Ask the Expert: What Really Happened on the First Thanksgiving & Other First Encounters Stories?
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Have you ever wondered how the Indigenous People viewed the first Thanksgiving and other first encounter stories?
Join us for an interactive and engaging learning experience to discuss more about our Native American tribes and their perspectives of first encounters.
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Keahe Davis is the Education Director at the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center in Honolulu, Hawai’i. He received his B.A. in European Studies from Loyola Marymount Univ and his M.Ed. in Learning Design and Technology from the Univ of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He has designed and conducted instructional programs on various topics, including the Hawaii state court system, federal and state constitutional issues, Hawaiian history, civic engagement, implicit bias, and diversity, equity, & inclusion issues
La Verne Haakanson was born and raised in the village of Old Harbor. Eventually, she found herself in Fairbanks, Alaska where she finished her degree and earned a master's degree. She locked in a teaching position at Tanana Middle School and has been there for over twenty-four years. Many of the activities she enjoys, besides being able to teach, include coaching volleyball, having her students perform plays, painting, and promoting Project Citizen Community Engagement in Public Policy.
Anne Brenner Armstrong began her teaching career in five Iñupiat communities spread along northern Alaska’s northern Chukchi and Beaufort seacoasts. Grounded by community resources, her interdisciplinary practice embraces culture, literacy, environment, public policy, and extended family. Anne encourages Center for Civic Education programs in rural and urban schools across Alaska, as she works with Fairbanks middle school projects and University of Alaska Fairbanks colleagues.
Brian "BB" Melendez is an enrolled Tribal Citizen of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. He is a grassroots organizer. He is a Sundance Chief and spiritual leader for his Tribe's summer ceremonies and other ritual dances, and a former Federal Operations Officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He is also a published American Indian spirituality scholar and the host of the Coffee with an Indian Podcast.
Kellie Harry Kellie Harry is a Kooyoo'e Tukadu, (enrolled member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe) from Nixon, Nevada. She is the Senior advisor for Native and Culturally Responsive Education Equitable Learning for Systems Improvement for Education Northwest. Kellie is committed to increasing the academic achievement rates of American Indian students. Kellie promotes the inclusion of culturally responsive strategies to meet the academic needs of learning styles for equitable outcomes for all students.
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SS.9-12.US.13. Investigate the causes and effects of diverse ideologies on politics, society, and culture.
SS.9-12.US.26. Examine how and why diverse groups have been denied equality and opportunity, both institutionally and informally.
SS.9-12.US.28. Examine how American culture is influenced and shaped by diverse groups and individuals.
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