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Summer Webinar Series | Tribal Sovereignty: Why it Matters for Teaching and Learning about Native Americans
July 20–21, 2022
This free, two-part webinar series is for education professionals grades 4–12, looking for a content-rich professional development experience that provides foundational knowledge about tribal sovereignty in the United States.
Teacher Workshop Series | Life Along the River: The Pamunkey Indian Tribe of Virginia
July 26, 2022
This two-part workshop series is designed to introduce teachers to a new digital storybook for 4th and 5th graders that explores the history and contemporary lives of the Pamunkey peoples.

Sunset on the Pamunkey River. Photograph by Ethan Brown (Pamunkey), 2020, courtesy of Ethan Brown.

2022 Indigenous Peoples' Day Teach-In Series: Treaties and Sovereignty
October 1, 2022
Workshops will feature classroom resources from the NMAI's online education portal Native Knowledge 360° and the Zinn Education Project. The teach-in will be held online via Zoom.
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