Description
Book SynopsisA timely and urgently needed remedy to a long-standing gap in history instruction. This volume is designed to help teachers effectively integrate Indigenous history and culture into their lessons, providing richly researched content and resources across the chronological and geographical landscape of what is now known as North America.
Trade ReviewThis impressive volume from noted experts includes a variety of essays all suited to inform the teaching of Native and American histories. From broad concepts to helpful, concrete suggestions, these essays make it easier for everyone to engage with Indigenous history." - Malinda Maynor Lowery, Emory University
"Comprised of 21 erudite and informative contributions by experts in the Native American History that are deftly organized into three major sections. . . . A seminal, unique, and unreservedly recommended core addition to personal, professional, college and university library Native American Studies collections and supplemental and developmental studies curriculum studies lists." -
Midwest Book Review"[An] excellent collection. . . . Quite a feast of knowledge awaits readers." -
CHOICE ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction
Part One: Reflections on Teaching Native American History Chapter One: Learning to Teach Indian History: A Memoir
By Theda Perdue
Chapter Two: Teaching American Indian History Using the Medicine Way
By Donald Fixico
Chapter Three: Transnational History and Deep Time: Reflections on Teaching Indigenous History from Australia
By Ann McGrath
Chapter Four: Being There: Experiential Learning by Living Native American History
By Bernard Perley
Chapter Five: čwÈ·ˀn neyękwaˀnawèrih: Reflections on Teaching Indigenous History from a Native Student
By Taylor Hummel
Part Two: Reflections on Invasions, Epidemics, War and Genocide Chapter Six: Before Columbus: Native American History, Archeology, and Resources
By Maureen Meyers
Chapter Seven: Teaching and Understanding Genocide in Native America
By Gray Whaley
Chapter Eight: The “Virgin” Soil Thesis Cover-Up: Teaching Indigenous Demographic Collapse
By Tai S. Edwards
Chapter Nine: Teaching Indian Wars
By Mark van de Logt
Part Three: Essential Topics in Native American History Chapter Ten: Teaching Indian Slavery: From First Slaves to Early Abolitionists in Four Myths
By Denise I. Bossy
Chapter Eleven: Teaching the American Revolution from Indian Country
By Charles W. Prior
Chapter Twelve: Teaching the Broad and Relevant History of American Indian Removal
By John Bowes
Chapter Thirteen: Teaching and Understanding the History of Allotment
By Rose Stremlau
Chapter Fourteen: Teaching Federal Indian Law through Literature
By N. Bruce Duthu
Chapter Fifteen: Nation-to-Nation: Understanding Treaties and Sovereignty
By Margaret Huettl
Chapter Sixteen: Teaching Indigenous Environmental History
By Paul Kelton and James Rice
Part Four: Reflections on Identity and Cultural Appropriation Chapter Seventeen: An Appropriate Past: Seminole Indians, Osceola, and Florida State University
By Andrew K. Frank
Chapter Eighteen: Looking Past the Racial Classification System: Teaching Southeastern Native Survival Using the Peoplehood Model
By Marvin Richardson
Chapter Nineteen: Teaching Native American Religions and Philosophies in the Classroom
By Brady DeSanti
Chapter Twenty: Sustenance as Culture and Tradition: Teaching About Indigenous Foodways
By Devon A. Mihesuah
Chapter Twenty-One: Native American Art 101
By Nancy Marie Mithlo
