

List of Remote Resources

NAAF staff, The Tohono O'odham Department of Education, and Healthy People Coalition members have selected a few resources for you to enjoy remotely!
Take good care, and if you have more suggestions, please let us know.
Tohono O'odham Language Resources
“Gogs c Bo:l”: https://youtu.be/pQRnFl3qCYk
Book 1 in a series of 12 beginning Tohono O’odham language stories, read aloud by Andrea Ramon from San Simon School readers.
“NAAF Soundcloud”: https://soundcloud.com/user-821991612
A collection of Tohono O’odham words, sentences, and phrases taught by Selina Jesus with O’odham and English definitions and pronunciations. These lessons are fun, quick and you will learn a lot!
“Reference Library” Tohono O’odham Community College: http://www1.youseemore.com/tocc/readyref.asp
TOCC online reference library includes cultural, historical and language resources.
Education (Sciences, Technology, Math & Language Arts)
K-12 Learning Resources, Tohono O’odham Community College: http://www1.youseemore.com/tocc/readyref.asp?loc=8
This TOCC site includes K-12 education sources, audio books, arts and crafts, free magazines, test preparation (GED, AP, ACT and SAT) and virtual field trips!
Khan Academy:
Non-profit education organization with free online content and videos on all subjects, ages pre-K to high school. Standardized test preparation included.
Molly of Denali:
PBS cartoon celebrating Alaska Native [including Gwich’in, Koyukon, Dena'ina Athabascan, Tlingit] cultures, languages and stories, with STEM content. Website has activities, games, and full animated episodes.
NASA Kids’ Club:
Explore space with satellite images, information about missions, videos and downloads.
National Geographic Kids:
Games, quizzes, videos and content on physical geography around the globe for ages 6 and up.
Ology by the American Museum of Natural History:
Science website for ages 6 and up with hands-on activities, videos, virtual exhibits and introduction to all studies of science, from climate change to physics to zoology.
PBS Kids:
Loads of videos, games, and content for pre-K to middle school.
Smithsonian Native Knowledge 360: https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/resources.cshtml
Content is ages pre-K to high school on topics like STEM, geography, history and government and civics.
Starfall: https://www.starfall.com/h/index.php
Content for pre-K to grade 3 on reading, art, math, science and sing-alongs.
Emotional Support
Teen Lifeline, Inc.: 602-248-TEEN (8336)
Call or text, answered by youth 3-9pm, available 24 hours
Tohono O’odham Behavioral Health 24-Hour Crisis Line
Pima and Pinal County: 844-423-8759
Maricopa County: 800-763-5093 EMPACT-SPC
Crisis Text Line: Text CONNECT to 741741
Tohono O’odham Child Welfare, Family Preservation Program: 520-383-6100
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Tohono O’odham Warm Line: 1-855-728-8630
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Lakota People’s Law Project, “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Resource Guide”: https://www.lakotalaw.org/news/2020-05-01/....
Extensive Indigenous-centric resource with hotlines, toolkits and resources on community guides and healing for survivors, including specific resources for LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit communities.
PAX Support Tools: https://www.paxtools.org/pax-tools-recipes
PAX Tools Recipes are instructions for individual, evidence-based strategies intended to support families in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. These strategies help families with cooperation and deal with sibling conflict, motivation, children and adults sharing a vision. PAX tools are available in English and Spanish and can be downloaded on any device.
Restoring Ancestral Winds: https://restoringawcoalition.org/covid-19, https://restoringawcoalition.org
Mission is to support healing in Indigenous communities led by a Diné and Ute Mountain Ute/Seneca/Cayuga team in the Great Basin region. Their focus is on sexual, dating and domestic violence and abuse, and healthy relationships by honoring the strength and tradition of all relations and ancestors. The special COVID-19 resource page has toolkits, and digital and downloadable coloring pages by Indigenous artists.
Well-Being and Fitness
Apache Skateboards: https://apacheskateboards.com
Douglas Miles [San Carlos Apache-Akimel O’odham] artist, skateboard designer, filmmaker and founder of Apache Skateboards and Apache Skate Team features incredible film, art and skateboard knowledge
Notah Begay III Foundation (NB3) “NB3 Fit”: https://nb3foundation.org/nb3fit
NB3 is an award-winning Native-led nonprofit founded by professional golfer Notah Begay III and dedicated to improving Native American children’s health. Videos, stories and inspiration for families and youth.
Tony Hawk Foundation “Skatepark Stories and Podcasts”: https://tonyhawkfoundation.org/2019/12/episode-35-how-it-happened-pine-ridge-with-walt-pourier/
Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk and his nonprofit foundation fund community skatepark projects. Here is their conversation with Walt Pourier from Stronghold Society and Pine Ridge Skatepark for the Oglala Lakota Nation. Includes website for Wounded Knee Skateboards.
Gardens, Indigenous Foods and Sacred Geographies
Jim Enote [Zuni] “Lessons from Farming and Responsibility to the Earth”: https://www.pbs.org/video/jim-enote-lessons-farming-h3r6jy/
Short interview with Jim Enote, a Zuni Elder, high altitude farmer and director of A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center at Zuni, New Mexico.
Jim Enote [Zuni] “Counter Mapping”, Emergence Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-P4U5npRCg
Jim Enote shares Zuni agriculture, geographic knowledge, and the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center. He challenges the idea of what maps are with real alternatives: art, Zuni place names, constellations, origins and ideas beyond a “piece of paper.”
Winona LaDuke [Ojibwe] “Seeds of Our Ancestors, Seeds of Life”: https://youtu.be/pHNlel72eQc
TED Talk on indigenous food sovereignty, role of plants and origins from Winona LaDuke.
Oren Lyons [Onondaga] “We Are Part of the Earth” Sacred Land Film Project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwmqZ272As&t=13s
Oren Lyons shares what he learned fishing with his uncle, who sat on the Onondaga council.
Stories and Documentaries
12 Story Library: https://www.12storylibrary.com
Online library with full books on biography, language arts and fiction, science and technology, social studies, sports and wellness.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting: https://americanarchive.org
Historic programs from publicly funded television and radio.
Interviews with Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times: https://nnigovernance.arizona.edu/key-resources/great-tribal...
Interviews with Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times:
Public Broadcasting Service: https://www.pbs.org
Online access to current shows and movies on PBS for all ages.
Writing Tools and Organization Apps
Technology to help with reading, writing, learning, and organizing your school content (notes, schedules, projects, homework, grades).
Evernote: https://evernote.com
Ghotit: https://www.ghotit.com
Ginger: https://www.gingersoftware.com
Planner Pro: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/planner-pro-daily-calendar/id571588936
Skitch: https://evernote.com/products/skitch
Snap and Read: https://snapandread.com