Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:05:51 -0600 From: MARK THIEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ANN: Website -- America's First Nations NEH Institute for K-12 Teachers AMERICA'S FIRST NATIONS: American Indians in Social Studies Curricula is a four week institute to be held at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, June 26 - July 21, 2000. It offers a wide-ranging opportunity for K-12 social studies educators to strengthen their teaching about our country's First Nations, the American Indians. Institute activities include hands-on engagement ranging from ancient mammoth-hunting sites to a Fourth of July powwow, First Nations' own videos, readings guided by well-known researchers, and time to utilize archival and museum collections for classroom curriculum projects. Institute co-directors Dr. Alice B. Kehoe, Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Mark G. Thiel, C. A., Assistant Archivist, each has extensive, long-term experience with Indian communities and their heritage. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. For further information and an application, please visit our Website at http://www.marquette.edu/library/neh or contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED], 414/288-6083 (Stephanie Bjork), America's First Nations NEH Institute, Marquette University Libraries, 1415 W. Wisconsin Ave., P.O. Box 3141, Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141. -- André Cramblit, Operations Director The Northern California Indian Development Council ( http://www.ncidc.org ) NCIDC is a non-profit organization that helps meet the social, educational, and economic development needs of American Indian communities. NCIDC operates a fine art gallery and gift boutique featuring the best of American Indian Artist's and their work, with emphasis placed on the work of the Tribes of N.W. California. (http://www.ncidc.org/gift/gifthome.htm#anchorgift)
