Kristin, Thank you for taking time to learn about Native American Education! There are several resources available that state the same thing, cultural-based curriculum supports Native American learners as well as non-native learners. In Washington state we have curriculum to requires schools to teach about local tribes history. It is called Since Time Immemorial (STI), this curriculum was was to be enacted in 2015. Although it has been a slow start, several districts in my surrounding area have begun to implement parts of the curriculum. However not all are utilizing their local tribes as resources to share their history. I am at 1 of 8 elementary schools in my district and my school (the reservation school) was the first to use the
