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This project on Native Americans includes tons
of resources - - too many to fit onto just this one
page! Connect to the project's three other companion
pages for lots more ideas and information: (1)
Biographies
of American Indians - A to Z, (2)
American
Indian Tribes and Cultures, and (3)
Indian
Battles, Movements, &
Events.
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- Easier - American
Indians, sometimes called Native Americans, are
descendants of the first people to live in the
Americas. They had been living there for thousands
of years before any Europeans arrived.
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- Harder - When
Columbus landed in what is now known as the West
Indies, he incorrectly thought he had reached the
Indies. He called the native people he met Indians.
The Indians of the Americas spoke hundreds of
different languages, had many varied ways of life,
and each group had its own name. Some lived in
large cities and others in small villages. Still
others kept moving throughout the year, hunting
animals and gathering wild plants.
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- No people had lived in the Americas before the
arrival of Indians. Most scientists believe the
first Native Americans came from Asia at least
15,000 years ago. Some think they may have arrived
as early as 35,000 years ago. At the time of the
first natives, huge ice sheets covered much of the
northern half of the earth and much of the earth
that is now underwater was dry land. One such area
that was dry then but is now submerged is the
Bering Strait. People following the animals that
they hunted, wandered across this land, a distance
of about 50 miles (80 kilometers). Before European
arrival, the Indians had spread throughout the New
World. Varied tribes and cultures ranged from the
Arctic regions of North America to the southern tip
of South America.
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- First
Americans by K. Martin (Grades 4-8)
- http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/index.htm
- This beautiful site contains information on
tribes, history, stereotypes, and suggested
classroom activities to provide an overview of
Native Americans.
- Other Related Websites for Kids:
- 2) Native American Indian Resources by P.
Giese
- http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html
- 3) About Native Americans http://www.onlineclass.com/NAQ/native.html#topic
- 4) First Americans http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/intro.html
- 5) Native Americans http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/index.htm
- 6) Native Village http://www.turtle-tracks-for-kids.org/
- 7) Study of Native Americans http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/native.htm
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- Index
of Native American Resources on the
Internet
- http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
- This is a huge link-site to web resources for
many Native American topics: art, culture,
language, music,history, health, biographies, and
more.
- Other Links-Sites:
- 2) American Indian History and Related Issues
by T. Johnson
- http://www.csulb.edu/projects/ais/
- 3) Native American Resources by T. Marks
- http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds/friends/bknative.htm
- 4) Native Americans http://www.rice.lib.me.us/native.htm
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- Native
American History Archive by the
Institute for Learning Technologies of Teachers
- College, Columbia University
- http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/index.html
- This website provides access to Native American
information and organizations, a forum for student
discussions and publication of their project work,
and tools for Native American research within the
networked classroom.
- Related Website:
- 2) American Indian History as Told by American
Indians (Links Site)
- http://www.manataka.org/page10.html
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- Native
American Technology and Art
- http://www.nativetech.org/
- Across this vast Turtle Island, different
Peoples develop and express their own complex
technology. Types of craft specialization are
influenced by the different environments people
live in, and by trade and information networks --
these technologies are the product of thousands of
years of expertise, oral traditions and
continuity.
- Other Online Webistes on Native American
Life:
- 2) Native American Shelters
- http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/settlements/index.shtml
- 3) Building a Hogan http://www.waltonfeed.com/peoples/navajo/hogan.html
- 4) Indian Homes from First Americans
http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/homes.html
- 5) Native Pre-Contact Housing
- http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/housingmap.html#buttons
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- After visiting several of the websites
for Native Americans, complete one or more
of the following projects:
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- Complete A Native American Craft
Project. (Preschool through Grade 4)
The activities found at Native
American Crafts for Kids from
Enchanted Learning use materials
found around the house, like egg cartons,
cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons,
paint, glue, etc.
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- Complete A Native American
WebQuest. Adapt or follow the
procedures and instructions found at one
of the following webQuest projects:
- 1) Amerishame http://www.lfelem.lfc.edu/tech/DuBose/webquest/miller/amerishame.html
- 2) Art for Sale by K. Coates (Grade 5)
http://itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/artforsale.html
- 3) Exploring Native Americans by J.
Ouellette and A. Bisson (Grade 2)
- http://users.massed.net/~abisson/nativeam.htm
- 4) Florida Native American by M. Geary
http://www.magicnet.net/~itms/FL_Indian/aliens.htm
- 5) Gathering of Cultures by S. Graves
and C. Butcher (Grades 8-10)
- http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq47/shercind.htm
- 6) In the Time of the Old Ones by J.
Schatz (Grades 3-5)
- http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/oldones.html
- 7) Let's Plan A Powwow by A. Minnick
http://www.dahlgren.odedodea.edu/cox/nativequest.htm
- 8) Museum of Native North Americans
http://www.framingham.k12.ma.us/fuller/8th/Purple/native%20american%20webquest.htm#Res
- ources/Links
- 9) Native American Cultures by M.
Pazdersky
- http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/pazdersky/
- 10) Native American Three Sisters
Gardens by M. Cunningham, D. McDavitt, and
B. Romero
- (Grades 4-6) http://horizon.nmsu.edu/ddl/wqthreesisters_k.html
- 11) Native American Quest (Grade 3) by
C. Scanlon
- http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/cscanlon/wqNA.htm
- 12) Native American Webpower
- http://www.franklin.k12.ky.us/ees/Webquest/Native_American_Webquest.html
- 13) Native Americans WebQuest by J.
Simon
- http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/webquest/Navajo/naweb2.htm
- 14) 'Nunna daul Tsuny:' The Trail
Where They Cried by C. Taylor (Grades
9-11)
- http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/techtrac/plus/taylor/index.htm
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- Prepare Some Native American
Foods. You can find some ideas and
help at sites like Native
Recipes, Food
and Recipes from NativeTech,
and Traditional
Native American Recipes from the
Cooking Post.
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- Read An Online Native American
Story. Nisho,
a Potawatomi fable, provides an excellent
introduction to Native American
culture.
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- Create A Timeline of Native
American History. See if you can
improve and expand on the ideas found at
Time
Line of the Indian History of the Frontier
(1860-1900).
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- Organize An Indian Powwow.
First, visit sites like Native
American Indian Powwows for the
Beginner and Pow
wow Etiquette. Then, plan and hold
your own Native American powwow event. Be
respectful and use this experience to
learn more about Native American
customs.
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- Imagine Yourself in a Situation
Similar to Native American History.
Imagine that you are 'removed' from your
home and relocated somewhere else to begin
a different life, not unlike what happened
to young Cherokees in 1836. Write a story
that describes that situation. How would
you feel and cope in that situation? An
alternative story scenario could be
another fictional situation; imagine and
write about your life being disrupted by
alien invaders from a distant land, who
are technologically far-advanced from our
earthbound civilization, and have come to
further develop and use our geographic
resources.
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- Debate the Issue of Native American
Genocide. Visit several of the related
websites found below and then debate both
sides of the issue.
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- Write 'A Day In the Life' of a
Native American. Visit the companion
page: Biographies
of Native Americans - A to Z and
select one individual. Then write a story
that details one particular day in their
life. Illustrate your story with your own
drawings and artwork.
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- Longhouse, Tipi, Hogan, or Pueblo?
Construct A Model of a Native American
Home. Select a specific tribe and
learn about the dwellings of that culture.
You can select from several different
tribes at Native
American Tribes and Cultures. You can
also find ideas at sites like Native
American Shelters, Building
a Hogan, Indian
Homes from First Americans, and
Native
Pre-Contact Housing. Build your own
model that shows a particular type of
Native American housing.
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- Websites By Kids For Kids
- American
Indians - Clothing, Face Painting, Games and
Ceremonies
- (1998 ThinkQuest Junior Project)
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4289/
- Here you see and learn about the types of
clothing, popular games, ceremonies, painting and
more.
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- Californian
Native Americans (1997 ThinkQuest
Internet Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/13386/
- California was once inhabited by large numbers
of indigenous peoples before the Europeans arrived.
This site explores the history and lifestyle of the
Ohlone tribe, discusses the missions built in the
area, and highlights the oppression natives endured
at the hands of those who moved into the
region.
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- Exciting
World of Native American Novels (2000
ThinkQuest Junior Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/J003223F/
- This site provides summaries and reviews of
books about Native Americans.
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- Fantastic
World of Native Americans (2000
ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/C001655/
- The site provides information on American
Indians, the various tribes, their customs, their
residences, the wars and much much more.
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- Indian
Campaigns
- http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/es/4/cinci/indian.htm
- Here you learn about the Indian wars in
Ohio.
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- Indian
Legends (2000 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/J003222F/
- The site features book summaries and reviews of
Native American folk tales that have been passed
down from generation to generation and published in
picture books.
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- Native
American Arts and Crafts (2000
ThinkQuest Junior Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/J003224F/
- Here you can learn about pottery, jewelry,
weaving, totem poles, headdresses, hide stories,
and basketry. The site describes how the Native
Americans made these arts and crafts, what they
were made of, and how they were used.
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- Native
Americans (2001 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/
- This site provides information on Native
American groups and tribes who lived in what is
today the Continental United States. Learn how the
Indians lived before white man came and changed
their world. Included are facts on habitats, homes,
dress, food, customs, tools & weapons, art, and
more.
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- North
American Indians (2000 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/J003353/
- This project provides information on the
society and culture of four selected Native
American peoples: Navajo, Sioux, Iroquois, and
Cherokee.
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- Southern
Native American Pow Wows (2nd Place Award,
1996 ThinkQuest Internet
- Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/3081/
- Join in the celebration! Pow wows are famous
for their pageantry of colors and dance which help
to make them very exciting events. Learn all about
the dance styles and costume regalia, the music,
and crafts.
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- More Websites on Native Americans
- Aboriginal
Links: Canada and US
- http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborcan.htm
- This is a very extensive links-site.
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- Alcohol
among Native Americans
- http://ctct.essortment.com/nativeamerican_ragq.htm
- Alcohol found its way to the Native American
population of North America during early contacts
between Native people and European visitors. And,
like many other so-called civilizing influences,
alcohol altered the Native American existence,
culture, and way of life.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Camp Justice Home Page http://www.aics.org/justice/camp.html
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- American
Indians and the Natural World from the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
- Through exploration of four different visions
of living in and with the natural world--those of
the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast, the Hopi of the
Southwest, the Iroquois of the Northeast, and the
Lakota of the Plains--North, South, East, West:
American Indians and the Natural World examines the
belief systems, philosophies, and practical
knowledge that guide Indian peoples' interactions
with the natural world.
- Other Museum Exhibits:
- 2) American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
from the Library of Congress
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/wauhtml/aipnhome.html
- 3) Exhibits Online from National Museum of
the American Indian at the Smithsonian
- Institution http://www.conexus.si.edu/map/exhibit.htm
- 3) First Peoples from Canadian Museum of
Civilization
- http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/aborige.asp
- 4) Grand Hall - Northwest Coast Native Culture
from Canadian Museum of Civilization
- http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/grand/grandeng.html
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- Buffalo
Hunting from Handbook of Texas
- http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/dxb1.html
- This article summarizes the extermination of
buffalo in the 1870s and 1880s.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Where The Buffalo Roamed http://www.montana.edu/wwwfpcc/tribes/extinct.html
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- Ceremonial
Dances
- http://www.powersource.com/gallery/objects/dance.html
- Learn about the symbolism inherent in the
dances of the annual Red Earth Celebration
(Oklahoma)
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- Creation/Migration/Origin
Stories
- http://www.indians.org/welker/legend.htm
- Read some creation, migration and origin
stories from different Native American groups.
- Related Websites:
- 2) American Indian Creation Myths http://www.cybercomm.net/%7egrandpa/cretion.html
- 3) The Dîné: Origin Myths of the
Navaho Indians by A. O'Bryan
- http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nav/omni/
- 4) Hopi Way Story Center http://www.timesoft.com/content/hopi/spiritual/stories.asp
- 5) Legend of the Chinook Indians
- http://hpccsun.unl.edu/nebraska/stuproj/ametf99/wenzl/chinook.html
- 6) Legend of Reelfoot Lake (Chickasaw)
- http://www.ecsis.net/dsv/lakecounty/reelfoot/legend.html
- 7) Myths and Legends for American Indian
Youth
- http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/myths.html
- 8) Why the Bat has Wings (Cherokee Legend)
- http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/wings.html
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- First
Nations by J.S. Dill.
- http://www.dickshovel.com/www.html
- The website author presents raw data, pertinent
data, foundational data on the state of Native
America.
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- Historical
& Cultural Significance of the Bering Land
Bridge National Preserve
- http://www.nps.gov/bela/html/history.htm
- The distance across the Bering Strait from
Siberia to Alaska's Seward Peninsula is
approximately 55 miles, and for several periods
during the Pleistocene Ice Ages the trip could have
been made entirely on land instead of water.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Arctic Journeys at PBS http://www.pbs.org/beringlandbridge/
- 3) Who were the first Americans? http://pa.essortment.com/whowerethefir_reof.htm
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- Historical
Maps of the United States from
Perry-Castañeda Library Map
Collection
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
- At this site, you can find maps showing the
locations for early Indian tribes.
- Related Map Sites:
- 2) Maps on Native American Nations and
History
- http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/mapmenu.html
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- Indian
Fur Trade
- http://www.thefurtrapper.com/index.htm
- This site provides information on the effects
of the fur trade on Native Americans between 1804
and 1843.
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- Indian
Removal from PBS
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
- This webpage summarizes the events of 1814 to
1824 that comprised the removal of tribes from the
southeastern states.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Cherokee Trail of Tears1838-1839 http://rosecity.net/tears/trail/tearsnht.html
- 3) Extract from A. Jackson's Seventh Annual
Message to Congress Dec. 7, 1835 from
- PBS http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/removal.htm
- 4) Indian Removal http://www.stanford.edu/~paherman/indian_removal.htm
- 5) Indian Removal Through Arkansas: A
Chronicle, 1830-1849
- http://anpa.ualr.edu/f_removal.htm
- 6) Indian Removal from Gilder Lehrman
Institute of American History
- http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/us12.cfm
- 7) Indian Removal Act of 1830 from
Studyworld
- http://www.studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm
- 8) John G. Burnetts Story of the Removal
of the Cherokees
- http://www.powersource.com/cherokee/burnett.html
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- Native
American Indian Resources
- http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html
- This comprehensive website contains information
and resources including maps, art, stories,
recipes, medicine, games, and much more.
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- Native
American Lore Index
- http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
- Here you find several links to stories of
Native American Indian Lore from different tribes
across Turtle Island.
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- Native
American Peoples: A History of Genocide
from Baobab Press
- http://www.africa2000.com/BNDX/BAO320.htm
- In the entire history of colonization, no
people has been as systematically mistreated as the
American Indian. Worst of all, the problems
continue.
- Related Websites:
- 2) American Indian Stereotypes: 500 Years of
Hate Crimes© by S.W. Baggs
- http://www.dickshovel.com/jank.html
- 3) Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868 from PBS
- http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/four/ftlaram.htm
- 4) Genocide of Native Americans: A Sociological
View
- http://isis.csuhayward.edu/ALSS/soc/NAN/dd/6800sj/slj.htm
- 5) Hiding Genocide: The National Museum of the
American Indian by C. Camp
- http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/native/Article_Detail.asp?Article_ID=1590
- 6) Indians Are Getting Uppity© by I. Choi
http://www.dickshovel.com/bord2.html
- 7) Native American Genocide
- http://www.wicocomico-indian-nation.com/pages/genocide.html
- 8) Native American Genocide Still Haunts United
States by L. Trabich
- http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1997/native-americans.html
- 9) Treaties Made with the North American
Indians!
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6979/treaties.html
- 10) Where did All the Indians Go? http://www.worldfreeinternet.net/archive/arc12.htm
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- Native
American Rights
- http://www.narf.org/
- The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is a
non-profit organization that provides legal
representation and technical assistance to Indian
tribes, organizations and individuals
nationwide.
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- Native
American Spirituality
- http://www.religioustolerance.org/nataspir.htm
- This brief webpage provides information about
the diverse beliefs and spiritual practices of
Native Americans.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Indian Religion and Spirituality http://www.montana.edu/wwwfpcc/tribes/Religion.html
- 3) Why I Am a Pagan by Zitkala-Sa http://www.magicnet.net/~itms/WhyPagan.html
- 4) War Against Exploiters of Lakota
Spirituality http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/war.html
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- Native
Americans by G.S. Grainger
- http://www.sau29.k12.nh.us/library/Dewey/native_americans.htm
- This links-site has resources indexed to the
Dewey Decimal Classification System.
- Other Native American Links-Sites:
- 2) American Indian Links http://pw2.netcom.com/~wandaron/indians.html
- 3) Links to American Indian Resources http://greatspirit.earth.com/links.html
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- Native
Americans from The American
West
- http://www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm
- This site's goal is to present a true and
accurate information about Native American history,
organizations, people, and culture.
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- North
American Indians from the Keystone-Mast
Collection
- http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/site/exhibitions/indian/North_American_Indians.html
- View original photographs of Native Americans
and their ceremonies, dwellings, and lifestyles in
this historical stereograph collection.
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- NativeWeb
- http://www.nativeweb.org/
- This is the website is an international,
nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to
disseminating information from and about indigenous
nations, peoples, and organizations around the
world.
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- On
This Date In North American Indian History
by P. Konstantin
- http://members.tripod.com/~PHILKON/index.html
- This site lists over 3000 historical events
which happened to or affected the indigenous
peoples of North America.
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- Plains
Indian Ledger Art Digital Publishing
Project
- http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Ethnic/fac/rfrank/Ledger.Project.Web/Ledger.Home.html
- This website provides important examples of
19th century Plains Indian drawings on paper. Most
of this Ledger Art was completed between 1860 and
1900. Destruction of buffalo herds had ended most
of the painting of buffalo hides.
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- Totem
Poles: An Exploration
- http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/default.html
- Here you find all about totem poles.
- Related Website:
- 2) Native American Symbol Totem Animals
- http://ms.essortment.com/nativeamerican_rcon.htm
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- Turtle
Island Native Network
- http://www.turtleisland.org/
- This is the website of Canada's aboriginal news
and information network.
- Another Great Canadian Resource:
- 2) Canadian Indian History http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/indian.htm
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- Voices
of Wintercount
- http://www.wintercount.org/
- This site is dedicated to sharing the thoughts,
ideas, and words of traditional Native American
people. These are original, unedited comments by
real people, taking a stand for their way of
life.
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- Websites For Teachers
- Environmental
Adaption of the Native American Indian by
V. Leger
- from Yale-New Haven Teachers
Institute
- http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1998/3/98.03.08.x.html
- This curriculum unit provides some
understanding of Native American cultures and their
history to our children.
- Other Related Plans from Yale-New Haven
Teachers Institute:
- 2) Native American Myths: Creation to Death by
M.L. Gerencser (Grades 3-5)
- http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1998/2/98.02.02.x.html
- 3) Native Americans and the Clash of Cultures:
Then and Now by P.N. Herndon
- (Grades 9-12) http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/3/99.03.03.x.html
- 4) Totem Poles of the North American Northwest
Coast Indians by M.K. Basti
- (Grades 6-8) http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/6/85.06.01.x.html
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- Exploring
Native Americans Across the Curriculum from
Education World
- http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson038.shtml
- Activities and the Internet sites are provided
to help teachers present a balanced portrayal of
Native Americans today -- their history, their
culture, and their issues.
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- Native
Americans (Grades 1-3)
- http://205.146.39.13/success/lessons/Lesson9/PSSe3_L.HTM
- Here is an online lesson for primary grades
that could easily be modified for intermediate.
Don't miss Branching Out and Online Activity.
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- Negotiating
Treaties by M. Crosby (Grade 11)
- http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst190.txt
- This lesson helps students recognize the
interaction between early settlers and indigenous
people in the U.S.
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- Teaching
About Thanksgiving
- http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history/FWDPthanks.htm
- Here is an online guide to respectfully
teaching about Thanksgiving.
- Related Website:
- 2) First Thanksgiving Proclamation http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history/1stthnks.html
- 3) Thanksgiving Day Celebrates A Massacre
- http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history/ThanksgivingDayMassacre.htm
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- Teaching
To and About Native Americans
- http://204.98.1.2/isu/ss/firstam/respect.html
- Here are online guidelines for teaching about
Native Americans.
- Related Website:
- 2) Appropriate Methods When Teaching About
Native American Peoples from Ableza
- Institute http://www.ableza.org/dodont.html
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- Trial
of Standing Bear (Grade 8)
- http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/standingbear/
- In this activity, students are asked to
research the case, the lives of people involved,
and the historical background which includes Andrew
Jacksons policy of Indian removal, Manifest
Destiny, and the Plains Indian War.
- Related Website:
- 2) Understanding Primary Sources: Indian
Removal from Houghton Mifflin
- http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/8/unit/act3.1.html
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