Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings
- What aHow can I use research to improve the quality of life of my community?
- What do I want to know, learn, or understand and how do inquire and search for this knowledge?
- What is the ideal purpose of American Government?
- How does a Government Policy affect me?
- What are the functions of American Government?
- How can I utilize Western education and Indigenous methodology to thrive as an Indigenous person in America?
- How does the Indigenous perspective help us understand Indigenous people today?
- Which parts of history and in books that include ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’, “I’ actually include indigenous peoples?
- As a NACA student, what can I do I strengthen my voice and presence through writing?
- How can we reclaim our history, geography, music, poetry, art, and other aspects of culture and incorporate them in our education at NACA?
- What is culture?
- How do I express my culture?
- What is the culture of New Mexico?
- Does culture change?
- How do perseverance and organization strengthen my ability to succeed and give back to my community and lands?
- How do I attend college and achieve my dreams, while remaining connected to my identity, community and lands?
Resources:
These resources are primarily for Grades 6-12. If you are looking for Elementary resources, please visit the Elementary page.
Videos
Arlyn John – Indigenous Humanities
Arlyn (HS Indigenous Humanities), NACA, shares his story and walks us through examples of what true indigenous education would mean and look like.
School UbDs + Curricula:
*All documents listed here are under continual improvement and revision. If used, please cite.
• Explaining Factors Causing Conflict and Cooperation
• Creation Date: November 1, 2008
• The Indigenous Spiritual Beliefs of Ancient Civilizations in India and Today
• Designer: Jessica Helen Lopez
• Creation Date: May 31, 2015
• Designer: Jessica Helen Lopez
• Creation Date: May 27, 2015
• Designer: Dorothy Sando
• Creation Date: July 31, 2015
• Indigenous Conflict
• Designer: Aaron Cuffee
• Creation Date: May 1, 2015
• Inference, Change, Power, and Civic Ideals
• Designer: Mikki Carroll
• Creation Date: May 28, 2015
• Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts based
• Designer: Sandra J. Fox D.Ed.
• Creation Date: May 1, 2015
• Settler Colonialism
• Designer: Micha Bitsinnie
• Creation Date: June 30, 2015
• The History of Turtle Island - Pre-contact to “Statehood”
• Designer: Micha Bitsinnie
• Creation Date: June 1, 2015
• Social Advancement
• Designer: Damien Flores
• Creation Date: June 30, 2015
• Civil War and Reconstruction
• Designer: Damien Flores
• Creation Date: June 30, 2015
• Policy, Colonization, and decolonization
• Designer: Arlyn John
• Creation Date: July 27, 2015
• Indigenous epistemology, Liberation education and Circular philosophy
• Designer: Arlyn John
• Creation Date: July 7, 2015
• Designer: Damien Flores
• Creation Date: June 30, 2015
Publications:
Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Social justice educator and author of Reading, Writing, Rising Up
• Author/s: Linda Christensen
Diné: Culture Standards – 7th-8th
• Includes Diné translations
Diné: Culture Standards – 9th-12th
• Includes Diné translations
Diné: Government Standards – 11th-12th
• Includes Diné translations
Diné: History Standards – 7th-8th
• Includes Diné translations
Diné: History Standards – 9th-12th
• Includes Diné translations
Honoring Tribal Legacies: Volume I
Publication Date: January 1, 2014
• An Epic Journey of Healing
• University of Oregon
• Author/s: CHiXapkaid, Ella Inglebret, and Stephanie Wood
Honoring Tribal Legacies: Volume II
Publication Date: January 1, 2014
• An Epic Journey of Healing
• University of Oregon
• Author/s: CHiXapkaid, Ella Inglebret, and Stephanie Wood
Indian Nations in the United States
• A Guide
• National Congress of American Indians
Oñate’s Missing Foot
Publication Date: January 1, 2003
• Author/s: James Brooks
The Nature of American Indian Tribal Governments
• Native American Legal Resource Center
• Author/s: Kirke Kickingbird
Tribal Nations and The United States
• National Congress of American Indians
Vision Statement for Indigenous History, Culture and Thought at NACA
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