Help Native American Teens Get Involved in Their Culture
Help me give my students books about Native American culture, and bookcases to create a take-home library as well as supplies for the classroom that they need to help them learn.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $2,627
This project is fully funded
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My Project
Historically, Native American students have been deprived of learning about their history, writings, culture, and art in school. My District sought to change that by creating new classes such as the 12th grade English class, Native American Perspectives, as well as a Navajo Government class and a Navajo Language class. I am in the second year of teaching the Native American Perspectives course at Camelback High School. We have learned about Native American origin stories and read Trickster tales. We have learned about other tribes and nations in the US. We have read poems, stories, and essays about what it means to be Native American and we have also learned about some of the issues Native Americans face both on and off the Reservation.
Many students are excited to go back home and have their parents read what we do in class and they share knowledge with their siblings because their families lack basic knowledge of their history, language, and culture.
My students who have younger siblings try to set an example for them. After talking to them, I came up with the idea of starting a library in the classroom filled with children's books about Native culture and language. Every year, my students will be able to check out books and take them home. I will encourage my students to read these books to their younger family members. I believe this will help with reading levels of their siblings, maybe develop a love for reading, help them learn about their culture and other Native cultures, and get my teen students more involved with their families. I hope to obtain, books and materials needed to make my project and class successful.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events (The Multicultural History & Heroes Collection)
• Amazon Business
$24.99
2
$49.98
Native American Stories (8 Books)
• AKJ Education
$48.79
1
$48.79
Native American Stories (7 Books)
• AKJ Education
$42.49
1
$42.49
Raven A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$12.00
3
$36.00
My First Navajo Alphabet Book: Diné Bizaad áábée: Bilingual Early Learning & Easy Teaching Navajo letters Book for Toddlers, Babies & Children Age: 1 – 4
• Amazon Business
$10.99
3
$32.97
We Are Water Protectors
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$15.00
2
$30.00
The Navajo Language: The Elements of Navajo Grammar with a Dictionary in Two Parts Containing Basic Vocabularies of Navajo and English (Navajo Language Dictionary)
• Amazon Business
$29.95
1
$29.95
The Storymatic Classic – Creative Writing Prompts and Story Games – Storyteller Cards – Teacher Tool
• Amazon Business
$27.67
1
$27.67
Diné: A History of the Navajos
• Amazon Business
$26.68
1
$26.68
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature
• Amazon Business
$24.95
1
$24.95
How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
3
$23.97
Be a Good Ancestor
• Amazon Business
$21.95
1
$21.95
Bowwow Powwow
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$20.00
1
$20.00
Coyote and the Sky: How the Sun, Moon, and Stars Began
• Amazon Business
$19.95
1
$19.95
The Whale Child
• Amazon Business
$19.95
1
$19.95
Send a Runner: A Navajo Honors the Long Walk
• Amazon Business
$19.95
1
$19.95
Navajo Coyote Tales: The Curly Tó Aheedlíinii Version (American Tribal Religions, 8)
• Amazon Business
$18.19
1
$18.19
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Teen Writer's Guide: Your Road Map to Writing
• Amazon Business
$16.95
1
$16.95
D Is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Alphabets)
• Amazon Business
$16.95
1
$16.95
Pushing up the Sky Seven
• AKJ Education
$16.05
1
$16.05
A Kid's Guide to Native American History: More than 50 Activities (A Kid's Guide series)
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
Who Were the Hopi People? Native American Tribes Grade 3 Children's Geography & Cultures Books
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
The Land of the Great Turtles (Cherokee and English Edition)
• Amazon Business
$14.95
1
$14.95
How the World Was Made (Cherokee and English Edition)
• Amazon Business
$14.95
1
$14.95
The First Fire: A Cherokee Story
• Amazon Business
$14.95
1
$14.95
Gaawin Gindaaswin Ndaawsii / I Am Not a Number (English and Ojibwa Edition)
• Amazon Business
$14.95
1
$14.95
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present
• Amazon Business
$14.89
1
$14.89
Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing
• Amazon Business
Navajo Life: A Bilingual Children's Picture Book
• Amazon Business
$13.95
1
$13.95
Fry Bread
• AKJ Education
$13.86
1
$13.86
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
• Amazon Business
$13.29
1
$13.29
White Wolf Woman and Other Native American Transformation Myths
• AKJ Education
$12.56
1
$12.56
Powwow Day
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
I am Sacagawea
• AKJ Education
$11.67
1
$11.67
Native American Food: From Salmon to Succotash (Native American Cultures)
• Amazon Business
$11.50
1
$11.50
My First Navajo Book of Colors, Shapes and Numbers
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Firekeeper's Daughter
• AKJ Education
$10.94
1
$10.94
Deb Haaland: First Native American Cabinet Secretary (Gateway Biographies)
• Amazon Business
$10.77
1
$10.77
The Hopi People (Native American Cultures, 2)
• Amazon Business
$10.50
1
$10.50
The Warrior Maiden, a Hopi Legend: Level 3 (Bank Street Ready-To-Read)
• Amazon Business
$10.28
1
$10.28
Black Indians
• AKJ Education
$10.21
1
$10.21
Soft Rain A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$10.00
1
$10.00
Native Americans in History A History Book for Kids
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$10.00
1
$10.00
50 FUN Creative Writing Prompts - Just for Teen Girls: Spark Your Fun-Schooling Adventure! (Purse-Sized Homeschooling Books for Teens)
• Amazon Business
$10.00
1
$10.00
Navajo Children's A to Z Coloring Book
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Navajo Children's Coloring and Activity Book
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Navajo Creation Myth: The Story of the Emergence - the Diné Bahane' Legend of the Navajo Native American Peoples
• Amazon Business
$9.98
1
$9.98
Children of Native America Today
• Amazon Business
$9.95
1
$9.95
Navajo Coyote Tales
• Amazon Business
$9.95
1
$9.95
101 Story Starters for Teens: Creative Writing Prompts to Kick Your Imagination into High Gear (Story Starters for Kids)
• Amazon Business
$9.95
1
$9.95
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• AKJ Education
$9.69
1
$9.69
Island of the Blue Dolphins
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$9.00
1
$9.00
The Rough Face Girl
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$9.00
1
$9.00
Coyote Jack: The Protector of Storytellers
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Soft Child: How Rattlesnake Got its Fangs
• Amazon Business
$8.95
1
$8.95
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
• Amazon Business
$8.39
1
$8.39
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Salt
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Storm Boy
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Chumash
• AKJ Education
$6.53
1
$6.53
She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Who Were the Navajo Code Talkers? (Who Was?)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Popcorn Book
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
MY NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOL
• AKJ Education
$5.80
1
$5.80
Eagle Song
• AKJ Education
$5.39
1
$5.39
The Mud Pony
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
Corn Is Maize
• AKJ Education
$5.10
1
$5.10
Men, Women and Social Structure - A Cool Guide to Native American Indian Society - US History for Kids Children's American History
• Amazon Business
$4.65
1
$4.65
The True Story of Pocahontas
• AKJ Education
$4.49
1
$4.49
Who Was Sitting Bull?
• AKJ Education
$4.37
1
$4.37
Native American Heroes Osceola, Tecumseh & Cochise
• AKJ Education
$3.64
1
$3.64
Materials cost
$2,044.71
Vendor shipping charges
$5.00
Sales tax
$122.32
3rd party payment processing fee
$30.67
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$2,232.70
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$394.01
Total project goal
$2,626.71
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$2,626.71
2 Donors
-$2,626.71
Donations toward project cost
-$2,232.70
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