tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post6684761943979172769..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: "Hatchets, feathers, and the color red"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-61752120539357976162010-01-16T17:57:24.878-08:002010-01-16T17:57:24.878-08:00One antidote: education that real Indians are invo...One antidote: education that real Indians are involved in.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_364073059.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_364073059.html</a><br /><br />"BENZONIA -- Renee Osgood doesn't believe today's social studies textbooks do enough to explain American Indians' contributions to state and national affairs.<br /><br />Not only that, she said, but students gain richer context when they're presented with firsthand information. To do that, they have to look beyond textbooks.<br /><br />That's what she plans to do with her sophomore civics students at Benzie Central High School after the new semester begins this winter. She wants to teach them about how tribal leaders interact with local governments and influence state and national policies through lobbying.<br /><br />"Now we have a real-life example of that happening," Osgood said. "I just don't think people realize about the diversity we have, and I think it needs to be emphasized."<br /><br />The idea to bring native history and culture into modern classrooms is motivated in part by the ties linking Benzie County Central Schools and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians....."dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com