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Arkansas Archeological Survey: Indians of Arkansas
A detailed view of the Native peoples who inhabited Arkansas, both pre- and post-European contact with history, archaeology, and culture addressed. The navigation menu on the left provides links to specific periods of time and to...
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
History Is Fun: Powhatan's Challenge and Opechancanough's Action [Pdf]
Describes the interactions between the Powhatan and the English, the different leadership styles of the brothers Wahunsonacock and Opechancanough, and the events leading up to the Powhatan War and Opechancanough's defeat.
Other
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities: Virginia Indian Heritage Trail [Pdf]
This 92-page guide has accurate information on tribes and sites in Virginia. It has tribal histories, biographies of well-known historical figures, photographs, and suggested readings.
Other
Trail of Tears Assoc: The Story Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Follow the early history of Native American and European contact in America. As more settlers moved west, a law was passed to relocate the Cherokee from Arkansas. The routes they followed and the cruelties they suffered came to be known...
Digital History
Digital History: Pocahontas
Brief overview of the story of Pocahontas for students and a timeline of her life with pictures.
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Petition of the Meherrin Indians
A lesson exploring the steps taken by the Meherrin Indians in Virginia to try to protect their lands from encroaching colonists
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Virginia Indians in the Twentieth Century
In this lesson, students examine how the annual payment of tribute to the governor by some of Virginia's Indians attest to their continuing presence. This is a tradition that was established in 1646.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Britain in the New World: War and Peace With Powhatan's People
Read about how Powhatan and his tribe initially helped the English settlers in Jamestown, but ultimately went to war. Find out about why the different views about land ownership exacerbated the tension between the two cultures.
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Early Images of Virginia Indians
A collection of images of early Virginia Indians that includes information on interpreting the images and shows fanciful images that were not historically accurate.
Other
Acton Boxborough School Dist.: Powhatan Indian Village
This site has photos of a replica of a Powhatan village, as well as information about the Powhatan way of life, style of dress, farming practices and more.
A&E Television
History.com: Colonists at the First Thanksgiving Were Mostly Men Because Women Had Perished
According to this account (elements of which continue to be debated by historians, especially regarding the presence and role of Native Americans), the historic event didn't happen on the fourth Thursday in November, as it does today,...
Curated OER
National Park Service: John Rolfe
The National Park Service provides basic biographical facts on John Rolfe whose experiments with tobacco planting provided a profit for the Jamestown colony.