![]() I may have left out pertinent details in the video, but my hands were shaking so hard that’s all I could manage to clip to post.” Brown says she posted a portion of the video with permission of the unnamed Native American student’s parents.īrown posted on her Facebook page: “After watching the full 6-minute video I was left physically trembling. The video was posted by Akalei Brown (Kanaka-Maoli and Taos Pueblo), a graduate of the Native American Studies program at UC Davis and Native history and culture consultant and an advocate for foster youth. ![]() The video was filmed by a Native American student during his trigonometry class on Tuesday.īy Thursday afternoon, the Riverside Unified School District had released a statement in reaction to the video, saying the teacher was placed on leave pending an investigation. Want more Native News? Get the free daily newsletter today. The video captured her making chanting-like statements and pretending to pray at her desk. She reportedly chanted “SohCahToa” to help students remember trigonometry terms sine, cosine, and tangent. RIVERSIDE, Calif.-A Riverside High School math teacher may know a lot about trigonometry, but she lacks wisdom on life matters-especially when it comes to Native Americans relations.Ī video that went viral on social media shows a Caucasian teacher prancing among students in a classroom, wearing a headdress-with feathers made from construction paper-in an attempt to dance like an Indian.
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