Articles and Books
This is a compilation of media, books and articles that may be of interest to BSSP participants and other educators.
DVDs relevant to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Beaver Steals Fire, 2005 Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Finding Common Ground, 2007 Confederate and Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Fire on the Land, 2005 Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Books relevant to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Beaver Steals Fire, told by Johnny Arlee, Tribal elder from the Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes, 2005, University of Nebraska Press.
In the Name of the Salish & Kootenai Nation, edited Robert Bigart and Clarence Woodcock, 1996, Salish Kootenai College Press.
Ktunaxa Legends, Kootenai Culture Committee, 1997, Salish Kootenai College Press
Ksanka ‘A KtukaqwumKootenai Dictionary, Kootenai Culture Committee, 1999, Confederate and Salish and Kootenia Tribes.
Over a Century of Moving to the Drum, Johnny Arlee, 1998, Salish Kootenai College Press.
The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Salish-Pend;Oreille Culture Committee and Elders Culture Advisory Council Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribes, 2005, University of Nebraska Press.
Other books on Indigenous culture, science, and worldview
A Yupiaq Worldview, A. Oscar Kawagley, 1995, Waveland Press Inc.
Igniting the Sparkle, Gregory A. Cajete, 1999, Kivaki Press
Look to the Mountain, Gregory Cajete, 1994, Kivaki Press
Native Science Natural Laws of Interdependence, Gregory Cajete, 2000, Clear Light Publishers.
Next Steps Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education, Karen Gayton Swisher and John W. Tippeconnic III, 1999, Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
Power and Place Indian Education in America, Vine Deloria, Jr. and Daniel R. Wildcat, 2001, Fulcrum Resources
Bridging Cultures, Glen Aikenhead and Herman Michell, 2011 Pearson Canada Inc. Toronto, Ontario– An excellent book written for educators that explicitly addresses Indigenous and Western Science, and how to teach them effectively.
Books about local geology
Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods, David Alt, 2001, Mountain Press Publishing Company
Northwest Exposures - A Geological Story of the Northwest, David Alt and Donald W. Hyndman, 1995, Mountain Press Publishing Company
Flathead Geoscience Education Project - Teacher Reference Guide, Second Edition, January 2011. Salish Kootenai College. A set of curriculum resources that that includes the Teachers Guidebook, Elders Videos DVD, and Google Earth Exercise CD. Emphasizes the geology of the Flathead Reservation, culturally important landforms on the reservation, and local tribal oral history. Contact Regina_Sievert@skc.edu for more information.
U.S. History Books
People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present, 1st edition, Howard Zinn, 2003, Harper and Row
Lies My Teachers Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, revised and updated edition, James W. Loewen, 2004, New Press
Other
Nasa Native Earth System Science Curriculum Project: Salish Kootenai College Indigenous Math and Science Institute, 2003
Culturally Competent Standards Based Math and Science Lessons: Julie Cajune, Naida Lefthand, and Gina Sievert
