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Author Biographies

Kel Sassi, Ph.D., is a Professor of English at Northern Michigan University, specializing in English education. She is the Vice President of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English and Director of the Northern Shores Storywork Writing Project Site. 

April E. Lindala, Ph.D. and MFA, is the Department Head of Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University (NMU). With twenty-five years of experience working with Tribal Nations, she was instrumental in the creation of the first baccalaureate degree solely dedicated to the field of Native American Studies in Michigan. 

Morgan Raether is the English Department Head, Reading Specialist, German Teacher, and Career Preparation Teacher at Jeffers High School in Painesdale, MI. She recently finished her eleventh year of teaching. Morgan believes fervently in culturally diverse literature populating every classroom library in the nation but will accept in Michigan first.

Abstract

This article takes a critical approach to an Information Literacy and Leadership Institute (Institute) for Upper Peninsula K-12 educators with the goal of coming to terms with the dispossession of Indigenous peoples in the region. Participants learned about critical information literacy in relation to archival materials about settler colonization and resource extraction and created curriculum materials for their classrooms. Facilitators designed institute activities with Archibald’s Indigenous Storywork principles in mind and analyzed the outcomes through this framework. The focus on land was reflected in teacher materials, but could be integrated more deeply in future institutes.

Publication Date

6-2026

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