September 29, 2023
Trinity County Office of Education
Serving Trinity County Native American India Students and Families
Supported by the American Indian Early Childhood Education Advisory Council
The program serves K-4th grade students in four school districts. Trinity County's AIECE program increases the visibility of the local American Indian community, enhances the presence of native culture, and builds pride and respect. Goals include enhancing self-esteem in students and adults by providing cultural support and activities, and improving student academic achievement through strategic intervention.
Each site provides tutorial assistance in reading, language arts and math. Cultural activities for students and their families are held during and after school. An annual countywide Tribal Villages Celebration honors local elders and tribal members, while increasing cultural awareness within the community. This event targets all Trinity County 3rd and 4th grade students and their teachers, and provides authentic activities aligned to California Core standards in the Visual and Performing Arts, Social Science-History, Science, and Reading/Language Arts. Ongoing professional development for participating staff members and parental involvement activities supplement and enhance the site programs. Trinity County Office of Education has created a curriculum resource guide for teachers that focuses on local American Indian topics, including standards-based activities. Trinity County students regularly have their work published in the Thoughts from Native Youth chapbook and we encourage and support participation in the annual California Conference on American Indian Education.
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Contact us: nrmwintu@gmail.com
The Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation’s traditional homeland lies in the headwaters of the South Fork of the Trinity River, in Trinity County, California. Approximately half of the tribe’s 1,000 members still live near their ancestral lands in Trinity and Shasta Counties.
The Wintu were a hunter/gatherer language family. There were three distinct dialects. The northern group were known as Wintu proper in the north, the Nomlaki in their central territories, and the southern were known as Patwin. They occupied the west side of the Sacramento Valley. The west border extended roughly along the crest of the Coast Range to about Cottonwood Creek in the north and the Sacramento on the south. The exceptions to this were Wappo, Miwok and Pomo territories that extended into the Sacramento watershed; and in the northwest portion of Wintu territory where it extended west of crest of the Coast Range. On the east side of the valley, their territory extended to an average of five miles east of the Sacramento from the Pit River south to just above present Knights Landing. The river was the eastern border south of that point. The Wintu suffered huge population losses from the genocide of the Mexicans and the gold rush settlers and miners as well as from disease.
The Nor Rel Muk Wintu Nation's Tribal Office is located on Main St in Weaverville, CA.
Contact us: tsnungwechair@paulammon.com
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Dancing Salmon Home-Promo Video
Dancing Salmon Home is a 60-minute documentary covering the Winnemem tribe’s historic journey to reunite with their Chinook salmon relatives, and call them home. Includes teacher resources and online video rental free.
Trinity County Office of Education Lending Library
Provides a variety of collected resources for teacher use. Including our Indian Education resource materials.
Indian Student Eligibility Certification Form
There are currently 4 schools that receive AIECE state Funding
Site Coordinator: Betsy Wilde |
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Site Coordinator: Sarah Sharp |
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Site Coordinator: Sara Clark |
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Site Coordinator: Brian Burns |
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