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Native American
Heritage Month
F A L L I S A G R E A T T I M E for educators to focus on
Native Californians, who settled along the West
Coast some 10,000 years ago. More than 300,000
people in 200 tribes populated the state. The
California Indian History Curriculum Coalition
(csus.edu/college/education/engagement/
indian-curriculum.html) offers this map as well as mul-
tiple free, vetted resources and lesson plans for use in
classrooms. (Just one example: a video showing how
the Winnemem Wintu tribe — nonexistent in Califor-
nia's history books — is using technology to put
itself back on the map.)
The annual California Indian Confer-
ence (csuchico.edu/cic) takes place
this year at Sonoma State University
Nov. 14-16, bringing together
California Indians, academics,
tribal scholars, educators
and students.
California Indian
Pre-Contact
Tribal Territories
Get a Copy
of Your Story
S T O R I E S I N T H E California Educator are
available to you as a PDF, which can be
shared and printed. We can also print a
copy of the story on paper suitable for
framing. Send email to editor@cta.org
with "story PDF" in the subject line and the
headline (or link) of the story you want,
along with the publication date.
Human Rights Awards
K N O W O F A CTA member whose
exemplary actions have promoted
the advancement and protection of
human and civil rights and social
justice issues? The 2020 CTA Human Rights Awards are now open
for nominations. Any active CTA member may submit a nomination.
The deadline is Jan. 10, 2020. Awards will be presented at the Equity
and Human Rights Conference in Irvine on Feb. 29. Learn more at
cta.org/humanrightsawards.
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