House Bill 1633, spearheaded by state Rep. Maurice West of Rockford, aims to make it a requirement for Illinois schools to teach a unit of Native American history. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the bill by mid-August.
Nizhoni Ward, who is Navajo and Choctaw and was born on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, recently graduated from high school in Homewood. Ward, seen July 19, said she’s hopeful a bill sitting on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk will help students across Illinois understand the Native American community.
In 2019, West introduced legislation that would have required schools to get permission from a Native American tribe within 500 miles to use a native mascot or imagery. Schools would also have to offer a course on Native American contributions to society, but that bill was sidelined in favor of the one proposing a state-mandated Native American curriculum in K-12 schools.
“We’re an inclusive, vibrant community that contributes at every level here in the state and are just seeking that kind of understanding,” he said.Native American and First Nations members dance in the arena for the Grand Entry ceremony of the 69th annual Chicago Powwow at Schiller Woods Oct. 8, 2022, in Chicago.
Nizhoni Ward, seen July 21, is Navajo and Choctaw and was born on a Navajo reservation in Arizona. She recently graduated from high school in Homewood. “The concern I have is that even when we do teach about Native Americans, we tend to teach about them before the 20th century,” Foster said. “But Chicago’s biggest historical aspect of Native Americans is 20th century — the doctors that emerged out of here, the researchers, the artists, all the native people that came out of the American Indian Center efforts. There was a Native American university here that nobody ever talks about.
“We have a whole bill on genocide and Holocaust, but not Native people,” Bang said. “So we looked at bills that should have included us and added some of that language. What’s important about this bill is that it’s not just the teaching mandates but also native representation and inclusion in the equity boards. It’s not just about teaching about Native people.
Miskobinis said school administrators said he wouldn’t be able to walk across the stage wearing those accouterments and asked him to switch to a plain cap and gown. Because they said he couldn’t walk with the decorated garments, he asked if he could at least wear them while sitting with his graduating class.
Miskobinis said he hopes the bill spurs educators to teach Native American history “the right way,” instead of the “whitewashed” version. “My own journey has been one where I’ve had to learn and unlearn,” said Winchester, history and social science teacher at Evanston Township High School. “I am a Black educator, and I know that teaching U.S. history, in particular, presents its challenges when you are trying to do justice to the real complex narratives when you yourself haven’t learned about some of those narratives in formal schooling environments.
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