Indigenous Culture and People - October 13

Learning About Culture

Monday, October 13, 2025

Today is the Navy's Birthday, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Columbus Day, Good Samaritan Day, Silly Sayings Day, M&M Day, and Suit Up Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: Monterey Bay Jelly Cam
Dessert of the Day: Yorkshire Tapas Pudding

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

• 1775 – The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
• 1792 – In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Eggs

ON THIS DATE

• 1775 - The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy.
• 1792 - The cornerstone of the White House is laid.
• 1884 - The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• 1903 - The Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) win the first World Series.
• 1908 - Suffragist and journalist Margaret Travers Symons sneaks into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1754 - Revolutionary War figure Molly Pitcher
• 1909 - Editorial cartoonist Herblock
• 1925 - UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
• 1925 - Comedian Lenny Bruce
• 1941 - Musician Paul Simon
• 1961 - Basketball coach Doc Rivers
• 1989 - U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al - LISTEN
• Paul Simon - Sesame Street - Me and Julio Down by the School Yard - LISTEN
  
• The Beatles - I Am the Walrus - LISTEN

THEME: Indigenous Cultures and Peoples

• Grades PreK-2 - Molly of Denali Series - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Indigenous Stories Collection  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Our New Hampshire - People of the Dawn (18:19) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Champlain in America - First Contact with Indigenous Peoples  - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The West - Interactions Between Spaniards and Indigenous Peoples in the West, 1528-1800 Video Collection- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Native America Video Gallery - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Native America Series - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Native American Voices Series - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Native Art Now (57:00) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Applause - Indigenous Artist Beth Bush (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Native America - Hopi Origin Story (4:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reconnecting Roots - Native Americans: An Uncommon History (27:02) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - KVIE Arts Showcase - Native American Art (27:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Cities Could Dance - Albuquerque's Native American Hip-Hop Dance (6:08) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Cities Could Dance - Native American Hoop Dancing and Hip-Hop in Minneapolis (4:17) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Warrior Tradition  (54:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sound Field - What Does Electric Pow Wow Sound Like? (14:01) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -DIGADOHI: Lands, Cherokee, and the Trail of Tears (56:45) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Made Here - Nebi, Abenaki Ways of Knowing Water (12:31) - VIEW

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