The Purpose of School
What are the Watchtower, Princes, the Jokers and Thieves?
In its most literal context, wayfinding by canoe requires this, because it is almost impossible for one person to carry a four- or six-person outrigger to the water, let alone paddle it. But when an entire team of paddlers carry and then paddle the canoe, it feels almost weightless.
What is Lau Lima or 400 hands?
This route led to the deaths of thousands of indigenous people.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This belief was used to justify the expansion of the U.S. as a part of God's plan.
What is Manifest Destiny?
These six children became symbols of Mexican Nationalism when they died fighting against invasion from the U.S. military.
Los Ninos Heroes
These institutions required indigenous people to stop speaking their native languages, wear their traditional clothes, or see their families for months at a time.
What were Indian Boarding Schools?
This wayfinding technique suggests that everyone must be accountable to and for their community.
What is He wa’a he moku he moku he wa’a: “The essence of the canoe is an island, and the island is a canoe.”
This supreme court case should have protected the Cherokee as a sovereign nation prior to the Trail of Tears.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
U.S. plantation owners could have moved to the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, except this action was illegal that far north.
What is the enslavement of people?
This documentary about the Mexican American Studies Program and it's struggle against oppression from the state government won the Audience Favorite and Special Jury Award at the San Diego Latino Film Festival in 2011
What is Precious Knowledge
Instead of desegregating their school district, Prince Edward County School District chose to do this.
What is close down the entire district and switch to a private school model?
The elder has a duty to pass on what they know, and the next generation has a duty to learn so that the history and knowledge is not lost.
What is `Imi`Ike: “To hold or pass knowledge.”
This guy was a hardcore assimilationist, but he had some good points about moving to Oklahoma.
Who was Major Ridge?
Maybe it's time to change the California State Flag which represents the actions of this group.
Who are the Bear Flaggers?
Koyano hates doing this to students and would like you to work hard these final three weeks of the semester.
What is failing students?
In 1964, students from Los Angeles Unified School District staged the first major Latinx protest against racism in this event.
What was the East L.A. Blowouts
Recognizing that each of us are unique and hold our own wisdom.
What is Loko Maika`i: “The responsibility to maintain and nourish the things we already know.”
Don't ask his parrot if this president was a good guy. The bird's answer would get you in trouble in school.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Remember this town as the first battle between the Texians and the Mexican military.
What is the Alamo?
This landmark Supreme Court Case ruled that students cannot have an equal education without equal access to White educators and students.
What is Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka
Enslaved people did this to learn to read and write despite laws making literacy illegal.
What is hide under school windows?
Nau Pono suggests listening to this for the betterment of yourselves and your environment.
What is intuition or gut instinct?
Chief Ross refused to sign this treaty, but Major Ridge had no problem signing on behalf of the tribe.
What was the Treaty of New Echota?
This treaty included "buying" half of Mexico for $15 million.
This famous high school's football team was the first team in the country to take a knee in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.
What is Seattle Washington's James A. Garfield High School?