Utah school district eyes revamped Native American lessons

Utah school district eyes revamped Native American lessons

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district is working to revamp its lessons around Native Americans to tackle stereotypes.

The Daily Herald of Provo, Utah, reports the Provo City School District has been setting up meetings with schools about curriculum development and questioning sources teachers have been using.

Meredith Lam, the Native American specialist and Title VI coordinator for the Provo City School District, says around 90 percent of the lessons plans about Native Americans teachers have shown her this year have needed to be reworked. She says it’s part of the process to give students a complete picture.

Lam says she’d like to see an American Indian history class offered as an elective to the older grades to give students the opportunity to learn the other half of U.S. history.