The following lesson plans feature poems from the rich tradition of Native American poetry. read more poems for Native American Heritage Month
Teach This Poem: “If You Knew” by Ruth Muskrat Bronson Teach This Poem: “She Was Fed Turtle Soup” by Lois Red Elk Teach This Poem: “Peace Path” by Heid E. Erdrich Incredible Bridges: “Remember” by Joy Harjo Teach This Poem: “This Morning I Pray for My Enemies” by Joy Harjo Teach This Poem: “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet” by Joy Harjo Teach This Poem: “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo Teach This Poem: “Map” by Linda Hogan Teach This Poem: “Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream A World” By Margaret Noodin Teach This Poem: “Changing Is Not Vanishing” by Carlos Montezuma Teach This Poem: “More Than Something Else” by Rainy Dawn Ortiz Teach This Poem: “Coyote” by Alexander Posey Teach This Poem: from “WHEREAS” by Layli Long Soldier Teach This Poem: “A Song of a Navajo Weaver” by Bertrand N. O. Walker Teach This Poem: “Carrying Our Words” by Ofelia Zepeda Teach This Poem: “Changing Is Not Vanishing” by Carlos Montezuma Teach This Poem: “A Song of a Navajo Weaver” by Bertrand N. O. Walker Teach This Poem: “The Forest for the Trees” by Rena Priest