SCS offers nationally recognized workshop on teaching respect for Native peoples

Date: Aug. 3, 2009
Time: 7:00 a.m.
Location: Heilman Dining Center Richmond Room and locations in Richmond

The School of Continuing Studies will host a nationally-recognized Oyate "Teaching Respect for Native Peoples" week-long workshop for educators starting August 3, 2009. The workshop provides teachers tools and strategies for evaluating, selecting and presenting materials that offer honest and authentic portrayals of Native peoples.

According to the Oyate Website, "Oyate is a Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed honestly, and so that all people will know our stories belong to us. For Indian children, it is as important as it has ever been for them to know who they are and what they come from. For all children, it is time to know and acknowledge the truths of history. Only then will they come to have the understanding and respect for each other that now, more than ever, will be necessary for life to continue." - oyate.org

Two Oyate trainers will facilitate four day-long sessions. The workshop's fifth day incorporates a field trip to view the "Beyond Jamestown" and "Family Portraits" exhibits, both sponsored by the Indian Heritage Program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Participants will also meet Virginia Indian educators and hear first-hand the experiences of contemporary Native people.

The workshop is available to participants for undergraduate and graduate credit for the same fee.

For more information, visit the Teaching Respect for Native Peoples workshop page.

Posted June 30, 2009