WHY THIS WEBSITE?

While American Pentimento diagnoses a problem, the website presents material towards a solution--recognizng natives as fellow humans sharing this continent.

Resources for educators | Maps (and other references for the book) | Further Reasons for Detail

FOR EDUCATORS

• Official on-line guidelines and lesson plans for
  
  
  • Canada British Columbia & the Northwest Territories
    
  • New Zealand [There are no provinces in New Zealand.]
    
  • Australia Western Australia and New South Wales
    
  • United States Alaska only [Elsewhere in the US indigenous history is optional]
  
  
  
• References for Teachers
  Encyclopedias, Maps, Biographies, Histories, Literature and Legends, Games and Toys
  
  
• Information (Basic Facts)
  the population, language, famous members, and useful websites for Native Americans and First Nations.
  
  
• Books for children 
  Organized by subject matter and tribe.
• Activities for children and young adults
  Art and crafts , videos, music and dance resources on line.

 

MAPS AND OTHER REFERENCES FOR THE BOOK

• Book index.

• Book's maps in color!
  Yes, you may print them out for classroom use.

• Government and legal websites for the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

• Languages spoken in the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand.
• News of indigenous peopleon the web.
  

• Indigenous food, crafts, art,and music, web references (most for the English-speaking world).
  

Why all the detail? 

1. While immigration history is dutifully studied in every corner of the United States, indigenous history is not. It appears only in the elementary grades, and then disappears in high school and college.
• Indigenous people are just as diverse as immigrants.Just as Italian immigrants differ from Chinese newcomers to the U.S., so the Eastern Woodlands people differ from the southwestern Pueblos. Their languages, culture, religious traditions, preferred foods, and housing preferences are all distinct. 
• The Tribes page names several of the many different cultures in the US and Canada and provides links to websites, and children's books, that portray the diversity of native peoples as parrticipants in both our past and present.
• The Languages page lists all of the native languages spoken in the Americas Australia, and New Zealand, the location and number of their speakers.
• The links on all pages contain clues to learning about real native people--their accomplishments and their tragedies--their present and their past.
  
  
2. Educators today need more than books suitable for teaching. TV-raised students expect images, music, video, and activities in order to have a more fully rounded picture of the lives and accomplishments of Native peoples.