Indigenous People Lesson Plan
Celebrating the rights of the world's Indigenous peoples and their struggles, achievements, and contributions to our world and our Earth.
These heroes tell their stories about their fight for justice and respect for the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Films about Indigenous Peoples
Berta Cáceres rallied her indigenous Lenca people to wage a grassroots protest that successfully pressured the government of Honduras and the world's largest dam builder to withdraw from building the Agua Zarca Dam.
"What happens when a story is forgotten? I'm making a film about my dad, Gary Wiski-ge-amatyuk, my family, and what it means to be Native American today."
Since 1996, Amazon Watch has partnered with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems.
Camille Manybeads Tso tells an inspiring true story of Native American heritage.
Artwork
The Earth is a medicine, she gives everything to us. Again, the respect lies there, respecting life, what is important, even if it is not of our own.
A lyrical interpretation of enlightenment according to Native American traditions
Native American faithkeeper, human rights advocate, and environmental activist
In the coming-of-age Hamatsa ceremony, a boy on the verge of manhood is "kidnapped" and becomes wild and uncontrollable, and then the community brings the boy back to "humanity." In our modern urban reality, this concept is still very important for our youth.
Stories about Indigenous Heroes
Cathy Freeman is a former Olympic sprinter and the first Australian indigenous person to become a gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, became involved with various groups in their struggle for the indigenous people out of personal conviction and sense of justice. [This story is also available in Spanish.]
Berta Cáceres was a native Lenca environmental and human rights advocate. The Lenca are indigenous to parts of Honduras and El Salvador and have inhabited the region for thousands of years.
Organizer created on 7/8/2024 11:22:40 AM by Laura Nietzer
Last edited 7/8/2024 4:53:30 PM by Laura Nietzer
