Ranger Emily Dayhoff shares her “official” and “real” roads to her career with the National Park Service. She shares how her Southern Sierra Miwuk and Chukchansi Yokut heritage gives her a special connection and perspective to Yosemite National Park.

Meet Simon Aceto, a recent Fish and Feathers intern at Rocky Mountain National Park during the summer of 2023.

Meet Katona and Hershal, participants in the LeChee Youth Program at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Meet Ashlee Austin, a Public Lands Intern at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Sofia Vanderlan graduated from the largest high school in Minnesota, Wayzata, yet was one of only two Indigenous students in a class of over 900. At the encouragement of her grandmother, who lives in Grand Portage, Sofia has worked five summers at Grand Portage National Monument every year since the summer after her freshman year of high school.

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, meet Jessica Arkeketa from the Jiwere Nut’achi (Otoe-Missouria) and Muscogee Creek from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is currently studying Native American Studies at South Dakota State University. After working as a Stewards Individual Placements Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps (ALCC) member, which is a program through Conservation Legacy, she recently transitioned to a full time role at Pipestone National Monument. Read on.

Fort Scott was the base for one of the most diverse assemblies of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Significant numbers of African Americans and American Indians were recruited in this area. This program provides opportunities for students to discover their stories through small group activities, critical thinking, and discussion. The program time is 45 minutes including time for questions and answers.

This 8th grade lesson compares political maps of Native American homelands before and after westward expansion. It traces the cause factors leading to the cession of original Cheyenne and Arapaho lands prior to relocation in Oklahoma.

Discover the rich history of Prince William Forest Park. This 30 minute to one hour overview program offers information covering various time periods from Native American history to the Great Depression and World War II.

Are you animated when you talk? The way we express ourselves is often a combination of culture, family, and individual personality. In this lesson, students will practice reading non-verbal communication cues with peers before reading Josiah Gregg's account of multicultural immersion during the fur trade era. Students will examine his descriptions for cultural stereotype.

On site field trips are the best way for students to connect with where fossils were found and where James Cook ranched and became friends with Red Cloud. Agate Fossil Beds field trips include indoor programs about mammal fossils, historic excavations, American Indian culture and artifacts. Guided hikes on the park's two trails explore the historic dig sites, interesting trace fossils and the natural wonders of mixed grass prairie and Niobrara River.

The purpose of the Southern Paiute Cultural History supplemental curriculum lessons is to provide opportunities for students to learn about the region’s cultural history. Studying about past cultures and traditions provide a context for deeper understanding that links today’s Southern Paiute people with their rich cultural legacy. Archeology helps to provide a better understanding of these connections.

In "Native American Reservations," students will look at Native American Reservations. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into six lesson plans, taking 45-120 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 4 of the unit.

Trading was a very important part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. In this lesson plan students will engage in trading for supplies with other students and learn what the expedition used for trading and traded for.

Investigate the Spanish Shipwrecks

Students learn about the uniqueness of lodge designs and connection with animals. They use art skills to design their own lodges, write explanations of, and share designs. An optional activity is to construct a scale model lodge.