Artful Teaching Heather Francis, Cally Flox

Brenda Beyal, NACI Program Coordinator, and Emily Soderborg, NACI Project Manager, discuss reasons why the popular fourth-grade song "Utah Indians" may need to be set aside. Emily shares two alternate Native-approved songs that can be sung by anyone, including the appropriate cultural context for each song and a paragraph that teachers can read in their classrooms before singing.

Brenda Beyal, NACI Project Coordinator, discusses one of the NACI guiding principles with Stephanie West and shares why multiple perspectives are important in teaching history and understanding the lived experiences of Native Americans.

Brenda Beyal, NACI Program Coordinator, describes the ways the Native American Curriculum Initiative is valuable to teachers, the importance of tribal approval on our educational materials, and makes distinguishes among different types of authentic, Native voices.

Brenda Beyal, NACI Program Coordinator, and other members of our team reflect on indigenous pedagogy and its relationship to the arts in education.

Terry Goedel, World Champion Hoop Dancer and retired Math Educator shares how he sees mathematical patterns in the hoop dance, the importance of this Native tradition to his family, the story he performs with his hoops, and his individual journey to hoop dancing.