American Indian Education at District One91

09/08/2026

✨Curriculum Sneak Peak 👀✨

Today, we spent some time lesson planning for our first iSWAG meeting of the year at BHS.

The American Indian Education Program provides weekly advisory group meetings for our secondary students, called iSWAG — Indigenous Student Weekly Advisory Groups.

This year, we have built a special partnership with a local Indigenous organization to implement a curriculum with our students! More information soon to come! For now, we hope you enjoy this sneak peak!

We are excited to see our students again — we’ve got a fun science experiment waiting for them! 👀

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09/06/2026

✨National Read a Book Day✨

Since we all have an extra day off tomorrow, the AIEP, and all our community leaders, encourage everyone to pick up a book and read it!

Read it aloud.
Read it in silence.
Read it alone.
Read it with the littles.
Ask someone to read it to you,
Or find it on YouTube .

Even just 20 minutes a day can go a long way!

Wauŋyawapi kte!
We will all read!

09/03/2026

Today we went to visit our Shakopee Indian Ed relatives to iHEAL propose to them and also to see their new classroom space at Shakopee High School. Last year was our first collaboration with Shakopee to bring their students to our iHEAL event. This year we hope to continue our work together and support one another in journeys to serve our Native American students and families.

❤️🖤😽 Sabers and Blaze! 💛🩶🔥

09/03/2026

✨Storytelling is Education. ✨
The American Indian Education Program is so excited to finally share our theme and focus for the year!

Something we always tell our indigenous students is that:

We are storytellers. We are scientists. We are writers. We are artists. We are mathematicians. We are creators.

Culture and academics don’t have to be separate, in fact our culture may be our superpower! 🦸🏽

We have so much more to share about our upcoming events, but only time can tell. 🤭

Stay tuned for opportunities to earn some Seed, Read, Bead swag!!

👩🏽‍🎨 Graphic Design Credit : Mrs. Bad Warrior! We are so grateful for her skills!! 🫶🏽

08/27/2026

✨Virtual Open House ✨

Welcome to the AIEP Virtual Open House!

We challenged our students at the end of last school year to guess what our new theme for the year would be….

Here are your clues, we want to see how good you are at catching them!

Last year our theme was :
‘Sage, Hydrate, Heal’

And our focus was :
‘Indigenous Fitness’

Our motto was :
‘Virtues in Action’

Put in the comments what you think this year’s theme, focus, and motto will be!!!??

Let’s see how good your investigation skills are!

Search hard, document well.
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08/12/2026

✨See you soon!✨

Just a few more weeks before our classroom is filled with students again!

We are so excited to reconnect with everyone, and can’t wait to get our Culture Trunks to our school!

We have a lot of learning waiting to be discovered, and already have some exciting plans in mind! 🌿

We are so grateful for the extra hands who helped us clean up our classroom! It was a huge help!!! 🫶🏽

Can’t wait to Blaze our Bright Path this year!

07/21/2026

✨Post-Secondary Spotlight ✨

💙❤️University of Kansas❤️💙

📍 Location: Lawrence, KS
🚘 Approximately 460 miles from Burnsville
📚 R1 Research University
🏀 D1- Big 12 Conference
🪶 First Nations Student Association (FNSA) - Native Club
🦋 Annual Powwow on Campus
❤️ “rock chalk Jayhawk”
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Community Connections - Mrs. Bad Warrior, Ms. Madison, Shades of Thorpe

🎙️ Ask your aunties :
what’s your favorite part of KU?

Mrs. Bad Warrior — Big city culture, small-town charm ✨

Ms. Madison — The Natties. 🏆

💫 Challenge: Know anyone else who went to KU, or has lived in Lawrence? The next time you see them, ask what their favorite part of KU is!

07/08/2026

✨WE MISS YOU ALL, but not the bell!✨

Bane (noun) -
That which causes harm, ruin, or death.

In a sentence -
“The bell system in the classroom was the persistent bane for Mrs. Bad Warrior and Ms. Madison.”
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Context -
If you ever spent time in our classroom, on a Zoom with us, or even been on the phone with us during a school day, you already know this bell would drive us crazy!!

But thanks to Mrs. Bad Warrior and her advocacy — when we return this fall, we will no longer have to worry about the bells being so loud! 🤩

We miss you all so much and can’t wait to see you again!! We hope you all have been remembering to Sage, Hydrate, Heal this summer!!

Taŋyaŋ ihduha pi - Take care!!

06/16/2026

Some exciting things we have planned with our Culture Trunks next year! Keep a look out for the amazing things our teachers will be doing in the classrooms to further Indigenous education for all students. We are forever grateful for the opportunity to share our culture with our students and community.

ICYMI: American Indian Education at District One91's Culture Trunk Project’ brings Indigenous artifacts, stories and perspective to every One91 classroom!

What do woven baskets, beaded jewelry, arrowheads, antlers and grains have in common? As part of District 191’s new culture trunks, they help bring Indigenous history, culture and traditions to life.

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https://www.isd191.org/discover/blog/post/~board/district-news/post/culture-trunk-project-brings-indigenous-artifacts-stories-and-perspective-to-every-one91-classroom

06/05/2026

✨A Seed Keeper Summer!?? ✨

As we wrap up our final moments in our classrooms and buildings today, we want to remind our community that some of the best learning comes from connecting to land!

Our assignment for the summer? Discover your favorite flower, plant, tree, or pollinator this blooming season!!
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We hope you all continue to Sage, Hydrate, Heal, all summer long! While we will be away for the summer, we hope to stay connected by continuing to post the content we’ve collected throughout the school year! We have so many memorable moments to share, we can’t wait to reminisce on an incredible year!! 🤩

Are you curious to know what our theme for next year will be!??? Leave your guesses in the comments!! 🤭