Building Indigenous Futures for Ourselves and Our Nations
How Native educators are combatting the erasure of Indigenous perspectives in the classroom, and ensuring Native students are seen and heard.
Laura Zingg
Editorial Project Manager, One Day Studio
Responding to the Pandemic’s Impact on Native Students
Native educators are confronting COVID-19 in their communities with compassion and resilience.
It's Past Time to Eliminate Racist Native Mascots
Native communities and allies have pushed to remove Native mascots from sports teams for decades. This work has never been more important for Teach For America and our students.
WaziHanska Cook
High Schoolers on What Success Means to Them
In their own words, four students define success and the tools they need to achieve it. Note to grown-ups: It's not about the money.
Sanai Metoyer
Carlos Jimenez
Harrison Yazzie
Gabrielle Taylor
Promoting Indigenous Sovereignty Through Education
Leaders share how they creating opportunities for students to receive an education rooted in Indigenous values.
Preserving Native Languages in the Classroom
How two TFA alums are passing on their Indigenous languages to the next generation of students.
Called to Speak: The Struggle to Ensure an Indigenous Language Lives On
In the next 100 years, half of the world’s languages could go extinct. A family and a school in Washington are committed to saving one of them.
Joel Serin-Christ
Author
Rajah Bose
Susanna Chapman
Congrats on Finishing College. What’s Next?
A student and a teacher started their high school careers together eight years ago. Now they’re on to another new beginning.
Faviola Leyva
Video Producer
Historical Movement Building in Native California and Beyond
From the heart of California, a second-generation alum leads a healing and racial justice movement to protect sovereign nations and honor the sacred—restoring Native land and people.From the heart of California, a second-generation alum leads a healing and racial justice movement to protect sovereign nations and honor the sacred—restoring Native land and people.
Terria Smith
Meet 5 Native Leaders Who Are Changing the Narrative for Native Communities
In honor of Native Heritage Month, Teach For America’s Native alumni and staff members share how they are strengthening Native communities.
The TFA Editorial Team