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At the turn of the 20th century people began proposing a celebration to honor Native Americans. In 1914, Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfoot tribe, rode horseback from state to state hoping to gain support for a day of tribute. In 1915, a Seneca tribe member, Dr. Arthur Parker, convinced the Boy Scouts to designate a day of recognition for Native Americans. One year later New York was the first state to celebrate American Indian Day. In following years, other states also developed similar celebrations. In 1976, a Senate resolution was passed to authorize the president to declare October 10-16 as Native American Awareness Week. In the following years the celebration was bounced around on the calendar with inconsistent names. In 1990, the recognition was expanded to a month-long celebration during November as has remained so since.
The existence and heritage of the Native American peoples in this country is invaluable. Knowledge of their history, experiences, culture, and current situation is crucial to ensuring that the value is not lost and that history does not repeat itself. It is our mission to help end the oppression that this population has endured. Over 450 federally recognized tribes exist across the United States in every area of the country. The resources available here are intended to promote education and awareness of the Native American way of life and celebrate the vast diversity of individual tribes and their existence in our world today.
Library Resources
| Description of Library Resources |
Location of Resources |
| Traditional storytelling today : an international sourcebook / edited by Margaret Read MacDonald ; contributing editors, John H. McDowell, Linda Dégh, Barre Toelken. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Reference Index Table 3 (No Loan)
Call No.: GR72.3 .T73 1999 |
| Natives and academics : researching and writing about American Indians / edited by Devon A. Mihesuah. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Books
Call No.: E76.8 .N37 1998 |
| Traditional storytelling today : an international sourcebook / edited by Margaret Read MacDonald ; contributing editors, John H. McDowell, Linda Dégh, Barre Toelken. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Reference Index Table 3 (No Loan)
Call No.: GR72.3 .T73 1999 |
| Tribal environmental & natural resource assistance handbook. |
Location: ETSU C. C. .SHERROD Docs Closed Stacks (Ask at Docs Desk)
Call No.: PREX 1.2:T 73 |
| Native American women writers [computer file] / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. |
Location: E-Books from NetLibrary
Call No.: PS153.I52 N38 1998eb |
| Natives and academics : researching and writing about American Indians / edited by Devon A. Mihesuah. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Books
Call No.: E76.8 .N37 1998 |
| Roots and branches : a resource of Native American literature themes, lessons, and bibliographies / Dorothea M. Susag. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Books
Call No.: PS153.I52 S87 1998 |
| Keepers of the earth : native American stories and environmental activities for children / Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by N. Scott Momaday ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and Carol Wood. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Room 353 Juvenile Nonfiction
Call No.: 398.2 C115k 1997 |
| Bibliography of language arts materials for native North Americans, bilingual, English as a second language and native language materials, 1975-1976, with supplemental entries for 1965-1974 / G. Edward Evans and Karin Abbey. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Books
Call No.: P115 .B5 1979 |
| Native American cultures in the U.S.A. [videorecording] / the Board of Governors Universities in cooperation with Governors State University ; a production of Communications Services ; producer/director, Tony Labriola. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Media Center Room 311 (Restricted Access)
Call No.: VTR 3124 |
| Plains [videorecording] / Trans Pacific Television ; TBS Productions ; producers, Michael Grant and Patricia Foulkrod ; director, George Burdeau ; writers, Hanay Geiogamah and Michael Grant. |
Title has multiple holdings |
| Now that the buffalo's gone [videorecording] : a report on the past and present of the American Indian / producer/director, Ross Devenish. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Media Center Room 311 (Restricted Access)
Call No.: VTR 2139 |
| In the white man's image [videorecording] / a production of the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium and the Nebraska Educational Television Network for the American Experience ; written and produced by Christine Lesiak ; co-produced by Matthew |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Media Center Room 311 (Restricted Access)
Call No.: VTR 1977 |
| Coming to light [videorecording] : Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians : a film / by Anne Makepeace ; produced, written and directed by Anne Makepeace ; a co-production of Anne Makepeace Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET. |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Media Center Room 311 (Restricted Access)
Call No.: VTR 5331 |
| Counseling the Native American Indian client [videorecording] / produced by TV & MSC, California State University, Fullerton in conjunction with the Department of Counseling ; content specialist/written by Dolores Jenerson ; editing/directed by Terry Robe |
Location: ETSU C. C. SHERROD Media Center Room 311 (Restricted Access)
Call No.: VTR 4664 |
Web Resources
Lesson Plans for Native American Teaching Units.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/NativeAmericans.shtml
Native Americans of the Northwest, Plains, Southwest, and Woodlands regions.
http://www.proteacher.com/090018.shtml
Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson038.shtml
Native American Lesson Plans.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ssNativeAmericanActivities.htm
Information on Native American Cultures.
http://www.marilee.us/nativeamericans.html
Native American History for Kids.
http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/native_americans.html
Countering Prejudice Against American Indians & Alaska Natives Through Antibias Curriculum and Instruction.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed400146.html
Teaching Kids About the Wonderful Diversity of American Indians.
http://www.nativechild.com/article.html
Native American Resource Links.
http://www.sondra.net/links/na-education.htm
Teaching Young Children about Native Americans.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed394744.html
Teacher references: Native Americans.
http://www.americanpentimento.com/ref.htm |
