Native American perspectives on climate change, environment…

NSDL’s Teacher’s Domain Pathway has released a new digital media special collection - Where Words Touch the Earth -  for grades 3-12, featuring Native American perspectives on climate change and how these impacts affect Native American communities.  Downloadable videos are available of interviews of elders and other community members by students from American Indian Tribal Colleges. A range of issues are covered, from the ecological function and spiritual roles of wetlands, the relationships between humans and nature, to more specific impacts such as depleted salmon populations in Washington state. There are also activities for teacher professional development, as well as student activities. Support for the collection creation was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Additional NSDL resources reflecting Native American perspectives include Peoples of the Arctic (Issue 16, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, K-5);  Broadening Participation in Computing (from the Engineering Pathway); Digital Library of Indigenous Science Resources (DLISR) (a DLESE collection); Educator’s Guide to American Indian Perspectives in Natural Resources (AMSER); and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) (CSERD).

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