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Indigenous Educational Resources

Online Resources

  • Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian - Multiple free online exhibitions
  • Native Knowledge 360° - Educational resources for students and teachers created by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in collaboration with Indigenous communities 
  • Listening to Wampanoag Voices: Beyond 1620 - Online exhibition of Wampanoag cultural items at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology featuring Wampanoag educators 
  • Honoring Tribal Legacies - Educational resources for teachers created by the National Park Service, the University of Oregon, and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
  • Living Nations, Living Words - Digital maps featuring Indigenous poetry, created by the Library of Congress and Joy Harjo, the first Indigenous United States Poet Laureate 
  • Native Land Digital - Digital territory and language maps by an Indigenous-led non-profit
  • Chronicling America - Historic Indigenous newspapers in the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America collection
  • Upstander Project - Multiple short films on Indigenous history and culture 
  • ICT News - Contemporary Indigenous news from across Turtle Island (North America) 
  • Visit the tribal websites of Indigenous nations in your area for more information. Not sure which tribal nations are in your area? Search on Native Land Digital

Books on Indigenous History, Culture, and Thought

    • The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer 
    • The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, David Treuer
    • As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock, Dina Gilio-Whitaker
    • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
    • All the Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths about Native Americans, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker
    • An American Sunrise: Poems, Joy Harjo
    • Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future, Patty Krawec 
    • The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History, Ned Blackhawk

Books for Young Readers

    • Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 
    • If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, Christopher Newell 
    • If You Lived During The American Revolution, Christopher Newell (2026) 
    • Colonization and the Wampanoag Story, Linda Coombs 
    • Remember, Joy Harjo 

Indigenous-Led Museums