Amplifying Native Voices in North Carolina History Summer Teacher Institute
Sponsored by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR), the North Carolina Humanities Council (NCHC), and the Institute for Heritage Education (IHE)
Deadline to Apply: May 22, 2023
Overview
Our vision for the Amplifying Native Voices in North Carolina History Summer Teacher Institute is that North Carolina teachers have access to culturally responsive curriculum materials, access to experiential and object-based learning, and the opportunity to engage with American Indian educators and researchers. The Institute will include sessions where teachers will engage with content, as well as participate in teaching methods-based workshops and discussion sessions. The content of the curriculum shared at this Institute focuses on Native experiences in the Carolinas between 1491-1830, a time period for which North Carolina teachers have expressed interest in covering in their classrooms but also a need additional tools and resources. Key topics include first contact in the Carolinas, Native Slavery, the Indian Removal Act, and Native agency. Particular focus will be placed on emotional awareness in the classroom while teaching difficult histories.
This Institute is a component of a larger project called Amplifying Native Voices in North Carolina History with goals to advance public education by creating new educational opportunities and building the capacity of schools to elevate Native American voices, experiences, cultures, and contributions in teaching about the past and present of our state and nation. Unfortunately, Native American experiences and histories continue to be erased in public education, media, politics, and cultural institutions. Currently, North Carolina public schools have limited capacity to include American Indian studies and cultural values in teaching social studies, history, and other subjects. Our aim is to have teachers walk away with tools to effectively incorporate Indigenous voices, traditional knowledge, and Lumbee culture/history into their classrooms. We emphasize the use of primary sources including archaeological collections as well as digital humanities materials that can be incorporated into online learning.
Nancy Strickland Fields’ 18-year museum career has been focused in museum education and administration. She has worked at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.; and The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City. Her current role is Director and Curator of The Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC in Pembroke, North Carolina. She is the first Lumbee graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Museum Studies. Nancy earned a master’s degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and is currently a doctoral student in the Public History program at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Patricia A. McAnany, Kenan Eminent Professor and Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is co-director of Proyecto Arqueológico Colaborativo del Oriente de Yucatán—a community-archaeology project at Tahcabo, Yucatán, México. She co-founded and directs InHerit: Indigenous Heritage Passed to Present, a UNC program that generates collaborative research and education projects on topics of cultural heritage with communities in North Carolina and the Maya region. She is the author of several books, notably Maya Cultural Heritage: How Archaeologists and Indigenous Peoples Engage the Past, and journal articles.
Diane Slocum, Inherit Program Director, is an Anthropology Ph.D. student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her primary research interest is community-engaged archaeology in Yucatán, Mexico. In the Spring of 2018, she completed an M.A. in the Anthropology program at Northern Arizona University where she gained experience working as an archaeologist in Belize, Central America. Prior to beginning the M.A. program, her archaeological knowledge focused on the American Southwest where she worked in cultural resources management. Her extensive fieldwork informs her belief in the importance of opening lines of communication between archaeologists and local communities. Practicing archaeology in the U.S. instilled in her an ethical concern about how archaeologists interact with local and Indigenous communities that extends beyond the confines of legal mandates.
James Shanda HutchisonSchool: Green Hope High School
Krystal Colehttps://www.uncp.edu/resources/museum-southeast-american-indian
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Please direct questions to Diane Slocum at inherit.p2p.email@gmail.com.
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