Legacy of cultural enrichment: Retiring program coordinator ensures students will learn about Idaho tribes
Sorensen Magnet School of Humanities fourth graders are curious about materials in Sarai Mays' teaching trunk as she visits the school Wednesday to share resources and stories about Indigenous people.
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Coeur d'Alene School District Indigenous Education program coordinator Sarai Mays on Wednesday morning tells Sorensen School of the Arts and Humanities fourth graders a Blackfoot story of greed and forgiveness. Mays is retiring Tuesday after 10 years with the district.
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Winton Elementary fourth grade teacher Carrie Hartman checks out a map donated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and presented Wednesday morning by Coeur d'Alene School District Indigenous Education program coordinator Sarai Mays.
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Victoria Williams, left, and Sarai Mays on Wednesday present a map donated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe to fourth graders at Sorensen Magnet School for the Arts and Humanities. The map shows the traditional calendar of the Coeur d'Alene people and is identified in the Coeur d'Alene language as well as English.
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The storytelling tradition of Indigenous people was brought to life by Sarai Mays as she spoke to two fourth-grade classes Wednesday morning at Sorensen Magnet School for the Arts and Humanities....
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