January 27, 2021: Udpates and Resources

Congratulations Michaela Goade and Carole Lindstrom, illustrator and author of Caldecott Medal Award Winner We are Water Protectors! Yesterday, Tlingit artist Michaela Goade became the first Indigenous person to win the distinguished Caldecott Medal. Her illustrations in Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe’s Carole Lindstrom's story, We are Water Protectors, were inspired by Indigenous-led movements across North American to halt pipeline expansions.

You can find this beautifully illustrated and written book at your local library or bookstore! Read more in Indian Country Today’s coverage of the award announcement.

Arizona Department of Education Updates and Resources

OIE Parent and Caregiver Survey

The Office of Indian Education (OIE) is seeking feedback from Native American parents and caregivers on the OIE strategic plan. The presentation includes information about the OIE strategic plan and a link to the survey. Read the presentation and access the survey HERE.

Diverse Texts – Creating a More Inclusive Curriculum Webinar

As part of this webinar, participants will learn how to use the ADE Diverse Texts guidance to help you to create a more inclusive curriculum in your secondary ELA Classroom, and how to start a conversation in your classroom, school, and district. Please feel free to review the guidance beforehand as we will be spending time with it during this webinar: https://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/secondary-literacy-middlehs (under the blue bar that says "Diverse Texts"). Participants will earn 1-hour of PD credit for attending this webinar. The zoom link will be individually emailed to registrants on the day of the webinar.

There are five dates for the webinar. Each start at 3:00 PM (MST) Register HERE.

• February 2, 2021
• February 17, 2021
• March 4, 2021

Resources and Update from OIE Partners and Stakeholders

Finding A Way Forward in 2021 with the Warrior's Guide presented by D.J. Vanas

Thursday, March 4th at 9:00 am – Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tpfeqdYjSAm5pkZiMJk94A

We all want to be brave… We all want to deliver when it matters... That’s why D.J. Vanas created The Warrior’s Guide: 8 Native American Principles to Create Enduring Strength. In this program, he’ll walk you and your team through the guide and show you how to leverage your effort where it will have the most impact – on creating a stronger version of yourself. No matter how good our intentions, we can’t serve anyone well when we’re falling apart and our communities need warriors -- not martyrs. This guide explores what the warrior role is (and isn’t) from tradition, how to use self-care, teamwork, creativity, and discipline to create resiliency and how to foster mental toughness and courage to face any challenge. You’ll learn how the role of warriors can make us warriors in our roles! Especially during tough times, we need proven principles that have worked through the toughest. Get ready to get back into the good fight with a renewed sense of clarity and drive.

Be sure to get your FREE copy of the Warrior’s Guide: 8 Native American Principles to Create Enduring Strength at www.Nativediscovery.com.  The guide will be used in this session.

Cultivating Black and Native Futures in Education Conference Seeking Proposals

Convened by Amanda R. Tachine (Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University) & Eve L. Ewing (University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. 

The Cultivating Black and Native Futures in Education (June 17-19, 2021) Conference is a free virtual opportunity for scholars, artists, organizers, educators, activists, youth, and practitioners to convene in the spirit of radical joy, love, solidarity, and building what Ashon Crawley has termed “otherwise worlds” or what Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has called a “radical alternative present.”

The conference is now seeking proposals for skill-sharing workshops, panel discussions, research presentations, performances, artist talks, coalition building, and book/music discussions. We especially invite sessions that explore the following themes: storytelling/sharing family narratives, land, and water repatriation, abolition, land & foodways, organizing and leading youth movements for justice and solidarity, Native/Black queer and trans brilliance, as well as teaching and writing new narratives of Black/Native lives. Proposals are due March 5, 2021. To learn more, submit a proposal, or sign up to receive updates on programming & registration, visit https://www.cultivatingblacknativefutures.org/.

Museum of Northern Arizona: Namingha Institute Master Class

The Museum of Northern Arizona would like to invite students at your institution to apply for this year’s Namingha Institute Master Class program hosted on our campus from June 3-17, 2021. We seek students that are looking for opportunities to expand their artistic skills and interests through a two-week residency. This residency includes supplies, housing, and two weeks’ worth of engaging classes with world-renowned artist, Dan Namingha and Arlo Namingha.

To apply students can visit https://musnaz.org/namingha/