North Dakota releases updated tribal textbook for first time in 20 years

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction has released Journey to Understanding, the first updated edition in over two decades of a textbook on the five Native nations that share land with North Dakota, according to North Dakota Monitor. The text introduces students to tribal history, culture, sovereignty and federal policies. A digital version is already on the University of North Dakota’s Scholarly Commons site, and thousands of free print copies will be sent to K-12 schools statewide.

Over the next several months, the agency will publish updated tribe-specific books and a first-ever textbook on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. Tribal colleges, Native organizations and higher education institutions helped develop the series, and tribes had full editorial oversight.

North Dakota Monitor