Presentations available
for a fee

Tribal Boarding Schools:
From a Teachers and
Teaching Perspective

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The Importance of High
School Sports to
Tribal Communities

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Beyond Boarding Schools:
Using Literature to Discuss
Bi-Racial/Indigenous Identity
in the Classroom

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The
Cultural Significance
of Long Hair
to Indigenous Males

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Presentations given:
October 2022 – present

1. Graduate school colloquium Prescott College
Tribal Boarding Schools: From a Teacher and Teaching Perspective (Zoom)
October 21 2022

2. Education School Colloquium Prescott College,
The Importance of High School Sports to Tribal Communities (Zoom)
January 27-28 2023

3. Co-hosted a forum for BIPOC students at the Education School Colloquium Prescott students College
Tribal Boarding Schools: From a Teacher and Teaching Perspective (live)
January 2023

4. Prescott College: Teacher Certification class. Jennifer Brown
The Importance of High School Sports to Tribal Communities (Live)
2 March 2023

5. Graduate School Colloquium Prescott College, March 25, 2023
Beyond Boarding Schools: Using Literature to Discuss Bi-Racial/Indigenous Identity in the Classroom (Zoom)

6. 13th Indigenous Teacher Education Conference (AIITEC)
The Importance of High School Sports to Indigenous Communities (Zoom)
June 23-24, 2023. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

7. ARSA (Arizona Rural Schools Conference)
Speaker. September 15 2023
The Importance of HS Sports to Tribal Communities (Live)

8. 14th Indian/Indigenous Teacher Education Conference (AIITEC)
The Significance of Long Hair to Indigenous Males (Zoom)
June 20-21 2024. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

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FABULOUS job Melanie. I am just astounded–you did some real important work, and I am so inspired by how you utilized the writings, children’s books, direct quotes–way to model respectful use of “other’s words” when teaching about group you aren’t a part of.
I got chills when you said: “I knew the problems but I didn’t realize I could do anything
Thank you for sharing this beautiful work Melanie! I am touched by the comments of the interviewees and I absolutely love the work you are doing to provide teachers with this important part of our history. Shifting our classroom instruction to share the truth will be profoundly more helpful since you have included the stories of the people whose histories you seek to illuminate.

Best wishes,
Erin