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    • Alchini bida’ak’eh: Teachings from the Corn Field

      Author: Tiffany Tracy
      Seminar: Food and Health
      Subject Area: Health
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Four Foods of Hózhó

      Author: Shirley Paulson
      Seminar: Food and Health
      Subject Area: Health
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Getting Healthy by Eating Healthy

      Author: Mary L. Washburn
      Seminar: Food and Health
      Subject Area: Health
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Integrating Situational Navajo with Healthy Foods

      Author: Dr. Jefferson Clauschee
      Seminar: Food and Health
      Subject Area: Health
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Integrating Traditional and Western Values

      Author: Jolene R. Smith
      Seminar: The Politics of Morality
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Intertwining Self-Identity with the Western Culture

      Author: Jennifer Tsosie
      Seminar: The Politics of Morality
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Learning and Acquiring Positive Characteristics based on Diné Values and Beliefs to build Resilience

      Author: Elizabeth Isaac
      Seminar: The Politics of Morality
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Navajo Knowledge as the state of Hozhó and the Foundations of Morality

      Author: Cheryl A. Singer
      Seminar: The Politics of Morality
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • Reclaiming Native American Identity and Rejecting Stereotypes

      Author: Irene Jones
      Seminar: The Politics of Morality
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2018
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    • “Water is Life”

      Author: Melanie Howard
      Seminar: Clean Air and Water
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Clean Air Healthy Lungs

      Author: Irene Jones
      Seminar: Clean Air and Water
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • GMO: Is it a Toxic Food Term?

      Author: Shirley Paulson
      Seminar: The Human Body
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Heart and Lungs Unit

      Author: Lisa Joe
      Seminar: The Human Body
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Interpreting and Securing Navajo Access to Safe Drinking Water

      Author: Marc Hillis
      Seminar: Clean Air and Water
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Know Your Parts and its Functions

      Author: Mary L. Washburn
      Seminar: The Human Body
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Learning about the Human Body through Robotics

      Author: Delavita John
      Seminar: The Human Body
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Navajo and Native American Clothing and Adornment

      Author: Cheryl A. Singer
      Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Navajo Nation: Water for Life in the Southwest

      Author: Judith Arnold
      Seminar: Clean Air and Water
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Nizhónígo Na’ach’aah bahane’ Comparing and Contrasting the Art and Literature of Two Diné artists

      Author: Tiffany Tracy
      Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water Act

      Author: Phyllis Tachine
      Seminar: Clean Air and Water
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Shí (Me)

      Author: Jennifer Tsosie
      Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Storytelling Through Contemporary Ledger Art

      Author: Sandra Gover
      Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • The Digestive System

      Author: Marjorie Mighells
      Seminar: The Human Body
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • The Geometry of Native American Art

      Author: Marnita Chischilly
      Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 8th
      Year of Publication: 2019
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    • Native Law Through Storytelling and Peacemaking

      Author: Sherra L. Dunmore
      Seminar: Native Law
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Navajo Constellations

      Author: Tanya Chischilly
      Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 8th
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Peacemaking

      Author: Ilene Ryan
      Seminar: Native Law
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • “Solving Math Problems and Making Sense from Concrete to Abstract”

      Author: Elizabeth Isaac
      Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • “You are not Done, Yet!”

      Author: Mary L. Washburn
      Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • A Cultural Perspective on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Uranium Mining on Diné

      Author: Darwin Clauschee
      Seminar: Stories of Home and Place
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Affirming Identity as Students Build Mastery, A High School Geometry Unit: Introduction to Trigonometry

      Author: Michael Harpst
      Seminar: Stories of Home and Place
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Changes in the Season: Our land and Medicine

      Author: Priscilla Black
      Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 6th
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Community Gardening and Place Value in Second Grade

      Author: Jordan Morales
      Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Creating Hózhó: I am Hózhó, You are Hózhó, We are Hózhó

      Author: Virgilynn Denezpi
      Seminar: Native Law
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: 1st
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Cultural Identity, Relationship to the Environment, and Environmental Restoration

      Author: Marjorie Beno
      Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Kooh-Seda: Here, I Sit

      Author: Crystal Doherty
      Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Navajo Peacemaking

      Author: Judith Arnold
      Seminar: Native Law
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Peacemaking with K’e and Hozho

      Author: James Jones
      Seminar: Native Law
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: 7th
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Place Value and the Navajo Stick Game

      Author: Jolene R. Smith
      Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Planting A Garden Unit

      Author: MarSheila Yazzie
      Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Prospectus for “I am Diné! Celebration of Me!”

      Author: Catrina Herbert
      Seminar: Stories of Home and Place
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • Rounding Numbers

      Author: Irene Jones
      Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2020
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    • “If the Forest Could Talk and the Water Could Flow”

      Author: Elizabeth Isaac
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • “Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change”

      Author: Jhoanna Santiago
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 7th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Climate Change and the Forest: There is no Planet “B”

      Author: Jennifer Tsosie
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Connections among the Diné and the Forest

      Author: Marc Hillis
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Gad (Juniper Tree) in the Black Mesa Region

      Author: Jody Smith
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Keeping Diné Traditions by Learning about the Forest

      Author: Michele Towne-Begay
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • The Impact of Fires on the Ecosystem

      Author: Irene Jones
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • The Upside Down Forest and Climate Change in the Betatakin Canyon

      Author: Jolene R. Smith
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • What we do to the Forest We do to Ourselves

      Author: Emily Musta
      Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • “Where Have We Been? Where are We Headed? What is My Part?”

      Author: Judith Arnold
      Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Creating a Class Constitution: Student Agency in Action

      Author: Jordan Morales
      Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time

      Author: Seth Weidenaar
      Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Shifting Perspective: Authenticity. Representation, and Reality in Pictures

      Author: DeLyssa K. Begay
      Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Walking In Beauty

      Author: Catrina Herbert
      Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Learning about Climate Change through the Navajo Nation Flag

      Author: Alex Gatewood
      Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Patterns Around Us: Using Navajo Culture and Art to See Math

      Author: Priscilla Black
      Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Patterns of the Four Sacred Mountains for the Kindergarten Classroom

      Author: Tiffany Tracy
      Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • The Art of Beading Using MATH

      Author: James Jones
      Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 6th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • The Function of To’ on the Navajo Nation

      Author: Marnita Chischilly
      Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 8th
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Find Your Passion, Find Your Purpose

      Author: Crystal Doherty
      Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • Livestock Function Machine

      Author: MarSheila Yazzie
      Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2021
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    • We Are the Protectors

      Author: Emma Ricciardi
      Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Arizona’s First People: How North American Colonization Changed the Native American Landscape and Way of Life

      Author: Judith Arnold
      Seminar: Wildlife, Plants, and Habitats of the Southwest
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Building Confidence by Building Identity and Agency through K’é

      Author: Irene Jones
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Decolonizing Emotions and Understanding Through Literature, Poetry and Music

      Author: Tiffany Tracy
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 7th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Emotional Regulation and Cultivating Perseverance

      Author: Laura Delmar
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • From Sacred to Recreational: Balancing Traditional Indigenous Site Management with the General Public

      Author: Jordan Morales
      Seminar: Toxic Waste and Indigenous Environmental Justice
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Hero Archetypes and Cultures: Odysseus, Monster Slayer, and Born for Water

      Author: DeLyssa K. Begay
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Hoźhó

      Author: Tanya Chischilly
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 7th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Interconnected: Relationships between a Mountain, People, Plants, & Fire

      Author: Emily Musta
      Seminar: Wildlife, Plants, and Habitats of the Southwest
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Learning Shapes Through Play

      Author: Tara Smith
      Seminar: Solving Problems Through Problem Solving
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Making Sense of Everyday Real Word Problems through Mental Math Strategies

      Author: Elizabeth Isaac
      Seminar: Solving Problems Through Problem Solving
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Naalgloshi Wolt’a Bahane

      Author: Justina Nelson
      Seminar: Solving Problems Through Problem Solving
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 1st
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Natural Elements and Cycles: Cycling in Matter

      Author: Kim Etsitty
      Seminar: Wildlife, Plants, and Habitats of the Southwest
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 7th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Our Sacred Home: Exploring sacred Indigenous Sites and Experiences Around the World

      Author: Mai McCarthy
      Seminar: Toxic Waste, Poisoned Water: Indigenous Environmental Justice
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Preparing Navajo Wool with Native Plants and Wildlife

      Author: Jennifer Tsosie
      Seminar: Wildlife, Plants, and Habitats of the Southwest
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Say What You Mean!

      Author: James Jones
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 6th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Student Driven PBL on Navajo Plants & Trees

      Author: Cheryl A. Singer
      Seminar: Wildlife, Plants, and Habitats of the Southwest
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • The Black Mesa and Monument Valley Regions

      Author: Jody Smith
      Seminar: Wildlife, Plants, and Habitats of the Southwest
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: Kindergarten
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • The Fire Within: A Social-Emotional Novel Exploration Project

      Author: Marsha Appling-Nunez
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Using Our Power to Become Good Ancestors

      Author: Emily Leahy
      Seminar: Indigenous Literature as a Window into Social and Emotional Learning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Volcanoes On Land and In The Ocean

      Author: Sylvia Garcia-Lohr
      Seminar: Wildlife, Plants, and Habitats of the Southwest
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High school
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Yiiyah! The Yellow Monster on Indigenous Land

      Author: Jolene R. Smith
      Seminar: Toxic Waste and Indigenous Environmental Justice
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 5th
      Year of Publication: 2022
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    • Geometry in a Hogan

      Author: Jennifer Tsosie
      Seminar: Understanding Our World through Geometric Reasoning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level:
      3rd
      Year of Publication:
      2023
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    • Weaving Culture and Geometry into a Project-Based Learning Unit

      Author: Emily Leahy
      Seminar: Understanding Our World through Geometric Reasoning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Cultural Geometry Implementation for Second Grade

      Author: Judith Arnold
      Seminar:Understanding Our World through Geometric Reasoning
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • How Laws Can Be Legally Sound but Morally Unacceptable

      Author: Klair Kuhl
      Seminar: Philosophy, Literature, and the Moral Imagination
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Students Tell Their American Story though American Music

      Author: Mitch Askew
      Seminar: Using Music to Analyze American Culture, Helping Students Form Community and Empathy
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Cultivating Empathy through Character Analysis

      Author: Shauna Lucero
      Seminar: Philosophy, Literature, and the Moral Imagination
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 4th
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Building Empathy in Middle School Students Through Literature and the Moral Imagination

      Author: Sherry Yazzie
      Seminar: Philosophy, Literature, and the Moral Imagination
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 7th
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Literature and the Moral Imagination

      Author: Irene Jones
      Seminar: Philosophy, Literature, and the Moral Imagination
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 2nd
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Navajo Code of the Past and Quantum of the Future

      Author: Cheryl Singer
      Seminar: Quantum Technologies: Early Exposure as a way to Prepare Students for the Next Technological Revolution
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level High School
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Creating an intimate Navajo connection to US History and Government

      Author: Marc Hillis
      Seminar: Philosophy, Literature, and the Moral Imagination
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Women Roles in Origin Stories and their Influences on Tribal Government

      Author: Adina Brown
      Seminar: Philosophy, Literature, and the Moral Imagination
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • What is Quantum?

      Author: James Jones
      Seminar: Quantum Technologies: Early Exposure as a way to Prepare Students for the Next Technological Revolution
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 6th
      Year of Publication: 2023
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    • Fire Ecology, The Use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Enhance/Sustain the Environment and Ways of Life

      Author: Christopher Ervin
      Seminar: Taking Care of the Land with Traditional Ecological Knowledge
      Program:DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2024
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    • Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a Means to Understand What Makes a Healthy Ecosystem

      Author: Emily Leahy
      Seminar: Taking Care of the Land with Traditional Ecological Knowledge
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2024
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    • K’é – As It Makes Me

      Author: Melanie Howard
      Seminar: Relationality & Kinship
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 3rd
      Year of Publication: 2024
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    • “This is OUR land”

      Author: James Jones
      Seminar: Taking Care of the Land with Traditional Ecological Knowledge
      Program:DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 6th
      Year of Publication: 2024
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    • Navajo and Hopi Land Dispute

      Author: Junior Goh
      Seminar: Relationality & Kinship
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2024
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    • Painting with Natural Plant Dyes and Herbal Meanings

      Author: Tina Benton
      Seminar: Taking Care of the Land with Traditional Ecological Knowledge
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 1st
      Year of Publication: 2024
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    • Discovery through Literary Conflict and K’é

      Author: Winona Azure
      Seminar: Relationality & Kinship
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: English Language Arts
      Grade Level: 6th
      Year of Publication: 2024
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    • Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Climate Change, and Effects on Forests

      Author: Christopher Ervin
      Seminar: Engaging Our Ways of Knowing with Forests and Global Change
      Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Culture and Science: How Every Culture Contributes to Science

      Author: Ronald Scott Godwin
      Seminar: Engaging Our Ways of Knowing with Forests and Global Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 6th Grade
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • If Trees Could Talk: Reading the Forest through Math and Memory

      Author: Angelique Pacana
      Seminar: Engaging Our Ways of Knowing with Forests and Global Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Math
      Grade Level: Middle School
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Ecolography: Connecting with the environment through historical and traditional stories using photography

      Author: Rory Hathale
      Seminar: Engaging Our Ways of Knowing with Forests and Global Change
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Yucca as a Bridge Between STEM and Diné Cultural Knowledge

      Author: Calle Anthony
      Seminar: Ethnoecology of Indigenous Foods: Re-learning our Local Food Systems
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: 4th grade
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Planting Hope: Sustaining Indigenous Knowledge of Plants of the Colorado Plateau

      Author: Michele Craig
      Seminar: Ethnoecology of Indigenous Foods: Re-learning our Local Food Systems
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Improving Personal and Community Health through the Reconnection of Indigenous Foods and Practices

      Author: Pamela Lowie
      Seminar: Ethnoecology of Indigenous Foods: Re-learning our Local Food Systems
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Ethnoecology of a Three Sisters Garden: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

      Author: Emily Musta
      Seminar: Ethnoecology of Indigenous Foods: Re-learning our Local Food Systems
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Science
      Grade Level: High School
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Tracing our roots through the living memory of food-An Inquiry into Ethnoecology and Identity

      Author: Kayla Reader
      Seminar: Ethnoecology of Indigenous Foods: Re-learning our Local Food Systems
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Social Studies
      Grade Level: 2nd grade
      Year of Publication: 2025
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    • Celebrating Thanks with Indigenous Foods in the General Music Classroom

      Author: Denisa Smiley
      Seminar: Ethnoecology of Indigenous Foods: Re-learning our Local Food Systems
      Program: DINÉ
      Subject Area: Other
      Grade Level: 5th grade
      Year of Publication: 2025
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IECE

  • Learning from Nature for Diné Head Start

    Author: Edison Gonnie
    Seminar: The Environment & the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2021
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  • Making Musical Patterns Using Native American Musical Instruments

    Author: Toni Nez
    Seminar: The Environment & the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2021
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  • Nizhónígo ‘AJiił’o Beautiful Weaving

    Author: Florisa Peshlakai
    Seminar: The Environment & the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2021
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  • The Important Symbol and Significance of Hopi Corn to the Hopi Way of Life

    Author: Michelle Honie
    Seminar: The Environment & the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2021
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  • The Significance and the Foods of Hopi Corn

    Author: Louella Masayumptewa
    Seminar: The Environment & the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2021
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  • This is Me- A Child-Centered Learning Unit Focusing on My Value

    Author: Caroline Sekaquaptewa
    Seminar: The Environment & the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2021
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  • Composting For a Better Earth

    Author: Judith Cizek
    Seminar: The Environment and the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Cultivating Outdoor Play Ecosystems in Early Childhood Education

    Author: Catrina Herbert
    Seminar: The Environment and the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Hiaki Ceremonies in Seasons

    Author: MariaLouisa Vega
    Seminar: The Environment and the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Knowledge of Scedagi/Water Through Place-Based Experiences

    Author: Terrilyn Esplin
    Seminar: The Environment and the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Rhythm and Song

    Author: Florisa Peshlakai
    Seminar: The Environment and the Five Senses: Engaging Young Minds with a Holistic Approach to Learning
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Beauty in my Art

    Author: Catrina Herbert
    Seminar: The Indigenous Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Program
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Preschool
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Embracing Himdag (Way of Life) and Cultivating our Identity through Music and Movement

    Author: Terilyn Esplin
    Seminar: The Indigenous Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Program
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Preschool
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Healing Through Art

    Author: Catrina Herbert
    Seminar: The Indigenous Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Program
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Resilient and Empowered: Artistic Expressions of the O’odham

    Author: Terilyn Esplin
    Seminar: The Indigenous Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Program
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Sacred Geometry: The Language in Indigenous Arts and Engineering of the White Mountain Apache Tribe

    Author: Chola De Torres
    Seminar: Honoring Ancestors, Shaping Our Future: Indigenous STEM in Early Childhood
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Cultivating Náádáá’ and Diné Culture through STEM

    Author: Brena Kee
    Seminar: Honoring Ancestors, Shaping Our Future: Indigenous STEM in Early Childhood
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: Preschool
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Exploring Sounds and Rhythms of Drums Through STEM

    Author: Florisa Peshlakai
    Seminar: Honoring Ancestors, Shaping Our Future: Indigenous STEM in Early Childhood
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Preschool
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • E kaupē aku nō i ka hoe a kō mai: Put forward the paddle and draw it back

    Author: Nicole Sapigao
    Seminar: Honoring Ancestors, Shaping Our Future: Indigenous STEM in Early Childhood
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Preschool
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Having a Transparent Box Like Our Ancestors:Teaching Our Children to Use Ancestorial Tools to Grow

    Author: Samantha Rohwer
    Seminar: Honoring Ancestors, Shaping Our Future: Indigenous STEM in Early Childhood
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Preschool
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Exploration of Vakoa

    Author: Terilyn Esplin
    Seminar: Honoring Ancestors, Shaping Our Future: Indigenous STEM in Early Childhood
    Program: IECE
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: Preschool
    Year of Publication: 2025
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    TLSI

  • Kindness in Building One’s Courage

    Author: Merrah Afidchao
    Seminar: Moral Courage
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Gardening with 3rd Grade Students on the Fort Apache Reservation

    Author: Rosalind Garcia
    Seminar: Stewardship of Trees and Forests for Environmental and Human Health
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Health
    Grade Level: 3rd
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Emory Oak: A Tree of Life and a Native American Pride and Resource

    Author: Chola E. De Torres
    Seminar: Stewardship of Trees and Forests for Environmental and Human Health
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Analysis of White Mountain Apache Myths and Tales in Search of Elements of Poetry

    Author: Allione Grace L. Delos Santos
    Seminar: Moral Courage
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • A Great Harvest Da’zhó’ Nłt’eego Inest’ąą: Could Apaches Use Moon Phases to Get a Great Harvest?

    Author: Roberta Patten
    Seminar: Stewardship of Trees and Forests for Environmental and Human Health
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 6th
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Diaries of a 7th Grade Apache: Stories of (Becoming) the Native Self

    Author: Zola Gonzalez-Macarambon
    Seminar: Writing a Research-Based Personal Essay
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 7th
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • The Importance of Apache Language Preservation in Education

    Author: Adonis Awitin
    Seminar: Writing a Research-Based Personal Essay
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 5th
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Harmony in Motion: Exploring Apache Culture, Water, and Land through Braided Essays

    Author: Andre Pineda
    Seminar: Writing a Research-Based Personal Essay
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 6th
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Deepening Appreciation of Apache Tradition Dances through Performance-Based Activities

    Author: Eldenne Rae T. German
    Seminar: Writing a Research-Based Personal Essay
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 2nd
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Exploring Cultures through Fractions in Fry Bread and Filipipino Pandesal

    Author: Kenjie Reyes-Nob
    Seminar: Writing a Research-Based Personal Essay
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: 5th
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Teaching Forest Ecosystem, Carbon Cycling and Photosynthesis through STEAM Integration and Project – Based Learning Approach

    Author: Maydafe Cherryl A. Clark
    Seminar: Nature Based Learning
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: 7th
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Blossoming Connections: Exploring the World of Pollinator Habitats

    Author: Rhoma Geronimo-Pineda
    Seminar: Nature Based Learning
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • The Power of Storytelling in Apache Culture: Preserving Tradition and Identity

    Author: Robomafel Veniales
    Seminar: Writing a Research-Based Personal Essay
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 5th
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Discovering Quantum Geometry: Unveiling Shapes, Lines, and Angles in the Quantum Realm

    Author: Raymond Felicisimo
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: 4th
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Measurement Alters State:  Qubits, Undergo State Changes When Measured

    Author: Novie Minguez
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Quantum Physics and Rainbows: Bridging the Gap to Apache Culture

    Author: Rhoma Geronimo Pineda
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Quantum Computing through the Concept of Measuring Perturbs States

    Author: Myrna Banabana
    Seminar Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: 3rd
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Understanding the Quantum Orders, Patterns, and Superpositioning in Effect on the Process of Photosynthesis and Plant’s Growth

    Author: Maydafe Cherryl Clark
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: 7th
    Year of Publication 2024
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  • Probability Adventures: Exploring Chance and Patterns in Everyday Life

    Author: Kenjie Reyes-Nob
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: 6th
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Quantum Career Compass: Navigating the Future Paths of Middle Schoolers

    Author: Elaine Amparo
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: 8th
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • The Spooky Connection: Exploring Quantum Entanglement and its Mind-Boggling Implications

    Author: Camille Abraham
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • What are the Odds? Possibilities of Probability and Measurement to Young Children

    Author: Chola E. De Torres
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program:
    TLSI
    Subject Area:
    Math
    Grade Level:
    Kindergarten
    Year of Publication:
    2024
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  • Exploring Quantum Technology through Writing

    Author: Leo Racca
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 7th
    Year of Publication 2024
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  • Exploring Quantum Computing Through the Lens of Apache Culture: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Technological Innovation

    Author: Jocelyn Serrano
    Seminar: Making Quantum Technologies Accessible: providing age appropriate, early exposure to prepare students for the next technological revolution
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Apache Narratives and Digital Media: A Culturally Responsive Approach toReading Development

    Author: Andre Pineda
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: Middle School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Digital Innovations for Water, Land, and Food Stewardship in Cibecue (Apache Innovations for Our Future)

    Author: Camille Abraham
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • From Slides to Sound: Enhancing Canva Presentations with Audio Narratives

    Author: Elaine Amparo
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Geometry in the Circle of Innovation: Empowering Indigenous Students Through Technology and Cultural Knowledge

    Author: Jocelyn Serrano
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Modeling Our Heritage: 3D Printing with Purpose

    Author: Leo Racca
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Enhancing Multiplication Mastery in Third Grade Through Technology-Integrated Coding Instruction

    Author: Myrna Banabana
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: 3rd Grade
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Expressions of Ndee: Writing and Illustrating Apache Stories

    Author: Rhoma Geronimo Pineda
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • The Flip Side: Using 3D Printing and 3D Pens to Explore Identity and Culture

    Author: Pristine Magnaong
    Seminar: Educating About and With Technology: Empowering Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 3rd Grade
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Growing Strong Hearts: Building Self, Family, and Community with White Mountain Apache Teachings

    Author: Maria Lina Mangubat-Sangrador
    Seminar: The Complexities of Apache History: Western Apachean Peoples After the “Apache Wars”
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Land and lifeways after the war: Modern Apache relationship to the environment

    Author: Novie Minguez
    Seminar: The Complexities of Apache History: Western Apachean Peoples After the “Apache Wars”
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Social Studies
    Grade Level: 3rd Grade
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Building a Future: How Western Apache Clans Lived and Thrived After the Wars

    Author: Raymond Felicisimo
    Seminar: The Complexities of Apache History: Western Apachean Peoples After the “Apache Wars”
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Social Studies
    Grade Level: 7th grade
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Faces of Resilience: The Cibecue Apache Identity

    Author: Simon Kinuthia Kibe
    Seminar: The Complexities of Apache History: Western Apachean Peoples After the “Apache Wars”
    Program: TLSI
    Subject Area: Social Studies
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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    ICSCI (School Counselors)

  • Clanship – Who am I, What Community do I Represent and Who Gave Me my Name

    Author: Alta Mitchell
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Culture as Strength: Integrating Culture within Urban, Native American Student Personalized Learning Plans

    Author: Kerrie Troseth
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Teaching Social Emotional Learning Culturally Utilizing the Blessing Way Teachings

    Author: Ray Ann Terry
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: 1st
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Using Parental Involvement to Help Diné Students Learn Their Unique Clan System

    Author: Howard E. Smith
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: 7th
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Transition: Post-Secondary Readiness for High School Exceptional Students Using Diné Philosophy

    Author: Katygene Jackson
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: High school
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Self-Harm Middle School Curriculum

    Author: Jade Pickings
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: 5th
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • The Weathering Willow Project: Relatives Honored

    Author: Michael Little Owl
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program:  ICSCI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: High school
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Revitalizing Native American Education through Arts and Crafts

    Author: JayLissa Mockta
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Navajo (Diné) Cultural-Based Healing When Confronted with Grief Using the Familial/Kinship Relations: Concepts of Ké

    Author: Lavinia L. Cody
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Kindergarten
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • In Beauty, I Walk – My Journey to a Healthy Me (Self Esteem)

    Author: Donnaleigh Dedman
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: 3rd
    Year of Publication: 2022
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  • Food Sovereignty Introducing Indigenous Culinary to K-5th School Systems

    Author: Seraphine Yazzie
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Hózhó and Me

    Author: Hannah Hohenshelt
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: 1st
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Sewing Your Story: Preparing American Indian Students for High School Transition

    Author: Alyssa Mitchell
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: 6th
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Cultural Connection

    Author: Selina Wong
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: 6th
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Incorporating Cultural Themes to Promote Critical Thinking in American Indian/Native Alaskan Children and Adolescents

    Author: Jill Cooney
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Hopi Emotional Regulation for K-6 Students Using Hikwsi – Breath of Life

    Author: Michael Adams
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: 6th
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Pathways with Purpose: Culturally Rooted Career Exploration for Indigenous Youth

    Author: Martin Kit Guzman
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Embracing Native American Quilts

    Author: Shelly Nez
    Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
    Program: ICSCI
    Subject Area: Counseling
    Grade Level: Elementary
    Year of Publication: 2025
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    ICSLI

  • The Under-Identification of Native American Students in Gifted and Talented Education Programs

    Author: Virginia Warwick
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Utilizing a Culturally Responsive Assessment of Indigenous Schooling (CRAIS) tool to increase culturally responsive schooling practices

    Author: Sandra Gover
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication:
    2024
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  •  Leadership Considerations for Educational Leaders on the Navajo Nation

    Author: Chris McNabb
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Indigenous Ways of Knowing

    Author: Evangeline Warwick
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • LEADING & LEARNING FROM WITHIN: Leveraging Internal Experts to Build a Community of Practice

    Author: Kelli Jones
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Engaging Culturally Responsive Schools through Navajo Philosophy

    Author: Roberta Gorman
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Importance of Collecting ED506

    Author: Davina Parker
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Helping Foreign Teachers be Prepared to Work with Indigenous Students

    Author: Virginia Warwick
    Seminar: The Indian Country School Leadership Institute
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: N/A
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Leading with Purpose: A Professional Learning Guide for Culturally Responsive Leadership in Arizona Schools

    Author: Sophia Begody
    Seminar: Harnessing Our Leadership Skills to Leverage Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: n/a
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Integrating STEM and Cultural Identity in Post-Graduation Planning

    Author: Crystal Hale
    Seminar: Harnessing Our Leadership Skills to Leverage Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: n/a
    Year of Publication: 2025
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  • Supporting Indigenous students to explore the field of robotics

    Author: Virginia Warwick
    Seminar: Harnessing Our Leadership Skills to Leverage Indigenous Students and Communities
    Program: ICSLI
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: n/a
    Year of Publication: 2025
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    CRS

  • Art as Knowledge

    Author: Megan Walker
    Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities
    Program: CRS
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Incorporating Environmental Awareness and Protection in Teaching English Language Arts to Second Graders

    Author: Cindy Severino
    Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities
    Program: CRS
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 2nd
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • CULTIVATE: Nurturing Cultural Understanding and Empowering Storytellers

    Author: Raphael Unabia
    Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities
    Program: CRS
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 4th
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • What is the Diné Philosophy of Learning for K-3rd grade? Haash yi’ t’éego éí Dine’k’e’ji na’nitin bi hwi’doo aał?

    Author: Roberta Gorman
    Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities
    Program: CRS
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: 3rd
    Year of Publication: 2023
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  • Using Native American Storytelling in Music Education

    Author: Denisa Smiley
    Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities
    Program: CRS
    Subject Area: Other
    Grade Level: Elementary
    Year of Publication: 2024
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CSIS

  • A Math Enrichment for Hopi and Tawa Students in 5th-8th Grade

    Author: David Youngberg
    Seminar: Culturally Sustaining Investigative STEM
    Program: CSIS
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: 5th
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Hopi Lavayi & Classroom Geometry: Using Coordinate Lessons to Bridge Hopi Language to Artwork

    Author: Anjanette Sahmea
    Seminar:Culturally Sustaining Investigative STEM
    Program: CSIS
    Subject Area: Math
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication: 2024
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  • Bridging Tradition and Innovation: Exploring Hopi Culture through Digital Mapping

    Author: Laura Dale
    Seminar: Connecting to Place Through Culturally Sustaining and Investigative STEM for/with Indigenous Students
    Program: CSIS
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: High School
    Year of Publication 2025
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  • Exploring Water Management and Conservation Through Historic and Current Precipitation Levels and Traditional Indigenous Land Usage

    Author: Michele De la Rosa John
    Seminar: Connecting to Place Through Culturally Sustaining and Investigative STEM for/with Indigenous Students
    Program: CSIS
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: 4th grade
    Year of Publication 2025
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  • Bridging Hopi Values Through Children’s Fables

    Author: Melinda Secakuku
    Seminar: Connecting to Place Through Culturally Sustaining and Investigative STEM for/with Indigenous Students
    Program: CSIS
    Subject Area: English Language Arts
    Grade Level: 7th grade
    Year of Publication 2025
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  • EARTH Cards: Ethnoecological Approaches Rooted in Traditional Hopi Knowledge

    Author: Raphael Unabia
    Seminar: Connecting to Place Through Culturally Sustaining and Investigative STEM for/with Indigenous Students
    Program: CSIS
    Subject Area: Science
    Grade Level: 5th grade
    Year of Publication 2025
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