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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Anishinabe Ojibwe Chippewa: Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Though written for grades 3-5, this lesson plan can be easily changed to help learners of all ages learn about the Chippewa people. Additional resources provide historical, cultural, and geographical facts concerning this Native American...
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Interactive
Other

Montana Tribes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A superb website with a wealth of information on native tribes in Montana. The site has an extensive digital archives with hundreds of videos, all categorized by Essential Understandings. There are lesson plans, historical and current...
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Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Treaty of Greenville 1795

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the Treaty of Greenville which was negotiatied following the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and which ceded most Native American land in Ohio,Indiana and Illinois to the US government.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices: Louise Erdrich

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage highlights the contributions of poet Louise Erdrich to the literary world. Access recordings, photos and classroom activities through the tab "Louise Erdrich Activities."
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Website
PBS

Mpr: The Meaning of Sioux Music and Song

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Minnesota Public Radio provides the text of a 1915 article written by musician and self-trained anthropologist, Frances Densmore. Densmore spent years studying the music and culture of the Teton Sioux and other native...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Music Across America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This curriculum unit devoted to the study of American music features five lesson plans that help students identify instruments, recognize styles and genres of American music and begin to comprehend the rich diversity of American music.
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Unit Plan
Other

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan: A Grammar of Their Language

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of the Ottawa and Chippewa Native Americans is recorded in this twenty four chapter analysis by Andrew J. Blackbird. Includes important legends and family and personal history as related to the tribes. With links to...
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Handout
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Pontiac

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a biographical sketch of Chief Pontiac. Discusses his ties to many different Native American Tribes. Also discusses Pontiac's Rebellion.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Chippewa Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful look at the history and culture of the Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indians. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
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Unit Plan
Other

Aboriginal People's Television Network: Ojibwe Documentary Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Waasa-Inaabidaaa We Look In All Directions is a six-part documentary series about five hundred years of Ojibwe history and culture for bands in the Great Lakes Region The resource has teacher's guides for each episode, maps, timelines,...