This guide is created in collaboration with the Office of Indian Education from the Arizona Department of Education. A Professional Learning Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge System was held in effort to increase Indigenous-serving educators the capacity to:
The resources provided within the guide also provides assistance for K-12 educators on how to be culturally responsive towards Indigenous students within their classrooms. The guide also provides resource assistance for K-12 tribal educators in applying Indigenous Knowledge Systems strategies within the community classroom.
This guide will be updated as new published information is release, including book titles.
The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-two Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems refers to the correlative and holistic approaches Indigenous people and communities respectively engage to acquire knowledge and skills. Indigenous Knowledge Systems make up the following:
The following are tips in selecting appropriate Indigenous/Native American Literature for the Classroom.
Many historical and outdated literature contains cultural sensitive information requiring a community learning approach in applying the Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Therefore, the strategies to become Culturally Responsive depends if your classroom is under a Tribal or Metropolitan school systems. One school system will have different responsibilities and restrictions from the other.
Culturally Responsive within Metropolitan School Systems
Metropolitan/Urban Classrooms must avoid using historical and outdated literature containing cultural sensitive information. Cultural Taboo Protocols are the driving force in your classroom lesson planning. The following are tips to educators in urban school settings
Culturally Responsive within Tribal School Systems
Tribal educators' role will have a less restrictive use with historical and cultural information. Tribal communities have a more obligatory mission in revitalizing language and culture, which will require educators to combine historical materials and Indigenous Knowledge Systems approaches. Books should aid as a reference point in the support of passing of Traditional Knowledge, but should not be the entire framework for learning. The following are some strategic approaches within the classroom:
The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.