Featuring resources for teaching about American Indian Nations and the United States

Colin Calloway, Dartmouth professor of history and author of The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, The First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation, and Julia A. King, St. Mary’s College of Maryland professor of anthropology, discussed recent historical research into Native American life with Philip Deloria, Harvard professor of history.

Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers share stories of both their history and modern culture in a virtual performance that culminates with a dance in honor of Native American Heritage Month. During this virtual program, from wherever you are, the whole family can learn new movements and words in this participatory video program.

Indian imagery is everywhere in the United States. Americans, the National Museum of the American Indian virtual exhibition, asks why?

Highlights from the Museum's collections from North, Central, and South America.

Land Acknowledgements are an important way to promote Indigenous visibility. Explore the Kennedy Library's land acknowledgement, along with a map showing the ancestral lands of the Pawtucket and Massachusett peoples.

The Civics Project Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for Civics teachers from schools across Massachusetts to collaboratively plan and lead PD, share successes, and work alongside DESE to ensure that student-led civics projects are meaningful for teachers and students. Civics Project Fellows will work together from January-June 2022 and will receive 30 PDPs and a $1000 stipend upon successful completion of the Fellowship. Meetings are all virtual and will be scheduled collaboratively by group members upon selection. Applications are due Monday 12/6 at 9am. Learn more and apply today!