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• Positive Self-esteem towards Sociocultural Environment in Junior High Students at Dishchii’bikoh Community School

  Authors: Ana Rose D. Adopina
  Seminar: Moral Courage
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Kindness in Building One’s Courage

  Authors: Merrah Afidchao
  Seminar: Moral Courage
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Fire Within: A Social-Emotional Novel Exploration Project

  Authors: 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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• “Where Have We Been? Where are We Headed? What is My Part?”

  Authors: Judith Arnold
  Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Arizona’s First People: How North American Colonization Changed the Native American Landscape and Way of Life

  Authors: 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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• Cultural Geometry Implementation for Second Grade

  Authors: 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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• Navajo Nation: Water for Life in the Southwest

  Authors: Judith Arnold
  Seminar: Clean Air and Water
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Navajo Peacemaking

  Authors: Judith Arnold
  Seminar: Native Law
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Students Tell Their American Story though American Music

  Authors: 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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• The Importance of Apache Language Preservation in Education

  Authors: 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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• Hero Archetypes and Cultures: Odysseus, Monster Slayer, and Born for Water

  Authors: 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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• Shifting Perspective: Authenticity. Representation, and Reality in Pictures

  Authors: 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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• The Braided Essay and New Mexico History

  Authors: DeLyssa K. Begay
  Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• The History of Safe Drinking Water: Its Influence on Self-Identity

  Authors: Maurita Begay
  Seminar: Clean Air and Water
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Cultural Identity, Relationship to the Environment, and Environmental Restoration

  Authors: Marjorie Beno
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Changes in the Season: Our land and Medicine

  Authors: Priscilla Black
  Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 6th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Patterns Around Us: Using Navajo Culture and Art to See Math

  Authors: Priscilla Black
  Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 6th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Women Roles in Origin Stories and their Influences on Tribal Government

  Authors: 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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• The Indigenous Perspective on Disability and Special Education in Public Schools: A Professional Development for School Staff Supporting Students in Special Education for School Staff Supporting Students in Special Education

  Authors: Jaclyn Campbell
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Hoźhó

  Authors: 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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• Navajo Constellations

  Authors: Tanya Chischilly
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 8th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• The Function of To’ on the Navajo Nation

  Authors: Marnita Chischilly
  Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 8th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• The Geometry of Native American Art

  Authors: Marnita Chischilly
  Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 8th
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• The Value of Law in Society

  Authors: Marnita Chischilly
  Seminar: Native Law
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Composting For a Better Earth

  Authors: 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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• Teaching Forest Ecosystem, Carbon Cycling and Photosynthesis through STEAM Integration and Project – Based Learning Approach

  Authors: Maydafe Cherryl A. Clark
  Seminar: Nature Based Learning
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• A Cultural Perspective on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Uranium Mining on Diné

  Authors: Darwin Clauschee
  Seminar: Stories of Home and Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Integrating Situational Navajo with Healthy Foods

  Authors: Dr. Jefferson Clauschee
  Seminar: Food and Health
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Health
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Navajo (Diné) Cultural-Based Healing When Confronted with Grief Using the Familial/Kinship Relations: Concepts of Ké

  Authors: Lavinia L. Cody
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• What’s Behind the Hoodie?

  Authors: Sarah Curd
  Seminar: Moral Courage
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Blending and Understanding of Indigenous Cultures in the Middle School ELA Classroom

  Authors: Tina Daponde
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 6th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Emory Oak: A Tree of Life and a Native American Pride and Resource

  Authors: 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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• In Beauty, I Walk – My Journey to a Healthy Me (Self Esteem)

  Authors: Donnaleigh Dedman
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Emotional Regulation and Cultivating Perseverance

  Authors: 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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• Analysis of White Mountain Apache Myths and Tales in Search of Elements of Poetry

  Authors: 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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• Creating Hózhó: I am Hózhó, You are Hózhó, We are Hózhó

  Authors: Virgilynn Denezpi
  Seminar: Native Law
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: 1st
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Find Your Passion, Find Your Purpose

  Authors: 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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• Kooh-Seda: Here, I Sit

  Authors: Crystal Doherty
  Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Native Law Through Storytelling and Peacemaking

  Authors: Sherra L. Dunmore
  Seminar: Native Law
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Stepping Through the Hoop…Courage through Apache Folktales

  Authors: Leanne Janet Endfield
  Seminar: Moral Courage
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Fire Ecology, The Use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Enhance/Sustain the Environment and Ways of Life

  Authors: 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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• Embracing Himdag (Way of Life) and Cultivating our Identity through Music and Movement

  Authors: Terilyn Esplin
  Seminar: The Indigenous Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Program
  Program: IECE
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Knowledge of Scedagi/Water Through Place-Based Experiences

  Authors: Terilyn 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: 2021
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• Natural Elements and Cycles: Cycling in Matter

  Authors: 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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• Gardening with 3rd Grade Students on the Fort Apache Reservation

  Authors: 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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• Volcanoes On Land and In The Ocean

  Authors: 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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• Learning about Climate Change through the Navajo Nation Flag

  Authors: Alex Gatewood
  Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Deepening Appreciation of Apache Tradition Dances through Performance-Based Activities

  Authors: 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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• Blossoming Connections: Exploring the World of Pollinator Habitats

  Authors: Rhoma Geronimo-Pineda
  Seminar: Nature Based Learning
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Learning from Nature for Diné Head Start

  Authors: Edison Gonnie
  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: 2021
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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?

  Authors: Roberta Gorman
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Storytelling Through Contemporary Ledger Art

  Authors: Sandra Gover
  Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Affirming Identity as Students Build Mastery, A High School Geometry Unit: Introduction to Trigonometry

  Authors: Michael Harpst
  Seminar: Stories of Home and Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Personal Identity Through Poetry

  Authors: Jeannie Heiden
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Beauty in My Art

  Authors: Catrina Herbert
  Seminar: The Indigenous Early Childhood Educators Professional Development Program
  Program: IECE
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Cultivating Outdoor Play Ecosystems in Early Childhood Education

  Authors: 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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• Prospectus for “I am Diné! Celebration of Me!”

  Authors: Catrina Herbert
  Seminar: Stories of Home and Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Walking In Beauty

  Authors: 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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• Connections among the Diné and the Forest

  Authors: Marc Hillis
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Creating an intimate Navajo connection to US History and Government

  Authors: 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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• Interpreting and Securing Navajo Access to Safe Drinking Water

  Authors: Marc Hillis
  Seminar: Clean Air and Water
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Hózhó and Me

  Authors: 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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• Identity, Blood Quantum, and Fractions

  Authors: Sydney A. Holiday
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Important Symbol and Significance of Hopi Corn to the Hopi Way of Life

  Authors: Michelle Honie
  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: 2021
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• “Water is Life”

  Authors: Melanie Howard
  Seminar: Clean Air and Water
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• “If the Forest Could Talk and the Water Could Flow”

  Authors: Elizabeth Isaac
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• “Solving Math Problems and Making Sense from Concrete to Abstract”

  Authors: Elizabeth Isaac
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Learning and Acquiring Positive Characteristics based on Diné Values and Beliefs to build Resilience

  Authors: Elizabeth Isaac
  Seminar: The Politics of Morality
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Making Sense of Everyday Real Word Problems through Mental Math Strategies

  Authors: Elizabeth Isaac
  Seminar: Solving Problems Through Problem Solving
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Human Body-The Western Science meets Native Science

  Authors: Elizabeth Isaac
  Seminar: The Human Body
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Transition: Post-Secondary Readiness for High School Exceptional Students Using Diné Philosophy

  Authors: Katygene Jackson
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Heart and Lungs Unit

  Authors: Lisa Joe
  Seminar: The Human Body
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Learning about the Human Body through Robotics

  Authors: Delavita John
  Seminar: The Human Body
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Building Confidence by Building Identity and Agency through K’é

  Authors: 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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• Clean Air Healthy Lungs

  Authors: Irene Jones
  Seminar: Clean Air and Water
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Literature and the Moral Imagination

  Authors: 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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• Peacemaking with K’e and Hozho

  Authors: James Jones
  Seminar: Native Law
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Reclaiming Native American Identity and Rejecting Stereotypes

  Authors: Irene Jones
  Seminar: The Politics of Morality
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Rounding Numbers

  Authors: Irene Jones
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Say What You Mean!

  Authors: 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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• The Art of Beading Using MATH

  Authors: James Jones
  Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 6th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• The Impact of Fires on the Ecosystem

  Authors: Irene Jones
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• What is Quantum?

  Authors: 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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• Incorporating Hopi Values and Traditions in Writing

  Authors: Leora Koruh
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• How Laws Can Be Legally Sound but Morally Unacceptable

  Authors: 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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• Using Our Power to Become Good Ancestors

  Authors: 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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• Weaving Culture and Geometry into a Project-Based Learning Unit

  Authors: Emily Leahy
  Seminar: Understanding our World through Geometric Reasoning
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Land and Tree Based Learning: Connecting with the Land

  Authors: Carmina Licayo
  Seminar: Stewardship of Trees and Forests for Environmental and Human Health
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Weathering Willow Project: Relatives Honored

  Authors: Michael Little Owl
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Cultivating Empathy through Character Analysis

  Authors: 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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• Diaries of a 7th Grade Apache: Stories of (Becoming) the Native Self

  Authors: 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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• Wikiup Light House STEM Based Learning using Western Apache Plants

  Authors: Jeniffer G. Madrid
  Seminar: Stewardship of Trees and Forests for Environmental and Human Health
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Significance and the Foods of Hopi Corn

  Authors: Louella Masayumptewa
  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: 2021
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• Our Sacred Home: Exploring sacred Indigenous Sites and Experiences Around the World

  Authors: 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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• To Be or Not to Be (Bee adanoh’ee bikik’eh dagohii dahi)

  Authors: Danelle Meade
  Seminar: Moral Courage
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 6th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Digestive System

  Authors: Marjorie Mighells
  Seminar: The Human Body
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Clanship- Who am I, What Community do I Represent, and Who Gave Me My Name

  Authors: Alta Mitchell
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Sewing Your Story: Preparing American Indian Students for High School Transition

  Authors: 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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• Revitalizing Native American Education through Arts and Crafts

  Authors: JayLissa Mockta
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Community Gardening and Place Value in Second Grade

  Authors: Jordan Morales
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Creating a Class Constitution: Student Agency in Action

  Authors: 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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• From Sacred to Recreational: Balancing Traditional Indigenous Site Management with the General Public

  Authors: 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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• Interconnected: Relationships between a Mountain, People, Plants, & Fire

  Authors: 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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• What we do to the Forest We do to Ourselves

  Authors: Emily Musta
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Naalgloshi Wolt’a Bahane

  Authors: Justina Nelson
  Seminar: Solving Problems Through Problem Solving
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 1st
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• The Woven Essay

  Authors: Nancy C. Nelson
  Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Making Musical Patterns Using Native American Musical Instruments

  Authors: Toni Nez
  Seminar: The Environment and 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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• A Great Harvest Da’zhó’ Nłt’eego Inest’ąą: Could Apaches Use Moon Phases to Get a Great Harvest?

  Authors: 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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• Four Foods of Hózhó

  Authors: Shirley Paulson
  Seminar: Food and Health
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Health
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• GMO: Is it a Toxic Food Term?

  Authors: Shirley Paulson
  Seminar: The Human Body
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Nizhónígo ‘AJiił’o Beautiful Weaving

  Authors: 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: 2021
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• Rhythm and Song

  Authors: 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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• Self-Harm Middle School Curriculum

  Authors: Jade Pickings
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Harmony in Motion: Exploring Apache Culture, Water, and Land through Braided Essays

  Authors: 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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• Learning to Start a Vegetable Garden for Food Security and Healthy Lifestyle for the White Mountain Apaches in Cibecue, Arizona

  Authors: Leo Racca
  Seminar: Stewardship of Trees and Forests for Environmental and Human Health
  Program: TLSI
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Bringing Balance Hozho to the Classroom through “Three Sisters” TEK

  Authors: Kayla Reader
  Seminar: Taking Care of the Land with Traditional Ecological Knowledge
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 1st
  Year of Publication: 2024
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• Exploring Cultures through Fractions in Fry Bread and Filipipino Pandesal

  Authors: 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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• We Are the Protectors

  Authors: Emma Ricciardi
  Seminar: From Empathy to Advocacy
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Peacemaking

  Authors: Ilene Ryan
  Seminar: Native Law
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• “Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change”

  Authors: Jhoanna Santiago
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Puʻupuʻu lei pali i ka ʻāʻī. An imperfect lei, beautified by wearing.

  Authors: Nicole Sapigao
  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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• This is Me- A Child-Centered Learning Unit Focusing on My Value

  Authors: Caroline Sekaquaptewa
  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: 2021
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• Incorporating Environmental Awareness and Protection in Teaching English Language Arts to Second Graders

  Authors: Cindy Severino
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Navajo and Native American Clothing and Adornment

  Authors: Cheryl A. Singer
  Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Navajo Code of the Past and Quantum of the Future

  Authors: Cheryl A. 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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• Navajo Knowledge as the state of Hozhó and the Foundations of Morality

  Authors: Cheryl A. Singer
  Seminar: The Politics of Morality
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Student Driven PBL on Navajo Plants & Trees

  Authors: 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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• Gad (Juniper Tree) in the Black Mesa Region

  Authors: Jody Smith
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Integrating Traditional and Western Values

  Authors: Jolene R. Smith
  Seminar: The Politics of Morality
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Learning Shapes Through Play

  Authors: Tara Smith
  Seminar: Solving Problems Through Problem Solving
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Place Value and the Navajo Stick Game

  Authors: Jolene R. Smith
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• The Black Mesa and Monument Valley Regions

  Authors: 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 Upside Down Forest and Climate Change in the Betatakin Canyon

  Authors: Jolene R. Smith
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 5th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Using Parental Involvement to Help Diné Students Learn Their Unique Clan System

  Authors: Howard E. Smith
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: 7th
  Year of Publication: 2022
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• Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water Act

  Authors: Phyllis Tachine
  Seminar: Clean Air and Water
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Teaching Social Emotional Learning Culturally Utilizing the Blessing Way Teachings

  Authors: Ray Ann Terry
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: 1st
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Keeping Diné Traditions by Learning about the Forest

  Authors: Michele Towne-Begay
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Alchini bida’ak’eh: Teachings from the Corn Field

  Authors: Tiffany Tracy
  Seminar: Food and Health
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Health
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Decolonizing Emotions and Understanding Through Literature, Poetry and Music

  Authors: 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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• Nizhónígo Na’ach’aah bahane’ Comparing and Contrasting the Art and Literature of Two Diné artists

  Authors: Tiffany Tracy
  Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• Patterns of the Four Sacred Mountains for the Kindergarten Classroom

  Authors: 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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• Culture as Strength: Integrating Culture within Urban, Native American Student Personalized Learning Plans

  Authors: Kerrie Troseth
  Seminar: Indian Country School Counselors Institute Professional Development Program
  Program: ICSCI
  Subject Area: Counseling
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Climate Change and the Forest: There is no Planet “B”

  Authors: Jennifer Tsosie
  Seminar: Forests and Climate Change
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Geometry in a Hogan

  Authors: 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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• Intertwining Self-Identity with the Western Culture

  Authors: Jennifer Tsosie
  Seminar: The Politics of Morality
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Preparing Navajo Wool with Native Plants and Wildlife

  Authors: 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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• Shí (Me)

  Authors: Jennifer Tsosie
  Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• CULTIVATE: Nurturing Cultural Understanding and Empowering Storytellers

  Authors: Raphael Unabia
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Hiaki Ceremonies in Seasons

  Authors: Maria Louisa 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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• The Power of Storytelling in Apache Culture: Preserving Tradition and Identity

  Authors: 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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• Art as Knowledge

  Authors: Megan Walker
  Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
  Program: CRS
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• Using Navajo Stick Game to Teaching Place Value

  Authors: Renae K. Walters
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• The Under-Identification of Native American Students in Gifted and Talented Education Programs

  Authors: Virginia Warwick
  Seminar: Indian Country School Leadership Institute
  Program: ICSLI
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2023
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• “You are not Done, Yet!”

  Authors: Mary L. Washburn
  Seminar: Writing and the Specificity of Place
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: English Language Arts
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• Getting Healthy by Eating Healthy

  Authors: Mary L. Washburn
  Seminar: Food and Health
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Health
  Grade Level: 4th
  Year of Publication: 2018
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• Know Your Parts and its Functions

  Authors: Mary L. Washburn
  Seminar: The Human Body
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Science
  Grade Level: High school
  Year of Publication: 2019
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• James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time

  Authors: 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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• Cultural Connection

  Authors: 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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• Building Empathy in Middle School Students Through Literature and the Moral Imagination

  Authors: Sherry A. 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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• Livestock Function Machine

  Authors: MarSheila Yazzie
  Seminar: Patterns, Relations, and Functions
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2021
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• Planting A Garden Unit

  Authors: MarSheila Yazzie
  Seminar: Unpacking Place Value
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Math
  Grade Level: 2nd
  Year of Publication: 2020
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• The History and Progress of the Navajo People

  Authors: Theresa Yazzie
  Seminar: Contemporary Native American Art
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Other
  Grade Level: 3rd
  Year of Publication: 2019
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