Guidelines for
Native Community
Organizations
Native community organizations should
establish a process for review and
authorization of activities involving the
gathering, documentation and use of local
cultural knowledge.
Native community organizations may increase their cultural
responsiveness through the following actions:
a. The Native educator associations should establish
regional clearinghouses to provide an on-going process
for the review and certification of cultural resource
materials, including utilizing the available expertise of
retired Native educators.
b. Native educators should engage in critical selfassessment and participatory research to ascertain the
extent to which their teaching practices are effectively
grounded in the traditional ways of transmitting the
culture of the surrounding community.
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