We currently offer three Curriculum that have been designed for post-secondary classrooms:
“Tribal Legacies of Pathfinding,” has been authored by curriculum designer Carmelita Lamb. She writes: “Without the contributions of vital resources from the tribes they encountered along the journey, the explorers would have faced extreme hardship and possible failure in their mission to reach the Pacific Ocean.”
PDF to download: Tribal Legacies of Pathfinding
“Tribal Legacies and Contemporary Struggles in the Defense of Sovereignty: Standing Rock, 2016” has been authored by curriculum designer Professor Michael W. Taylor.
Dr. Taylor is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Mary, and a former middle school teacher, who contributed to our NEH Summer Institute 2019 in Bismarck, sharing information about how tribes educate their youth in Native histories, with a focus on the Oceti Sakowin Camp schools on the Standing Rock Reservation. He was a participant-observer relative to the Oceti Sakowin protest camp, near the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), from August 2016 to late February 2017. Tens of thousands of people came to an encampment near the Standing Rock Reservation to protest the installation of an oil pipeline that threatened the environment (and still does).
PDF to download: Tribal Legacies and Contemporary Struggles in the Defense of Sovereignty: Standing Rock, 2016
“Understanding Historical Trauma and the Relationship to Indian Education” has been authored by curriculum designer Casie Wise.
Dr. Casie Wise in the Education Specialist for the National Indian Education Association. She brings 20 years of classroom, leadership, and consulting experience to NIEA. Dr. Wise specializes in culture-based curriculum and pedagogy, professional development for educators, best practices in assessment, and educational research. In addition to twelve years of teaching middle and high school ELA in the United States and abroad, her roles include work as an EdReports Klawe Fellow, Teach Plus Policy Fellow, K-12 school support director, instructional coach, core advocate for Tennessee, literacy advisor, curriculum reviewer, and education consultant. In her role at NIEA, Dr. Wise manages multiple grants for developing curriculum and instructional resources, cultivates partnerships with other education organizations, and provides professional development and oversight for our Educator Initiative.
Dr. Wise resides in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband, who is a retired Navy veteran, and her son and daughter. She has a BSE in Secondary English Education from John Brown University in Arkansas, an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, and a doctorate in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership both from the University of Memphis.
PDF to download: Understanding Historical Trauma and the Relationship to Indian Education