SB13: Tribal History/Shared History

In 2017, the Oregon Legislature enacted Senate Bill (SB) 13, now known as Tribal History/Shared History. This law directs the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to create K-12 Native American Curriculum for inclusion in Oregon public schools and provide professional development to educators. The law also directs the ODE to provide funds to each of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon to create individual place-based curriculum.

For years the state has been missing a critical opportunity to fully leverage the strengths, assets, and contributions our Native American students bring to their communities. The lack of accurate and complete curricula may contribute to the persistent achievement and opportunity gaps between Native American and other students.

In 2014, the ODE’s State Board adopted the Native American/Alaska Native Education State Plan. Objective 7 of the plan states, “Every school district in Oregon implements (K-12) historically accurate, culturally embedded, place-based, contemporary, and developmentally appropriate Native American/Alaska Native curriculum….”.

Native Americans lived in this state long before it became Oregon. How can we teach youth about Oregon history without including the voice of Oregon’s Native American peoples – both past and present? This general lack of knowledge about Native American people extends to curricula - thus SB 13: Tribal History / Shared History. Currently, ODE includes required teaching about Native Americans in ODE’s Social Studies State Standards. Tribal History / Shared History will create opportunities to expand those requirements across multiple content areas.

Implementation of Tribal History-Shared History

Currently with SB 13, all Oregon students in grades 4, 8 and 10 are required to be taught a total of five lessons each year, one lesson in each of the following content areas: English Language Arts, Health, Math, Science and Social Science. The lessons were developed in collaboration with tribal elders of the 9 Federally Recognized Tribes. In the future, students in grade 5 will also be required to be taught a total of fives lessons on Tribal History-Shared History. In addition to the teaching of the lessons, educators in grades 4, 8 and 10 are required to complete professional learning in order to learn about both Native Americans in Oregon, as well as about how to implement the lessons. For the 2021-2022 school year, educators are required to complete Module 1(Since Time Immemorial and Sovereignty) (see below).

Oregon Department of Education Lesson Plans:

Professional Development PowerPoint for Reynolds School District Administrators to present to staff around SB 13 (Tribal History/Shared History) Implementation:

PowerPoint Presentation on SB 13

Professional Development Modules (Oregon Department of Education):
Thank you for your interest in the SB13 Tribal History/Shared History Professional Development Modules. Watch this video for an introduction to the modules from April Campbell, Director of the Office of Indian Education at the Oregon Department of Education.

Watch this short video to learn how to fill out the form, access the training module, and download the completion certificate.

Follow the directions below to access the trainings:

To access each module you will fill out the form linked in each section below. After you fill out the form and click submit, the next page will contain the password to access the module. Each module has a separate password, so you will fill out the corresponding form for each module when you access each module.
When you finish the module, you will be able to download the completion certificate. The PDF has a section for users to fill in their name and the date they completed the training. *This is the only record of training completion; keep a copy of this certificate for your records.

SB13 Inservice

Fill out the SB13 Inservice Form for the password to the training. Then click on the SB 13 Inservice link below to access the webpage.

SB13 Inservice storyboard project of short videos including presentations on the background of Senate Bill (SB) 13 Tribal History/Shared History, The Essential Understandings of Native Americans in Oregon process, The 6 P’s (Critical Orientations for Indigenous Studies Curriculum), Tribal place-based curricula, as well as lesson modeling demonstrations.

Module 1: Essential Understandings of Native Americans (Required for 4th, 5th and 10th grade Reynolds School District Educators (2021-2022)
Fill out the SB13 Tribal History/Shared History Access Form for the password to the training. Click on the Module 1 link below to access the webpage.

Module 1 covers the following sections of the nine Essential Understandings:

Essential Understanding 1: Since Time Immemorial
Essential Understanding 2: Sovereignty

It is designed to support educators in building a foundation for teaching, training, and serving as a source of support, knowledge, and advocacy within their school, district, or organization for the Senate Bill 13 Tribal History/Shared History curriculum.

Module 2: Essential Understandings of Native Americans
Fill out the SB13 Module 2 Access Form for the password to the training. Click on the Module 2 link below to access the webpage.

Module 2 covers the following sections of the nine Essential Understandings:

Essential Understanding 3: History
Essential Understanding 4: Tribal Government

Module 3: Essential Understandings of Native Americans
Fill out the SB13 Module 3 Access Form for the password to the training. Click on the Module 3 link below to access the webpage.

Module 3 covers the following sections of the nine Essential Understandings:

Essential Understanding 5: Identity
Essential Understanding 6: Lifeways

Module 4: Essential Understandings of Native Americans
Fill out the SB13 Module 4 Access Form for the password to the training. Click on the Module 4 link below to access the webpage.

Module 4 covers the following sections of the nine Essential Understandings:

Essential Understanding 7: Language
Essential Understanding 8: Treaties with the United States

Module 5: Essential Understandings of Native Americans
Fill out the SB13 Module 5 Access Form for the password to the training. Click on the Module 5 link below to access the webpage.

Module 5 covers the following sections of the nine Essential Understandings: