The Klamath-Trinity Curriculum Project, a Project under the Klamath-Trinity School District's Indian Education Program, is dedicated to producing Native American cultural curriculum materials of the highest quality that address the state standards.

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The Little Acorn
wriitten by Sarah Supahan
Illustrated by Bari G.M. Talley

2002, this book is appealing and versatile-can be used for science units too. It is a circle of life story. The beautiful color illustrations depict the mountain/river environment and include characters like Stellar Jay and Blue-tailed Skink.
English version suggested for grades K-2.
For your early reader book collections. Available in English, Hupa, Karuk and Yurok languages.
$6 each

How Many?
Written by Sarah Supahan and Rose Leazer
illustrated by Debra McConnell and Karen Noble

1996, a counting book featuring Coyote and Salmon and stick game players.
English version suggested for grades 1-2. For your early reader book collections. Available in English, Hupa, Karuk and Yurok languages.
$6.00 each

Indians of Northwest California
1992, Reprinted in 1999
Suggested for grades K-5

This 12-unit binder helps fill the need for relevant and accurate materials dealing with Native American culture. This book provides specific, in-depth information about tribal groups in Northwest California which can be integrated into language, literature, social studies, science and math curriculum. $45
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  • Seven units adhere to the California State History/Social Science Framework and can be used as a supplement to the adopted text. Subjects include tribal law, the history of education. technology, housing and traditional foods.

  • Five units correspond to the English/Language Arts Framework and are appropriate for a Literature-Based Program. Each centers on a Native American story. Correstponding video versions for three stories are available.

  • Every unit includes background information, photographs, student actvities which follow the main theme of the unit, and a unit assessment. Also included are many maps, illustrations, worksheets, coloring pages and games.

  • Appropriate grade levels (K-5) are suggested for each unit; however, many of the activities can be adapted to younger or older students.
Individual Units Available

Unit 13
The Theft of Fire
Suggested for grades 6-8
This individualy bound, 24-page booklet complements the 14-minute video. This unit features the traditional Yurok story theme of stealing fire from the sun, and highlights the complex Native American technology of creating fire without matches. It includes cross-curricular activities in writing, reading, history, social science, art, and PE, as well as many hands-on science activities for the classroom.
$10

Unit 14
A Time of Resistance,
California Indians During the Mission Period 1769-1848
written by Sarah Supahan
Suggested for grades 4-5
62 pages of integrated activities for teachers who want to bring balance to the presentation of California History. This unit can empower students to see their world in new ways. Highly recommended.
$15
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Unit 15
Points of View vs. Historical Bias: Recognizing bias in Texts About Native Americans
written by Sarah Supahan
Suggested for grades 4-12
17-page unit looks at the difference between a point of view and a bias, then looks at passages from real history books about Indian people and how the use of certain "loaded" words affects the meaning of the text in a way that shows bias.
$10
 

Why Coyote Has the Best Eyes
Suggested for grades K-3
Coyote, who of course, always wants the best of everything, decides to trick Fish into switching eyes with him so he can have the best eyes. This flip-book, with beautifully-colored illustrations is excellent for the youngest of story listeners.
BIG BOOK: $10

 
       
Indians of Northwest California, Optional Videos and Individual Units
These professioonal quality VHS videos supplement the literature units of Indians of Northwest California, however, each stands on its own as well.These videos will quickly stimulate interest in the corresponding unit as well as that of the suggested age groups.
$30 each
The Theft of Fire
(14 minutes)
Suggested for grades 6-8		 This video opens with a Yurok family preparing to cook acorns on the Klamath River in Northern California and information aabout Yurok creation stories. The video ends with a demonstration of the traditional way to start fire and the cooking of acorn soup. The story in between is told in English and Yurok by Yurok Elder Jimmy James, and is illustrated by noted Native artist Frank Tuttle.
Why Coyote Has the Best Eyes
(10 minutes)
Suggested for grades K-3		 This video discusses the importance of stories and storytelling within Indian Culture. In the opening scenes, an elder of the Hupa tribe shares his knowledge of nature and heritage with Indian children on the Hoopa reservation. The children listen as he tells how Coyote tricks the Fish into trading eyes, while simple animation based on watercolor paintings by a tribal artist illustrates the story.
How Panther Got Tear Marks
(11 minutes)
Suggested for grades 4-6		 Enhanced with "imagineering," a unique process combining artwork and special video effects, this presentation of a traditional Karuk story is told in both English and the Karuk language in running translation by a fluent elder. Featured are beautiful scenes of Karuk ancestral lands along the Klamath River, a hunting song and real life footage of the panther and other animals.
Karuk Basket Makers,
A Way of Life
(22 minutes)
Suggested for grades 4-6		 This video shows women and girls engaged in learning the art of basketmaking from Karuk elders who still practice it. Types and uses of baskets are discussed, as well as the gathering and preparation of materials. With watercolor illustrations, "The Greedy Father" story is told, a cautionary tale that both guides behavior and explains the origin of the plants used in basketmaking.
Tribal Law
(15 minutes)
Suggested for all ages		 This Tribal Law Video and FAQ Booklet helps you learn to resolve class conflicts using a modified form of tribal law called "settle-up." This program teaches how to work toward student-led mediation in the classroom by teaching background history of what types of laws are involved in traditional Hupa/Karuk/Yurok life. Included in the curriculum is a game to play and a pre and post test.
The main objective of settle-up is to make reparations to a person who has had his/her feelings hurt-not to punish.

ART CARDS
Winning entries (K-12) from the annual Indian Education Writing & Art Contest are printed with illustration on front, writing on back. The centers are blank for you to write in. Each year's contest has a different theme so each year the cards will have different images on different topics. Ask for a list of available contest themes, or let us choose one for you..

$6 set of notecards/envelopes.
VIEW 2005 1st place winners