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2018

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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2019

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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2020

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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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• “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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Peacemaking

  Authors: Ilene Ryan
  Seminar: Native Law
  Program: DINÉ
  Subject Area: Social Studies
  Grade Level: Kindergarten
  Year of Publication: 2020
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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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• 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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• “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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• “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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• “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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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2022

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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