The New School’s Native American Exhibit
Pueblo – Andy Zamora and Nick Russell
Navaho – Zerbie Hynson and Emmy Newman
Tlinglit – Sam Pullman and Quin Delia
Seminole – Evelyn Caldwell and Martin Welych-Flanagan
Sioux - Bobby Simmons and Savannah Krabacher
Iroquois – Haleigh Summers, Syris Dwyer, Muta Pamoja
Apache – Neona Krabacher, Alaira Otteson, Sam Propp
Cheyenne – Autumn Kerr, Greer Foley, Gulliver Brower
Cherokee – Monae Lender, Jonas Hine, Mae Cohen
Black Foot – Eyeruse Wonders, Maia Gostin, Ben Foley
Shoshone – Ciara Jones, Max Newman, Brandon Warren
Nez Perce – Ace Wischman, Nora Vancalcar, Lola Gostin
All the students at The New School collaborated on a culminating activity that involved researching twelve different Native American tribes. The youngest children (K-1) had been listening and responding to Little House on the Prairie, the middle students (grades 2-4) studied the explorations of Lewis and Clark and the oldest students (grades 5-8) studied the tragic clash of cultures as the pioneers moved westward.
The Native American exhibit required small, multi-aged groups of students to research the clothing, way of life, traditions and beliefs, homes and the biome of one specific tribe. The children had to represent this information two dimensionally, three dimensionally and in writing. Our goal was for students to appreciate each Native American tribe as a different culture and how each tribe's culture is affected by geography.
