Series Overview

Chag Lowry, Marnie Atkins, Melodie George-Moore, Natalie Carpenter-Scott, Maggie Peters, Tina West, Vincent Feliz, Skip Lowry and MerryKate Lowry will support teachers, aides and all school staff with understanding, utilizing and applying local indigenous worldviews, curriculum, literature and resources to support the full humanity of our students while meeting state educational standards.

Students, families and community members are encouraged to attend.

Resources provided to attendees include the Northwest Indigenous Gold Rush History book and a handout showing how the featured curriculum is aligned with CA state standards.

There are five sessions, each Tuesday in March. Attend any or all. Certificates for attending all five sessions (7.5 hours) of this professional development will be provided the first week of April by Sharrone Blanck. Register for each session you attend individually to get the Zoom links. Click on the links below to register for each session.

• March 1: Overview Local North West California Tribes
• March 8: Settle Up and Social Emotional Curriculum (ACES)
• March 15: Native Authors and Literature
• March 22: Circles of Health/Teaching Hard History: Missions and Gold Rush
• March 29: Wiyot Cultural Center and Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District (KTJUSD) Land Tenure Curriculum Training

March 15 Session Details

Identifying and using local Native Literature in the classroom. He is the author of the graphic novel Soldiers Unknown from Great Oak Press, The Original Patriots: Northern California Indian Veterans of World War Two from Original Voices, The Original Patriots: California Indian Veterans of the Korean War from Original Voices, and is the co-producer and director of multiple PBS documentaries about California Indigenous people and cultures. Chag’s book Soldiers Unknown is a 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Honor Book and is endorsed by the United States World War One Centennial Commission and by the American Indian Veterans Association of Southern California. He and Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva) co-wrote and she drew a new comic story about California Indigenous basketry titled My Sisters. This comic is endorsed by the California Indian Basketweavers’ Association (CIBA).