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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day All Year Long

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is October 11, 2021. We encourage you to uplift contemporary Indigenous cultures and histories by incorporating resources written by and about Indigenous peoples into your curriculum. In these LFJ resources, learn various ways to do this in your classroom—all year long.

  • Indigenous Peoples' History
  • Decolonizing the Classroom: Teaching With Indigenous Comics
  • With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
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Indigenous Peoples' Day 2019

Indigenous Peoples’ Day—still observed as Columbus Day on the federal level—is October 14. These resources can help you celebrate the histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples and Native nations. We hope you’ll make space in your classroom for these important lessons this Monday and throughout the year.

  • With and About: Inviting Contemporary American Indian Peoples Into the Classroom
  • Why Do We (Still) Celebrate Columbus Day?
  • I Am the Blood of the Conqueror; I Am the Blood of the Conquered
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Karen Schreiner

Karen is a second-grade master teacher at Aspire Monarch Academy in Oakland, California. In addition to teaching, Schreiner is a mentor teacher with the Aspire Teacher Residency Program, coaching and co-teaching with a resident teacher. She is a culture lead teacher at Monarch, working with the Culture Leadership Team to improve school culture and climate. In 2016, she was awarded the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching. Twitter: @schreink.