Indigenous Peoples

A mother, teacher, and librarian reflects on “Frozen II,” Indigenous representation, and why children deserve the truth about Native history—no matter their age.

Preschool educator Makai Kellogg shares how to teach truthful, anti-bias Thanksgiving lessons to young children—without myths, distortions, or centering the colonial narrative. Learn how puppets, perspective-taking, and anti-bias practices help three-year-olds understand fairness, empathy, and Indigenous perspectives.

Learn how teachers can incorporate accurate Native American perspectives into Thanksgiving lessons, avoid harmful myths, and choose culturally responsible texts.

Thanksgiving has been distilled into a hardly visible holiday in schools, one that rarely drives curricular instruction. And yet, when we do mention it, it is almost entirely the mythology that we teach. 

It will take each of us breaking the silence and beginning to recognize and honor the existence of Native people on this land to begin to make change. 

Calling In Versus Calling Out

Columbus Day should have never been a holiday. This is a concept that some people struggle with because of some warped sense of belief in Manifest Destiny,

In March, Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided to cease publication of six of the prolific writer’s works due to his demeaning caricatures of non-white ethnicitie

It’s June, which means Pride Month is here! In a year where many elected officials and school districts are more determined than ever to center homophobia