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San Diego County Office of Education and California Indian Education for All
Highlighted Resources
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NATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING BOOK CLUBS AND WEBINARS | |
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Native Ways of Knowing Book Club
February 27 features author, professor, and historian
William Bauer, Ph.D.
We Are the Land: A History of Native California
from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Pacific Time
We look forward to seeing you for our upcoming
Native Ways of Knowing Book Club.
Zoom Meeting Link: https://sdcoe.zoom.us/j/83270767133
Meeting ID: 832 7076 7133
Phone: +16694449171,,83270767133# US
Overview:
We Are the Land: A History of Native California co-written Dr. William J. Bauer Jr. examines California history from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, challenging traditional settler-colonialism narratives. The book highlights Native oral histories, lived experiences, resilience, and resistance our California Tribes, emphasizing how Indigenous communities have maintained cultural identity and sovereignty despite historical oppression. Bauer reframes California history by centering Native perspectives, demonstrating their resilience, adaptation, and continuous presence despite colonization, missionization, and statehood. The book emphasizes that Native people have always shaped and continue to shape California's history, culture, and land. Bauer critiques mainstream historical accounts that marginalize Native voices and instead presents history as told by Native American Californians themselves, offering a more honest and accurate understanding of the past.
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Join our upcoming Native Ways of Knowing webinars. K-12 educators, librarians, administrators, and tribal community are invited to learn from several renowned Native American and Alaska Native authors, professors, scholars, and change makers. Participants will access free culturally responsive literacy resources to improve representations and classroom climates for teaching and learning about California’s First Peoples. Live and interactive webinar Book Clubs are designed for participants to gain knowledge on supporting literacy, cultural competency, and culturally responsive instruction for all students, especially Native American students and families. Each session will have access to free lesson plans, resources, and instructional resources. We welcome those who share a commitment for improving access, opportunities, and support to allow Native American students and families to thrive in school.
Participants will reflect on the following:
- Whose stories do we choose to promote?
- How can we design more actively-centered Native stories and experiences?
- How can we use children's books to broaden our community conversation about race and decolonization?
- What ways can schools design programs and structures to honor Native Ways of Knowing?
Native Ways of Knowing Book Club Webinars annual calendar: https://bit.ly/2024NWOK-BookClub
Register: https://bit.ly/NWOK-Learn
Who Should Attend? K-12 Educators, K-12 Administrators, Librarians, District AI/AN Education Directors, Title VI TOSAs, Tribal Education Directors, Tribal education staff, Title VI Leaders, and tribal community
Contact: Staci Block, Ed.D. staci.block@sdcoe.net or Taylor Maki taylor.maki@sdcoe.net
Free NWOK Virtual Book Club is offered through the Office of Indian Education NYCP Federal Grant Funds
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2024-2025
California Indian Education for All
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
https://bit.ly/CIEFA-Cal
The SDCOE and CIEFA invite PK-12 educators, administrators, Title VI committee members, Tribal Education staff, college/university faculty, school board members, and tribal community members to attend events on our 2024-2025 CIEFA calendar. This CIEFA calendar has over 60 trainings, book clubs, institutes, conferences, talking circles, and collaboratives that will be offered for free to SD County and California LEAs, Tribal Education Centers, and tribal communities. All of these offerings are aligned to the Commitment to Ensure American Indian Student and Family Belongingness in Schools: A Community- Responsive Framework to Honor and Enhance Tribal Education Sovereignty https://bit.ly/Tribal-Ed-Sovereignty. Presenters and participants will share resources and programs related to American Indian Education, place-based learning, CA Native American Studies model curriculum, culturally responsive literacy, Native Youth Leadership, Native family and tribal community engagement, and improvement strategies to facilitate Native community leadership and agency in schools. We welcome those who share a commitment for improving belongingness, access, opportunities, and support to allow American Indian students to thrive in school. Access more resources at: https://www.caindianeducationforall.com
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NATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING BOOK LIST | |
SDCOE and CIEFA's Native Ways of Knowing Book List:
Decolonizing and Indigenizing Classrooms and Libraries
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Access the Native Ways of Knowing Book List
https://bit.ly/NativeWaysofKnowingBooks
To help educators and parents choose high-quality Indigenous authored books, CIEFA and SDCOE have designed this Native Ways of Knowing Book List: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Classrooms and Libraries. These books have been vetted by Native American scholars, CIEFA, and SDCOE staff. Please consider adding these insightful and vibrant Indigenous authored books to your school, classroom, or home library. Adding these books to your classroom will help teach young readers empathy, courage, resilience, sovereignty, and Native Ways of Knowing. These suggested Indigenous authors and illustrators utilize Indigenous storytelling and convey the breadth of Native cultures and sovereignty.
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2024 State of American Indian/Alaska Native
Education in California Report
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2024-2025
SDCOE California Indian Education
RESOURCE GUIDE FLIPPING BOOK
https://bit.ly/CIE_ResourceGuide
Check out of new 2024-25 American Indian Education Resource Guide Flipping Book. This online catalog provides an overview of SDCOE American Indian Education projects, networking opportunities, and grants that are supporting in collaboration with tribal leaders and educators. The professional learning (PL) opportunities offered in this catalog are designed specifically to ensure local education agencies (LEAs - school/districts and charter schools) can establish, expand and refine successful American Indian Education learning programs in collaboration with tribal governments, AI/AN students and families, and tribal community members.
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Ensuring American Indian Student and Family Belongingness in Schools | | | | |
