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Climate Change Threatens Spring Tradition for Umatilla Tribes

Provided by: NPR |Published on: May 3, 2023

Articles/Websites Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This article and linked podcast is about the Umatilla springtime tradition of gathering wild celery, the importance of this tradition, and why climate change is making it harder for the tribes to uphold the tradition.
Students will hear from tribe members about the ritual and how they believe wild celery plants are connected to their ancestors and loved ones.

Subjects: Social Studies, Biology, English Language Arts

Authors: Anna King

Region: North America, USA - West, United States, Oregon, Eastern Oregon

Languages: English

Positives

This brief story allows students to hear about how climate change is affecting Native American traditions.
This podcast is concise and easy to understand.

Additional Prerequisites

Students should understand that climate change may lead to drier conditions and major shifts in seasonal patterns.
A commercial may play before the podcast begins.

Differentiation

For a middle school language arts course, students could interpret the information in this resource alongside other forms of media that deal with similar themes.
For a high school language arts course, this podcast and article allows students to evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and tone.
Students could use this podcast to evaluate the political and economic decisions that have lead to climate change, and how this change has influenced the cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.
This article could be used to connect to lessons about differing cultural traditions, food insecurity, or the importance of nature to various groups of people.

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