Marshall – Teaching Indigenous Histories and Contemporary Life: Resources, Inquiry, and Classroom Connections

How can educators bring Dakota and Ojibwe histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences into the classroom with greater confidence? Join the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Minnesota Department of Education’s Indian Education for All team for an interactive workshop combining content learning, resource exploration, and practical teaching approaches.

The workshop will be grounded in a presentation that explores how Indigenous languages carry understandings of relationships, community, and responsibility that English translations often miss. Through examples and approachable language activities, featured presenter Nicholas DeShaw, Boise Forte Ojibwe, will highlight connections between language, tribal sovereignty, and people’s everyday lives.

Guided activities will introduce story maps, Native American Lives books, classroom lessons, and selected tribally endorsed materials, community-produced resources, and primary sources. Educators will practice repeatable inquiry routines to help students engage with these materials and have meaningful classroom conversations.

Participants will consider connections to Minnesota’s academic standards and ways to incorporate this learning across subjects and throughout the school year. They will leave with greater confidence, useful resources, and concrete ideas for their next lesson.

K-12 Educators will receive 5 clock hours.

Registration

This event is free, however registration with Southwest West Central Service Cooperative is required.

Questions: Dawn.Christensen@swwc.org

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