Stereotypes Resources Organizations Other Books and Videos A major area of concern about teaching strategies and administration for minorities is to ensure that cultural issues are addressed in student, curriculum, and teacher preparation projects. Suggested approaches were hands-on cooperative learning experiences and holistic teaching that promotes mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being in each student. This is the foundation on which American Indian/Alaska Native individuals have based their societies for centuries. (After: The American Indian Science and Engineering Society's Research and Evaluation Department three day conference in 1994. The purpose of this conference was to develop guidelines for educators to ensure that the cultural needs and issues of American Indian/Alaska Native precollege students would be addressed in math, science, and technology programs. Native students may be better served if we focus on "What teaching accommodations have proven most effective in helping Native students succeed?" rather than " How do Native students learn?" The following strategies are taken from a variety of sources, books, journal articles, etc. and represent a broad range of ideas. It is important to recognize that each native student is an individual and that every interactive learning situation is unique, so instructors must use their judgment, find what works best, and avoid stereotyping students. As instructions progress, keep in mind that every family unit and every Native American Nation will have it's own cultural values and customs.
Native-American Medicine: Part 2 Because of native americans intimate relationship with nature, many therapies A native Americans Lifelong Search for Truth and harmony with nature. http://www.healingtherapies.info/Native-American Medicine2.htm
Extractions: Home Therapies NATIVE-AMERICAN MEDICINE: PART 2 - HEALING MODALITIES LAURANCE JOHNSTON, PH.D Part 1 discussed key characteristics of Native-American medicine. It focused on the paramount role of spirit, including not only in the patient but also the healer, family, community, environment, and medicine, and the dynamics between these forces as a part of the Universal Spirit. Part 2 summarizes specific healing modalities, some of which can be understood, at least superficially, through conventional biological mechanisms (e.g., herbal remedies) and others that must be understood, once again, within a greater spiritual context. Basically, the fundamental goal of all Native-American healing is to est ablish a better spiritual equilibrium between patients and their universe, which, in turn, translates into physical and mental health. [Photo: Rock art (Utah) of medicine person with large eyes and snake spirit helper.] Medicine is Spirit Marilyn Youngbird (Arikara and Hidatsa Nations), an international lecturer on native wisdom and former Colorado Commissioner for Indian Affairs, emphasized Spirits overriding role to me: It is difficult for the average American, who thinks medicine is merely swallowing a pill, to understand that medicine does not live outside of us. Medicine is a part of Spirit that exists in, animates, and connects all of us. Spirit is
Native American, Seven Fires Council native americans view harmony with the earth as part of a religious culture and These ceremonies may seem mystical in nature because of annual timing, http://www.merceronline.com/Native/native10.htm
Extractions: SEVEN FIRES COUNCIL Our People, Our Future Our People, Our Future Native American Indians are a people in transition between history and contemporary America. The challenge for Native Americans is to maintain their heritage, erase a stereotype and adjust recognition in society. Native Americans are too often stereotyped by antiquated and discriminatory attitudes which misrepresent valued contributions to America's development and growth. A primary goal of this organization is to briefly educate the public about Native American Indians. Today there are over 2 million Native Americans with about 800,000 living on reservations and 1.2 million residing in urban areas throughout America. There are approximately 300 Federal Indian reservations and 500 federally recognized tribes in the U.S. An Indian reservation is an area of land reserved for Native American use. The term tribe has had numerous meanings over the years, and today is considered by many to refer to a distinct group within the Native American culture. One of the primary concerns of Native American Indians is the question "who is an Indian? Some individuals and groups misrepresent the culture, philosophy and spiritual practices of the Native American, thus perpetuating false stereotypes which are then promoted in the mass media. Misrepresentation of Native American Indians shows up in various ways including the use of Indian images and/or tribal names in logos, on consumer products and as mascots for sports teams. This misrepresentation is highly offensive and the depiction is racist whether intended or not. Some of the other common misconceptions and stereotypes about Native American Indians include the following:
Extractions: The Native Americans live very close to Nature, in fact they consider themselves part of Nature. This vision enables them to live harmoniously in peace with Nature. We are one with Nature and can only live in peace when our actions are based on love and compassion for all living beings, including Nature. When we live in harmony with Nature we become more aware of the messages that are there for us. The Universe, or Great Spirit as the Native Americans call it, is here to guide and assist us in our lives. The Native Americans have many rituals to be in touch with their inner guidance. For them the 4 directions are related to a specific level of our being:
