Native+Americans

**Muskogee Creek Indians**
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Official Muscogee Tribal Site []

Some History

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Creek Language History (OK, FL, GA)

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__**Videos:**__ media type="youtube" key="rp9U0_ZiqQ8" height="315" width="420" The Creek Indians lived along the streams of middle and south Georgia. In 1700, the Indian population in the region that would later become Georgia, was 17,000, making the White population a clear minority. It only took 4 decades for Whites to outnumber the Native Americans. By 1840, all of the land in Georgia that had belonged to Native Americans for generations had been given up to the state and federal government.

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George Tiger is a 3rd or 4th generation Creek Indian. He is currently a representative to the National Council of the Muscogee Creek Nation. He discusses the negative light that has been put on the Creek Indians. For example, he recalls a story about his father who was severely disciplined in school if he spoke his language. Because of this, there was a period of time where many families did not teach their children how to speak Creek, because they didn’t want them to be confronted with what they were confronted with. Tiger goes on to discuss how important storytelling is to the Creeks, because they have never learned from books, rather they learn from storytelling.

media type="youtube" key="_ueiVM2NM0U" height="315" width="420" National Indian Education Association members and leaders explain why they are advocating on Capitol Hill to stem dropouts, bring culturally based instruction and curriculum to classrooms, and help Native schools choose high-quality education for their children.


 * __Article Review__**

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This article talks about the education of Native American families and their children. It talks about the need for school programs that are culturally relevant. This article also gives examples of different programs in Texas. It also goes into detail (statistics) on their dropout rates along with other details. Native American students are more likely to labelled special in the school system. The article goes on to give ways to change that misconception: (1) including language and culture as a part of the school program; (2) encouraging partnership and participation from American Indian parents and communities; (3) actively promoting intrinsic reward for the use of their native language; and (4) advocating for students in the school assessment process. Nel (1994) The article continues throughout giving ideas on how to better the education of the Native Americans.

__**Childr**____**en's Book:**__ //The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee Story// by Joseph Bruchac; Illustrated by Susan L. Roth
 * Genre: Picture Book
 * Age Level: Early
 * World View: Native American
 * Theme: Conflict and Heroism
 * Literary Elements: Dialogue, capitalization, foreshadowing
 * In the classroom: This book could be used to teach students the history of sports, specifically baseball. They could create their own stories involving animals, and/or sports around the world after researching different cultures and the history of their sport