NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE MARTA SATO, MAZIE SLEPPY, ELLANA JOHNSTONE, & MALLORY TAYLOR

California's Native American Tribes Currently 108 Federally Recognized Tribes 78 Entities petitioning for recognition.

Sonoma County's History PomoWappo Coastal Miwok Patwin

Comparison of Values Native American (Traditional Indian) Values GROUP-take care of the people Non Indian (Dominant Society) Values SELF -take care of #1 TODAY is a Good Day! PREPARE FOR TOMORROW A RIGHT time & RIGHT place TIME -use EVERY minute AGE (knowledge-wisdom) YOUTH -rich, young, beautiful COOPERATE COMPETE! Be PATIENT Learn to be-AGGRESSIVE LISTEN (and you'll learn) SPEAK UP GIVE and share TAKE and save Live in HARMONY with all things CONQUER-Nature Great MYSTERY/intuitive SKEPTICAL-Logical HUMILITY (Ego) SELF attention A SPIRITUAL Life Religion (a PART of life)

Did You Know?  Spirituality  Different from Religion  One specific god, or different spirits as beings within their belief systems  Each tribelet had different customs and languages.languages  “Each Indian language contains the key to that society's view of the universe” (Hoenig)  Homes  Multi family living  Sweat homes Point Reyes  Ceremonial homes.

Did You Know?  Spirituality  Different from Religion  One specific god, or different spirits as beings within their belief systems  Each tribelet had different customs and languages.languages  “Each Indian language contains the key to that society's view of the universe” (Hoenig)  Homes  Multi family living  Sweat homes Point Reyes  Ceremonial homes.

Did You Know?  Spirituality  Different from Religion  One specific god, or different spirits as beings within their belief systems  Each tribelet had different customs and languages.  “Each Indian language contains the key to that society's view of the universe” (Hoenig)  Homes  Multi family living  Sweat homes Point Reyes  Ceremonial homes.

CHALLENGES AND GENDER ROLES

DEMOGRAPHICS AND NEW COMER CHALLENGES  Demographics (according to the US Census)  In 2010 California’s population was 37, 680, 081; 362, 801were Native American  Percentage of the Population by City/County Napa County (2012)- 1.2% Sonoma County (2012)- 2.2% SF (2010)-.5% LA (2010)-.7% Mendocino County (2012)- 6.3%  In Sonoma County There are 819 Native American students (out of 70, 688). That’s 2% of the student population.

DEOMOGRPAHICS AND NEW COMER CHALLENGES  Bureau of Indian Education  Serves about 41,000 students in 23 states  In 2010, 58% of students graduated from high school  60% of the buildings were reported inadequate  Attend schools on the reservation or off??

Strategies When Working with Native Americans  Two Main Issues: Teacher Attitudes and Lack of Self- Esteem  Fix It By:  Accepting Classroom Climate  Expect Success  Emphasize Strengths  Respect Students  Include Cultural Art, Literature, Values, etc.

Strategies Cont’d.  Two Different Worlds  Stabilize the First World Before Focusing on the Second  Native American Students Stabilized in Their Culture are More Likely to do Well in School  Understand Cultural Values

Family Contributions  Family is Very Culturally Important  “Caught Between Two Worlds” –Letter to a Teacher from the Father of a Native American Kindergartener in a White School  “It takes time to adjust to a new cultural system and learn new things. He is not culturally “disadvantaged,” but he is culturally “different”.

Famous People  Mostly Play Native American Roles or are a Fraction Native American (with no real ties to cultural traditions)  Sherman Alexie “Indian Education” Talks About Some of the Difficulties of Being a Native American, Especially in a White School

Sources  Four Tribes of Sonoma County, Sonoma County Historical Society, December 2002  The American Indian: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, A Handbook for Educators. California Department of Education, Bill Honig, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Sacramento, 1991.)       "Caught between two worlds" by Robert Lake (Medicine Grizzlybear) page 93 of the reader  Diemer-Eaton, Jessica. "Understanding Western Perspectives of Native American Gender Roles." Yahoo! Contributor Network. Yahoo, 11 July Web..  "UnderstandingPrejudice.org: Teaching About Native American Issues." UnderstandingPrejudice.org: Teaching About Native American Issues. Web..  "The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights." The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Leadership Conference. Web..  "Indian Country Diaries: Today's Challenges." PBS. PBS, Sept Web.. 