Teaching and Learning About Native Americans

This webpage from NCAI provides easy-to-understand background information about Native youth including demographics and policy.

The AIC is a key organization in the Chicago Native American community. This website provides information about Chicago-area powwows and other events.

Every other year, AILA publishes a list of picture books, middle grade books, and young adult books that it recognizes for presenting “Indigenous North American peoples in the fullness of their humanity.”

Articles in this richly illustrated magazine for adults cover a wide range of topics related to Native cultures.

The editors of the AICL blog list some of the best books featuring Native content, each year, including picture books.

This set of digital teaching resources provides educators with background information on a range of topics related to Native Americans.

This federal webpage offers reports and resources related to federal Indian boarding school policies and their impact on generations of Native families and communities.

Articles in this magazine cover contemporary and historical art by Native people and include many images of people and artwork.

This lesson plan is useful as background information for early childhood educators or parents. It is designed for use with An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People.

This media outlet’s website is a source of up-to-date news and opinion, both text and video, on topics especially relevant to Native Americans.

This U.S. government document lists all 570-plus federally recognized Native nations, tribes, bands, and other groups.

This website offers resource materials, activities, and videos that can help educators prepare to teach about Indigenous people of Illinois.

The University of of Illinois’ three campuses are located on the traditional homelands of several Native nations. The Native people were forcibly removed from what is now called Illinois. Their experience is rarely addressed in curricula from kindergarten through university. The Land Acknowledgement Statement is intended as a respectful acknowledgement of both the past and contemporary Indigenous presence.

This website offers access to episodes of the animated children’s program featuring Indigenous children and families living near Denali in what is now known as Alaska. Related online games and activities also are featured.

This website offers a variety of resources, from collections of images to professional development webinars for educators.

The past episodes of this call-in show are full of background information for educators who want to know more about contemporary issues affecting Native American people and communities. Listeners can also tune into live broadcasts.

This website is a source of award-winning music videos and information about performers; some are appropriate to share with young children.

This webpage links to several lists of recommended books for young people and to resources on related topics.

This website includes resources for classroom use and professional development webinars for educators, with information about a range of topics related to Native people’s lives and histories.

This Indigenous-led, carefully researched web resource includes blogs and interactive maps that enable users to find the ancestral homelands of Native nations.

This 12-minute video, intended for children in kindergarten to second grade, gives an overview of Native Americans in what is now called Illinois, from Cahokia to the present.

Digital resources for educators include images of objects in the museum’s collection, and information about them.

This lesson plan is useful as background information for early childhood educators or parents. It is designed for use with An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People.

This archived podcast addresses two important matters affecting Native people: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma and recent challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

This blog post by Nambé Pueblo blogger Debbie Reese lists sturdy books for babies and toddlers, featuring Native children and families.

This 2018 article includes factual information about Chicago’s contemporary Indigenous community.

This resource for educators suggests 14 picture books by Native writers and artists, with emphasis on tribal nations of the Great Lakes region.