Indigenous People’s Day 2020
Today we are highlighting Indigenous People’s Day! Although Columbus Day is an official holiday in the United States, Indigenous People have inhabited the Americas long before Christopher Columbus landed in the Western Hemisphere. Indigenous communities are hugely diverse in their languages, cultures, and histories. Learn more about Indigenous people in the Americas with these resources!
Read: Overview of Indigenous People’s Day from the Smithsonian Magazine
Watch: PBS Learning Media on Indigenous People’s Day
Interact: Celebrating Indigenous Languages
Google Earth interactive map featuring speakers of Indigenous languages throughout the world including many from North, Central and South America:
https://earth.app.goo.gl/nF6vPo#googleearth
Spotlight on: The Taíno people who Christopher Columbus first encountered on his trip to the Carribean (Indigenous to islands and areas throughout the Carribean, including present day Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, and Florida)
Carribean Indigenous Languages Project: https://global.si.edu/success-stories/caribbean-indigenous-legacies-project-celebrating-ta%C3%ADno-culture
Taíno culture for kids:
https://facts.kiddle.co/Ta%C3%ADno
Polynesian culture:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_Cultural_Center
Photo Credit: Smithsonian Magazine