Indigenous Resources

Thank you for your interest! 

Before going into these resources, please take time to understand selection criteria when evaluating and using Indigenous Resources.  Read here “Suggested Selection Criteria for Indigenous Material”

* Our RRB Education in the Schools Group put on a program for Boulder County Colorado teachers in 2021 at the Museum of Boulder and created this recommended list of Indigenous Resources for Teachers which is also of use by the general public. See further info on Education and Schools Group program here.

* We recommend this following list of resources for further study.  Two of our non-native members guided a 3 month long forum of 7 sessions for those interested in sharing study and interest in Native American voices in books, film, and webinars. We developed 10 pages of Indigenous Resources listed under 7 topics – as introductions to subject areas, eg. Boarding Schools, Sand Creek, etc. See here for those resources, listed in reverse order by topic. (Please begin with the last one, Topic # 1)

* For teachers: Ideas for Language Arts/Humanities lessons which were offered to our local school district in 2020.

* Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples offers in-person and online presentations of its workshop “Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples.” In this 2-hour participatory program, we experience the history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and Western historians. 

With experiential exercises and small group discussions, we are invited to consider how we can build relationships with Indigenous peoples based on truth, respect, justice, and our shared humanity. This workshop is appropriate for high school students and adults. A shorter interactive program for middle schools, “Re-Discovering America: Understanding Colonization” is also available. 

Register/contact for next online workshop: co-director, Paula Palmer: paulaRpalmer@gmail.com

* U.S.States which have been teaching Indigenous Education for All in their schools are good resources as well: Wyoming Native American education. Washington State Native Education

* ART and the role of artists: Artist Robert Martinez | Indian Education for All 5 min. 

He has art work up at the Dairy Center for the Arts in the Creative Nations room https://thedairy.org/indigenousartsmrkt/

Montana Indian Education for All see especially Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians


LOCAL Indigenous Resources in Boulder County, Colorado

* KGNU.org  Indian Voices on Sundays at 3 pm 88.5 FM  for an hour, Host: Theresa Halsey Explores Native American Issues, Music and Culture.

* Creative Nations at the Dairy Center for the Arts, dedicated gallery on Walnut & 26th St. Boulder    https://thedairy.org/indigenousartsmrkt and https://creativenations.art

* First Nations Development Institute https://www.firstnations.org weekly newsletter with Native news from around Turtle Island

* People of the Sacred Land https://peopleofthesacredland.org seeking the truth, creating equity, education, restoration, and reconciliation for the past. 

 * The Native American Rights Fund (NARF): https://narf.org/ holds governments accountable. We fight to protect Native American rights, resources, and lifeways through litigation, legal advocacy, and legal expertise. 

* Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies https://www.colorado.edu/cnais/ CNAIS provides Native students and faculty an intellectual and social home at CU Boulder. We promote collaborative research focusing on both local and global Indigenous knowledge and foster wide ranging NAIS projects that aim to open conversations both in Colorado and the world.

* Fort Chambers: A call for Boulder to reckon with our history and work toward right relationship with Indigenous peoples today, a slide presentation by Right Relationship Boulder’s Land Working Group

Throughout our country, people are re-assessing how we memorialize our history, especially in regard to racial injustice and conflict. This is an immediate challenge — and opportunity — for the people of Boulder. The City’s Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) department is considering how to protect and develop the site of Fort Chambers, one of the staging grounds for the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre where 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people were killed. Right Relationship Boulder is advocating for Cheyenne and Arapaho people to determine how this history should be memorialized at the Fort Chambers OSMP site. 

Right Relationship Boulder’s Land Working Group offers 30-minute slide presentations about the history of Boulder’s Fort Chambers and how the site can be protected to honor the Arapaho and Cheyenne people. The Land Working Group aims to secure lands in the Boulder area where Indigenous people can reestablish a presence in their homelands. To request a slide presentation in person or online, contact paulaRpalmer@gmail.com.

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