Cornell University
Cornell University: The Rush to Oklahoma
An observation printed in Harper's Weekly in 1889 about the Oklahoma land rush into the Indian Territory.
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The American Indian Movement
Provides information on the American Indian Movement under the following sections: Spiritual Heritage, Back to the Reservations, and AIM in Canada.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Plight of the Indians
This site explains how as westward expansion grew, more and more Indians encountered settlers, ranchers and miners who sought life, land, and riches out West. Conflicts between settlers and Indians soon involved the federal government...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Indian Territory, 1904
A map from 1904 of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory prior to statehood (November 16, 1907), showing the territorial capital of Tahlequah, reservation boundaries, railroads, and rivers. "Indian Territory had a area of 31,154...
Oklahoma State University
Chronicles of Oklahoma: A History of the Quapaw [Pdf]
A historical description of a little known Native American tribe of the southeast United States, the Quapaw, who had contact with DeSoto.
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: Sherman Alexie (1966 )
A detailed biography of poet, writer, performer, and filmmaker Sherman Alexie. Read about the parallels of his work and his life on an Indian Reservation.
Curated OER
Montanakids.com: Crow Indian Reservation
The Crow Reservation is located in south-central Montana. This is a brief history of the Crow tribe that call themselves the Apsaslooka.
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Saint Stephens Indian Mission Foundation: The Shoshone People
A short history of the Shoshone people from prior to contact with European explorers up to 1870.
State of Florida
Florida Kids: Seminole History
Visit this resource to gather some interesting historical facts about the Seminoles of Florida. Today, there are still six Indian reservations in the state.
State of Florida
Florida Kids: Seminole History
Gather some interesting historical facts about the Seminoles of Florida. Today, there are still six Indian reservations in the state.
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Nmsu: Historic Documents: Status Report of the Condition of the Navajos
A digitized copy of the official status report on the terrible condition of the Navajos at Fort Sumner in 1868 and the recommendation by U.S. Indian Agent for Navajo Indians that they are given a reservation in New Mexico and Arizona...
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Lumen Learning: Encroachment and Resistance
In the latter part of the 1800s, settlers began to ignore treaties when expanding westward. The government followed suit by declaring they would no longer negotiate new treaties, that they had the power to enforce laws on reservation...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Our Land Our Home
This resource delves into the history of the Indian people on the Fort Berthold Reservation beginning in 1851 when it consisted of 12.6 million acres through 1960 when it consisted of only a few hundred acres.
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Victoriana Magazine: Native American Tribes and u.s Government
The U.S. government's policies towards Native Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century were influenced by the desire to expand westward into territories occupied by these Native American tribes. By the 1850s nearly all...
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The Weekly South Dakotan: South Dakota History for 4th Grade
From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Whose Land Is This? Webisode 8
From Joy Hakim's marvelous set of books, A History of US, this webisode offers narrative, pictures, and teaching guides for the settling of the West after the Civil War.
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Wounded Knee Museum
Virtual tour of the massacre at Wounded Knee from a museum dedicated to preserving the history of what happened there.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Camping With the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Fletcher
A fascinating site that presents the story of Alice Fletcher who traveled to Dakota Territory to live with Sioux women. Click on dates on the calendar for diary entries. Also includes historic photo gallery.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: Native American Citizenship
After invading the land long lived on by the Native Americans, the United States government only gave them the right to citizenship in 1924 as detailed here.
Library of Congress
Loc: Immigration: Destroying the Native American Cultures
Detailed and extensive account of the plight of Native Americans during the westward growth of America. Includes maps, audio recordings, authentic letters, speeches,a great timeline, and much more.
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Colorado College: Tutt Library: Helen Hunt Jackson Papers
Site includes a biography, chronology, and collection of writings of and about Helen Hunt Jackson.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies
A large site that tracks the history of the Nebraska area begins with the formation of the earth, moves through the earliest human activity in Nebraska, and then through proto-historical and historical Nebraska. The Kansas-Nebraska Act,...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Blackbird Hill, Nebraska
Read William Clark's journal entry concerning the event that took place early on the morning of August 11, 1804, when Lewis and Clark visited the grave of Blackbird, one of the great leaders of the Omaha Nation.
American Indian Heritage Foundation
Indians.org: Geronimo
This site provides biographical information about the great Native American, Geronimo. This site also contains a few quotes from Geronimo himself as well as a few images of the Native American.
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