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Native American Heritage Month Resources

These resources are not just for November! Use them throughout the year, and ask your student’s teachers or principal about how they might use them in their school.

Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving Resources

Image of the National Museum of the American Indian's Homepage

Please honor the First People of this land. Remember: we are more than November!

Classroom Resources

For Buildings

The entire school can…

  • Consider hanging a Native American History Month banner
  • Use the district-approved Land Acknowledgment
  • Have building-wide read alouds
Teacher Resources

Teachers can learn more with these websites…

Pre K – Grade 2

All books are at the AIRL or on Epic!

  • All Grades – Shadow of the Salmon movie short and guide
  • Kindergarten –
    • We Are Grateful (book, video, read to me; ages 3 – 7)
  • Grade 1 –
    • Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (ages 3 – 6)
    • Powwow Day (book, video; ages 4 – 8)
  • Grade 2 –
    • We Are Water Protectors (audiobook) (ages 3 – 6)
    • Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message (audiobook; ages 7 – 8)
Grades 3 – 5

All books are at the AIRL or on Epic!

  • Grade 3 –We Are Still Here! (140L; ages 7 – 10) and Teacher Guide
  • Grade 4 –A Stranger at Home (760L, ages 8 – 11) and Teacher Guide
  • Grade 5 –Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross (video, ages 7 – 11) and STEM Teacher Guide
Middle School
High School