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Glen Grove Community Project

Native and Indigenous People (Updated 2024)

Glen Grove Community Project Native and Indigenous People (Updated 2024)

(Updated 2024)

Learn About Communities Past, Present, & Future

As an ongoing project, the GGCP is providing resources to further learning for all about Native and Indigenous People, especially those whose ancestors were the original inhabitants of the area we now know as the Chicago North Shore. We thank Northwestern University and the Smithsonian Museum for their resources. Other great places to visit to learn more include the Mitchel Museum of the American Indian in Evanston, IL or Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg, IL. We also thank Mrs. Jill Burns, Glen Grove science coach, for her collaboration on this project!


Explore this page to learn more!

GGCP Land Acknowledgement

Whose Land
Whose Land is an interactive map where you can find out about the different indigenous groups that originally lived on the land.
Want to make your own land acknowledgment? Visit the Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group has some tips for making your own Land Acknowledgement and the purpose behind making them
GGCP Native American & Indigenous Story Collection
Click here to read about various myths and legends about nature from various Indigenous and Native American Nations.
The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) makes a thanksgiving address during big events to center on thankfulness for all the Earth has to offer. We have this particular thanksgiving address displayed at the front of the school as a reminder of all the things we have to give thanks for.

Videos

Art and Activism 🎨 | Native American Heritage Month | Use Your Voice | Disney Channel
The History of Lacrosse | Honoring the Native American Heritage
The Wampanoag Way
Extended Trailer | Native America: A Documentary Exploring the World of America's First Peoples
Healing through Hoop Dance | Tony & Violet Duncan | TEDxASUWest
Native Pride Dancers - Millennium Stage (January 9, 2018)

Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans

Visit Northwestern University's resouce for Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month to learn about their events and resources (Click the picture)
Giving Thanks Lesson Plan
The Abbe Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Museum, has a lesson plan for Thanksgiving Alternatives. It follows content and subject standards for Social Studies
American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving
This informative text is from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Native Knowledge 360
Native Knowledge 360 is an online resource for educators through the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Potawatomi Dictionary
Learn more about the language!
History of Indigenous Illinois
Online site about the history of Illinois and the relationship with Native people
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic has some great resources about Native Americans
PBS Native American Dance & Regalia
Learn more about Native American dance and the clothes and accessories that are important to these dances.

Other Resources

GG LRC Collection of Indigenous People Books
The LRC is a great resource for finding books to read with your class
Visit the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Located in Evanston, they will have a free admission day on November 22
Visit The American Indian Center in Chicago
They will be hosting a winter market in December, You can also take beadwork and sewing classes through this organization
Visit the Field Museum for their November events
The Field Museum will be hosting events this month exhibiting Native American history & culture. Their permanent exhibit is very informative!
Schedule a trip to the Grove
The Grove has field trips geared towards learning about Native American groups that lived in Glenview
Listen/Read this article on Illinois and Reservations
Wonder why Illinois doesn't have federal reservations? Listen or read this article about it from WBEZ.
Glen Grove Community Project Site
To learn about our community, click on this site.

Have questions? Send us an email!


Committee Members


  • Katherine Ellison, Glen Grove Principal
  • Aurora Joaquin, Glen Grove Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Katelyn Kelleher, Glen Grove Psychologist
  • Hedy Helfand, Glen Grove English Language Learning Teacher
  • Lisa Funke, Glen Grove Learning Resource Center Director
  • Nikki Bright, Glen Grove 4th Grade Teacher
  • Marie Chang-Pisano, Glen Grove Reading Intervention Associate
  • Sylvia Gorski Duarte, District Title III Family Resource Teacher
  • Lindsey Lurie, District Multilingual Instructional Coach

Email: GGCommunityProject@gmail.com

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