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gardens in Fish Lake — As CEO of 7 Generation Games, I am proud and humbled to be able to announce that we have received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a new learning platform, specifically aimed at helping meet the needs of Indigenous students and the educators working to serve these communities.

Announcing Growing Math Project to Meet Immediate Educational Needs of ...

November 12, 2020 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Cultural content / Educational Games / Events / Newsletter / rural education / Start-up Diaries / Teachers tagged Growing Math / newsletter by Maria Burns Ortiz

Time Spent Learning Your Culture is of the Essence Several years ago, Dr. Erich Longie and I participated in an analysis of the National Indian Education Study database where we found that the more native youth learned their culture and language in school, the worse their math scores. This finding […]

Include Native American Culture in Your Math Class

November 12, 2020 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Game Progress tagged Native American heritage month by AnnMaria De Mars

Words of Appreciation Thank you to our nation’s veterans, to those who lost their lives, to those who are in service, and to those who have served in times of war or peace. Thank you for your many sacrifices. On this special day in untimely circumstances, we hope you stay […]

Veterans Day

November 11, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged Native American / newsletter by Christy Hanson

grandfather — When we started 7 Generation Games, our lead cultural consultant, Dr. Erich Longie, told me that the solution was to include Native American culture as part of math, and vice versa. As he said to a student, “Of course our ancestors used math! We were a nomadic people! Do you […]

Where does Native American Culture fit? Everywhere!

November 9, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM tagged newsletter by AnnMaria De Mars

Typical Natives — A few days ago, a teacher contacted us asking “How accurate is it to Native American culture/Were tribes contacted to insure accuracy and avoid stereotypes?” This is a really important question, especially during National Native American Heritage Month, so we’d like to share the answer with all of you. All […]

How accurate are our games to Native American culture?

November 5, 2020 in Educational Games tagged Native American / Native American heritage month by Daniel Mondaca

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Explore Our Free Math Games

November 3, 2020 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Newsletter tagged augmented reality / Aztech / Dakota / Educational Resources / educational video games / Free / Free Download / Free Resources / Free Video Games / lakota / learning at home / Math Games / Ojibwe / Spirit Lake by Christy Hanson

Native American man sitting — I was super-excited to have had the chance to speak at Minot State University on how we use Native American culture to teach math. In analyzing our data, one key issue we found was PERSEVERANCE. That is, students simply give up when it gets the least bit hard. It wasn’t […]

Using Native American Culture to Teach Math

November 3, 2020 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Math tagged Native American heritage month by AnnMaria De Mars

GUEST POST FROM DR. ERICH LONGIE, 7 GENERATION GAMES LEAD CULTURAL CONSULTANT From the fourth grade on — when my older sister started reading books to us (her younger siblings) in the loft of the log cabin where we lived — I have been a voracious reader. My curiosity knew […]

Teaching Native American Indian Students Math the Easy Way

November 2, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Educational Games tagged Native American heritage month by Maria Burns Ortiz

Going through our archives I found this interesting blog about halloween customes and education written by our CEO Maria Burns Ortiz. “What does the ‘E’ in STEM mean?” my 8-year-old asked me this afternoon as I drove her to soccer practice. “Engineering,” I said. “Which is what?” she asked, reminding me […]

The “E” In STEM (and HallowEEn)

October 30, 2020 in 7GenGames / Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing tagged halloween by Maria Burns Ortiz

Wendigos and skinwalkers have crept in on tribal psyches for generations.

Creepy Tribal Creatures

October 28, 2020 in 7GenGames / Cultural content / Newsletter tagged forgotten trail / halloween by Christy Hanson

We’ve all heard about Halloween, even if you don’t celebrate it. Every October 31st, millions of people all over the word celebrate this day with activities like trick-or-treating, attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching plenty of […]

No boredom this Halloween!

October 28, 2020 in Educational Games tagged halloween by Daniel Mondaca

Spark up your child's reading list for National American Indian Heritage Month with "We are Water Protectors."

Books We Love: We Are Water Protectors

October 27, 2020 in 7GenGames / Book Club / Cultural content / Educational Games / Newsletter tagged newsletter by Christy Hanson