Educational Resources
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Games of the North
Four Inuit athletes travel throughout Alaska competing in the ancestral games of strength. Acrobatic and explosive, these sports are vital for survival in the frigid, hostile Arctic. As waves of change sweep across their traditional lands, their role is stronger than ever.
Lesson Plan, Viewer Discussion Guide, Interactive TimelineGrades 7-9, Grades 9-12, Higher EdAlaska Native Studies, Health & Fitness, Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies -
Good Meat
Once a star athlete in his community, Beau LeBeau (Oglala Lakota) now weighs 333 pounds--an unhealthy weight which has triggered the onset of Type II Diabetes. His mother's untimely death from complications due to cancer and diabetes motivates him to drop the excessive pounds. Enlisting the help of physician Dr. Kevin Weiland and nutritionist Kibbe Conti (Oglala Lakota), Beau starts exercising and takes up a traditional Lakota diet of buffalo meat and other Native foods. He rapidly sheds pounds and encourages others to do the same, but can he maintain his weight loss amidst the poor diet options and naysayers on the Reservation?
Video, Handout, Lesson Plan, Viewer Discussion Guide, Facilitator's GuideK-6, Grades 7-9, Grades 9-12, GeneralHealth & Fitness, Native American Studies, Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies -
GRAB
GRAB is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe, who annually throw water and food items from the rooftop of a home to people standing below them. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Billy Luther's film, which is narrated by Parker Posey, follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives for the year leading up to this day.
Video, Handout, Lesson Plan, Viewer Discussion GuideGrades 9-12, Higher Ed, GeneralEthnic Studies, Native American Studies, Social Studies
