美国印第安人 is the legal term for the federally recognized tribes that reside within the U.S. Unlike other American ethnic groups, federally recognized tribes 和 nations engage in “government-to-government relationships” with federal, 状态, 和 local governments.

美国印第安人s are not ethnic groups

Unlike Asian Americans, 非裔美国人, 和 Latinx 社区, we are in treaty relationships with the United States. This treaty relationship alone necessitates a clearer distinction. This also helps explain why 美国印第安人s had such different needs during the civil rights era — we sought a measure of separation from the US mainstream 政治 culture, not assimilation relative to exercising the civil liberties of this nation. – Dr. Joshua Reid (University of 华盛顿, History, 美国印第安人 Studies)
…美国印第安人s do not form an ethnic group, they are composed of thous和s of independent nations, 社区, 和 cultures that have very different 和 specific identities.
Indian country is more like the multitude of nations that form the United Nations than a shared ethnicity. The concept of ethnicity oversimplifies 美国印第安人 identities 和 homogenizes the cultural, 政治, 和 diversity of 美国印第安人 identities. 香槟,杜安. “The Term ‘美国印第安人,’ Plus Ethnicity, Sovereignty, 和 Identity.” IndianCountryToday.com, Indian Country Today, 16 June 2014.

Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in 华盛顿 State

All K – 12 Seattle Public School social studies teachers are required to teach Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in 华盛顿 State (STI) at every grade, K – 12 和 implement in their classrooms according to district policies: 

• Read more about the Racial 和 Educational Equity Policy
• Read about the STI 2019 Curriculum Adoption
• Read more about the Native American Racial Equity Tool (NARET) to evaluate unvetted classroom resources for anti-Indian bias.
• RCW 28.320.170 m和ates the teaching of STI 和 district-tribal partnerships to adapt content to reflect the history of those tribes. Our federally recognized partner tribes are the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe  (医学溪 和 点艾略特 条约)和 苏跨米西族部落 (Treaty of 点艾略特)

修改 & Required State Collaboration

School districts shall collaborate with OSPI on curricular areas regarding tribal government 和 history that are 状态wide in nature, such as the concept of tribal sovereignty 和 the history of federal policy towards federally recognized Indian tribes.

卫生及卫生服务人员

All curriculum for Since Time Immemorial, district 和 状态 requirements for teaching STI, enrichment resources, 和 registration for upcoming professional development can be found in our 美国印第安人 Studies Schoology Course (需要登录)

公共资源

• Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in 华盛顿 State
• SPS TV Playlist: Tribal History Lessons 

其他资源:

• Twulshootseed—Lushootseed Native L和s Maps & 资源
• 一天break Star Radio–Indigenize the Airwaves
• Northwest Indigenous News—Tulalip TV
• NW News Network—Native Americans
• Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs
• National Museum of the 美国印第安人
• Burke Museum Field Trips & 教师资源
• Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America
• 美国印第安人 Library Association