Indian Education Program Resource Room

SPPS Indian Education Program Resource Room

The St. Paul Public Schools Indian Education Program Resource Room contains materials available for check-out and cultural items that promote knowledge regarding the unique political, sovereign, cultural, traditional, and spiritual values of American Indian Nations.

A list of items located in the SPPS Indian Education Program Resource Room can be found by viewing the in the SPPS Library Catalog by selecting Center for Equity and Culture as the location and Indian Education Program @CASS as the sublocation. Additional items will be added to this list as they are added to our Resource Room. 

Check Out / Check In Procedures

Indian Education Program Kit Request *Kits may only be checked out by SPPS staff

Materials available for check out include

• Books
• CDs
• Curriculum
• DVDs
• Games
• Kits
• Posters

SPPS Indian Education Program Kits

Bandolier Bag Kit

The Grass Dancer Kit

Loom Beading Kit

Native American Flute Learning Kit

Seven Teachings Animals Puppet Kit

Smudging Kit

Sets of Books

• The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich (33 copies)
• Chickadee by Louise Erdrich (31 copies)
• The Creator's Game: A Story of Baaga'adowe/Lacrosse by Art Coulson (32 copies)
• Dakota and Ojibwe people in Minnesota by Frances Densmore (26 copies)
• The Four Hills of Life: Ojibwe Wisdom by Marlene Wisuri and Thomas D. Peacock (16 copies)
• The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich (31 copies)
• The Land of the Ojibwe developed by the Ojibwe curriculum committee, American Indian Studies Department, University of Minnesota, and the educational services division, Minnesota Historical Society (33 copies)
• Makoons by Louise Erdrich (31 copies)
• Ojibwe Language Curriculum by Eleanor Favell (31 copies)
• The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich (32 copies)
• Treaty with the Chippewa, 1854: Student Reader (11 copies)
• Yesterday's Wisdom, Today's Success : A Collection of Great Lessons and Native Wisdom from Our Tribal Nations and Great Native Leaders...and How They Can be Applied Today by James W Anderson (30 copies)

Online Resources

• 7 Generation Games
• 7 Generations Series Teacher’s Guide by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
• Absent Narratives Resource Collection by Minnesota Humanities Center
• Activity Guides for Students PreK-8th Grade by IllumiNative
• Bdote Memory Map
• Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning (Teachers) by IllumiNative
• Changermakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning (Learners) by IllumiNative
• Dakota and Ojibwe Resources by Minnesota Center for Social Studies Education
• Educational Materials by Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
• Free Resources by Good Minds E-Books
• Free Resources by Marlena Myles
• Growing Up Ojibwe: The Game by Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
• Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
• Indigenous Digital Archives Treaties Explorer
• Indigenous Peoples' Day Lesson Plan: Remote Learning by IllumiNative
• Lessons of Our Land by Indian Land Tenure Foundation
• Minnesota Office of American Indian Education
• Native Art, Native Voices: A Resource for K-12 Learners
• Native Knowledge 360° Educational Resources
• Native Skywatchers
• Ojibwe Language Learning Kits by Fond du Lac Tribal College Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang
• Plains Art Museum Teacher Resources
• Teacher's Guide and Lesson Plans for An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Beacon Press
• Teacher’s Guide for the Seven Teachings Stories by Katya Ferguson
• Teaching Native American History and Culture
• Tips for Teachers: Developing Instructional Materials about American Indians by Debbie Reese, (Nambé Owingeh) and Jean Mendoza (White)
• Tommy Sky Coloring & Activity Book by Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
• Why Treaties Matter