To guide teachers in addressing Indian Education for All, OPI compiled a list of Essential Understandings of American Indians. These are the big ideas that are important for our students to understand. They include ideas about the diversity of our tribes, how the Federal Policy toward Indian people progressed in our government, the role of the reservation system and ultimately the idea of self-determination.
The link below is to the OPI document on the Essential Understandings. This is a PDF you could print and have available when teaching IEFA.
Essential Understandings
