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Primary
Other

Bhnb: Political Elements of Nez Perce History During Mid 1800s and War of 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
In this essay on the Nez Perce conflicts you will read about how the tribe attempted to live within the treaties signed, but because of outside influences, could not.
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Website
Legends of America

Legends of America: Navajo Long Walk to the Bosque Redondo

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay is about the Najavo Long Walk.
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Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Big Hole National Battlefield:

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Battle of Big Hole in which the Nez Perce and whites alike suffered many casualties. From the National Park Service.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs the West: Gen. Nelson A. Miles on the "Sioux Outbreak"

For Students 9th - 10th
Statements and reports forwarded up the chain of command in 1891 about the failure of the government to provide either food or other promised support to Sioux Indians after the destruction of buffalo herds.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Treasures of Am. History: Western Expansion

For Students 9th - 10th
Shown are images and descriptions of artifacts that express the challenges that the migrants, Mexicans, and Indians shared in their quest for westward expansion in the United States during the 1800s.