![]() ![]() She appears to be chanting the word "sohcahtoa," which is a mnemonic used to remember the definitions of the trigonometric sine, cosine, and tangent functions of an angle. At one point, she even climbs on top of a desk before changing the slide of her presentation. She marches around the classroom making offensive sounds, mimicking Native American war cries. ![]() In the video, the teacher can clearly be seen performing gestures considered mockery towards Indigenous folks. We need to end discrimination and violence against indigenous youth in schools! We’re not in the 1960s anymore, she should know better." The caption continued: "Please help us in getting the word out and SHARE! This student looks indigenous, has a Native first name and identifies as Native American. "I am sharing this video because these behaviors can no longer be swept under the rug! As adults, we must stand up for our youth.” "At first the student noticed the teacher was pulling out a fake feather headdress and when she put it on he thought, 'what is she going to do?'” the video’s caption read. After several minutes of the teacher “war hooping & tomahawk chopping” the student began filming because he, “felt that violence was being committed against him and he had the right to record.” /4zvFS6JfPw- Iviviq ᐃᕕᕕᖅ ❄️ October 21, 2021 Yesterday a Native American student filmed this video in his Math class. ![]()
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