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Other

Midwest Today: Gambling on a New Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1995 article, from "Midwest Today" focuses on the fact that gambling in Indian reservation is not always a "plus" for the community. The article is an extensive one, covering many of the issues of enforcement and sovereignty which...
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Article
Other

Seattle Times: A Resource Divided

For Students 9th - 10th
This article tells about the 1971 Supreme Court ruling in which Native Americans were able to keep fishing rights promised in earlier treaties.
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Website
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Native Voices: Concepts of Health and Illness

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition on the healing practices and traditions of Native Americans from 100,000 years ago up to the present day. Information is organized by theme and by historical time period, and many well known Native American figures are profiled.
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Handout
Arizona State University

Jaie: Counseling the Indian

For Students 9th - 10th
This paper from Journal of American Indian Education describes the plight of the 1965 American Indian and addresses the difficulty of living in a bicultural society.
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Handout
Arizona State University

Jaie: American Indians Out of School

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-developed article from Journal of American Indian Education describes the high Native American dropout rates and attributes the cause to the conflict between the school and home cultures.
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Website
Other

Narf: Individual Indian Money (Iim) Accounts: Cobell v. Salazar

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a fact sheet for Individual Indian Money (IIM) account holders. There are also answers to questions commonly asked by Individual Indian Trust beneficiaries.
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Website
Other

Indian Law Resource Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides legal aid to indigenous peoples and has links to Native American issues as well as indigenous peoples in other countries.
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Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: American Indian Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A document on native people's movements can be downloaded here. It contains a National Alliance for Red Power (NARP) newsletter from June/July 1969, that was published in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is followed by materials from...
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Site explains the federal law that was passed in 1990 that protects Native American cultural items: the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act(NAGPRA). The site answers FAQ on the NAGPRA and keeps online databases of...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: "Kill the Indian and Save the Man": Native American Representation

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the impact of US government policies of assimilation, relocation, and urbanization on Native American identity and culture in this series of videos from the American Masters film Words from a Bear: N. Scott Momaday. Years...
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Lesson Plan
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Native American Project Based Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a scenario that has the school receiving a technology grant, the school must create a presentation, using online resources, that feature something that has been an issue for Native Americans.
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Handout
Other

Arnet: A History of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a general overview of the BIA's impact on Native Americans in the 1900s.
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PPT
Northern Arizona University

Overview of Federal Indian Policy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Since the United States became a nation, federal Indian policy has seen many significant changes. Some of the shifts in policy may, at first glance, seem rather contradictory. However, when considering the underlying assumptions and when...
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Website
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Health Care to Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Focuses on the administration of health care to Native American recipients by the United States Government.
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Article
Arizona State University

Jiae: Indian Juvenile Delinquency So Different?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Journal of American Indian Education shows the 1967 article calls for a focus on the commonality of Indian and non-Indian people, when dealing with mental health issues, rather than treating them like two different problems.
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Article
Arizona State University

Jaie: What Are New Horizons?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides a 1965 speech by the chairman of President Johnson's Task Force on Indian Poverty, describes the future of the American Indian.
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Primary
Arizona State University

Jaie: Will We Meet the Challenge?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides the 1964 speech presented to the Governor's Interstate Indian Council describes reservation conditions and prospects, in light of the War on Poverty.
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Handout
Arizona State University

Social Class and Educational Level on the Reservation

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, written in 1970, thoroughly discusses the relationship between social class and education on an Indian reservation.
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Article
Other

Federal Indian Policy: Bureaucrats or Bullets?

For Students 9th - 10th
The making of federal Indian policy in the United States during the 19th century was marked by disagreement among all parties. The areas of disagreement that stood out most were (1) What is the legal/constitutional status of Indians and...
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Handout
Arizona State University

Jaie: Indian Alcoholism and Education

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Journal of American Indian Education focuses on the problem of alcoholism in the Native American population and looks to improved Indian education to improve the problem.
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Article
Arizona State University

Jaie: Community and School Service

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1968 article from Journal of American Indian Education discusses the pioneer Indian school, Rough Rock Demonstration School, in which the reservation was given control of its own school.
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Handout
Other

Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center: Publications

For Students 9th - 10th
The Publications section of the website features newspapers, magazines, and souvenir pamphlets that reflect the activities of the Carlisle Indian School and its students. Many of the newspapers and magazines included here, such as The...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Indian Country Diaries, Tribal Sovereignty Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will ask students to review sections of A Seat at the Drum and Spiral of Fire where the many issues of tribal sovereignty are evident. Students will be asked to research the sovereignty issues facing a tribe that resides...
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Website
Other

Navajo Hopi Land Dispute

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay is an extensive looks at the dispute between the Hopi and Navajo Nations over land in Arizona.