[nativestudies-l] Indigenous History in the Classroom

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

An important recent essay that is likely to be of interest to list members:


Indigenous History in the Classroom: Four Principles, Four Questions
by GUEST on NOVEMBER 18, 2013
By Carolyn Podruchny 

Is teaching Indigenous history any different than teaching other histories? This question was posed to organizers of a day-long Teaching History Symposium on history, heritage, and education for Toronto area public school teachers, heritage experts, graduate students, and faculty members in the History Department at York University.[1] Rather than providing an answer, I suggest more questions to consider, and principles to guide decisions about teaching Indigenous history. I suspect that methods employed in teaching Indigenous histories can serve as a model for teaching about the histories of all peoples in the past….

For the full article, go to: http://activehistory.ca/2013/11/indigenous-history-in-the-classroom-four-principles-four-questions/

Alyssa Mt. Pleasant, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Transnational Studies
University at Buffalo (SUNY)

alyssamt at buffalo.edu
716-645-0833

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