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If you don't know, I have a monthly email newsletter, and this month, I'm sharing 7 ideas/resources for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. So please sign up for my newsletter, and here's a thread of the resources I've shared: https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/soul-to-soul-newsletter-2dd?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozMTQ5NjQzLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNjE1NzM0OCwiXyI6ImRaSnJqIiwiaWF0IjoxNjA0MzE4OTgxLCJleHAiOjE2MDQzMjI1ODEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTI0MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.9Kj65ike0LtYbfObKfsZrAZcdP-j2NPbRJeDPJ6LRpA
1. I get so many messages from parents who want to know what books to buy for kids. @debreese has literally created an ENTIRE WEBSITE for just this! Please check it out, look up books you’ve bought, throw out the problematic ones, and order new ones.
…https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com
…https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com
2. I have TWO book lists on my website ( http://kaitlincurtice.com ), one from 2018 and one for 2020. Additionally, there is a study guide for #NativeBook available on my website— grab a few friends and have a zoom book club!
3. Many of us share that the bare minimum you can do is look up the peoples of the land you currently inhabit. You should know, respect, acknowledge and support the people of the land where you live. http://native-land.ca
3 continued: Can you pay rent to the tribe? Can you make sure you don’t assume the Indigenous peoples of the place where you live are all gone? Can you talk to your children, partner, parents, or community about the importance of knowing our true history?
4. Watch this important 16-minute documentary by Black Tongue Dakota Media ( @John_A_Little) about challenging Native stereotypes through art. Talk about the film at the Thanksgiving table. Challenge your own perceptions of who you think we are.
5. Watch Molly of Denali. Whether you have kids or not, I promise you’ll learn a lot.
https://pbskids.org/molly/videos
https://pbskids.org/molly/videos
6. A website that I’ve used with my own children, Four Directions Teachings, gives important teachings from 5 different Indigenous peoples, and shows the diversity within our stories and the ways in which we are connected.
http://fourdirectionsteachings.com/index.html
http://fourdirectionsteachings.com/index.html
7. Decolonize Thanksgiving by cooking Indigenous foods & honoring ppls of the land where those foods are harvested. Order wild rice from @HonorTheEarth, talk about why food is important and how the way we eat has been colonized. https://sioux-chef.com
Wonderful! There are 7 ways you can challenge yourself to learn (and unlearn), to dig deeper, research, explore, have fun and connect with your own humanity and Indigenous peoples.
One more time: don’t automatically and initially message Indigenous peoples for the labor and help on these topics. You’ve got this.
