Culturally inclusive classrooms connect students to Indigenous places in their community with local tribal experts through storytelling. This process, "Place-Making" immerses students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences, as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social students, science and other subjects across the curriculum. Place-Making emphasizes learning through participation in service projects for the local school and/or community. M

Culturally inclusive classrooms connect students to Indigenous places in their community with local tribal experts through storytelling. This process, "Place-Making" immerses students in local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences, as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social students, science and other subjects across the curriculum. Place-Making emphasizes learning through participation in service projects for the local school and/or community. Many places throughout Montana and the adjacent states have sites that hold historical and contemporary significance to indigenous people. Indigenous culture that is alive and thriving throughout Montana. In this section we will focus on examining the places we inhabit as a means to construct the past and better understand how we can all "Become more Indigenous to Place".