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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Ponca

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Ponca Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, and dwellings.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Omaha

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Omaha Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, economy, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Cherokee

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Cherokee, an American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Cayuse

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Cayuse, an American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Cayuga

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Cayuga, an American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Catawba

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Catawba, an American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Carrier

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Carrier people, an American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Cahuilla

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the American Indian group the Cahuilla.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Blackfoot

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Blackfoot people. An American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Beaver

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the origins and the culture of the American Indian group the Beaver people.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: Indigenous Cultures

For Teachers 5th
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about the indigenous cultures of the Americas.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nez Perce

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the culture and history of the Nez Perce tribe.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Pomo

For Students 9th - 10th
"Pomo" refers to a family of seven California Indian languages and their speakers. Explore topics such as their history, economy, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Shawnee

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of beliefs of the Shawnee Indian tribe on this website.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Ecuadoran Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ecuadoran Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Nez Perce

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nez Perce. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Other

Kamat.com: Animals of Indian Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
First published in The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society, this article discusses animals and their meanings in Indian mythology. Part of an extensive Indian culture site.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Mughal India

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of the Mughal empire in India, in this historical overview and image gallery of Indian art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: June 2: Indian Citizenship Act

For Students 9th - 10th
On June 2, 1924, Native Americans were granted American citizenship via Indian Citizenship Act. Learn about this act of congress and how it impacted American Indian culture.
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Harvey Mudd College

Harvey Mudd College: Indians of the Great Basin

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of lectures about the Indians of the Great Basin covering the archaeology of the area, the environment, tribes and tribal culture, as well as the history of the tribes after Contact. Hyperlinks to maps, drawings, and pictures.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: The Canela Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Journey to Brazil and visit the Canela Indians. Learn all about their culture and view artifacts and video footage.
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Thinkport Education

Mpt: Exploring Maryland's Roots: Visit a Woodland Indian Village

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a Woodlands Indian village in the area of what became Maryland. By using drawings from early explorers, this representative village helps you understand the culture of the Eastern Woodland Indians.
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Other

Virginia Places: Woodland Indians in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information on both Paleoindians and Woodland Indians in what is now Virginia. Discussion on Mississippian, Eastern Mound Builder, and Coastal Plain Cultures.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan helps students learn aspects of three Native American languages, the Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee. Five lessons lead teachers and students through traditions, similarities and differences, and the importance of...