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Handout
Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Chickasaw Tribe

For Students 1st - 6th
History of the Chickasaw tribe written for elementary age students provides and overview of the tribe history.
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Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Effects of Removal on American Indian Tribes

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the removal of the American Indians from their native lands and examines the resulting effects and consequences of U.S. Government policy.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices, Chippewa Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the great oral tradition of the Chippewa Tribe in the Great Lakes regions through their music collected by Frances Densmore. For classroom activities and lesson enhancements click on the link, "Chippewa Songs Activities."
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Omaha Indian Music

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating site of traditional American Indian music. Listen online to the 44 wax cylinder recordings from 1895-97! Listen also to interviews of the tribe giving background information.
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Handout
Other

Texas Beyond History: Life and Times of the Caddo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is really a gateway for a number of other sites about the Caddo tribes. There is a site that introduces the Caddo, telling who they are, about their homeland, and the like. An interactive map traces the Caddo homeland. Caddo...
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PPT
Other

Calgary Board Education: Our First Nations: Blackfoot

For Students 3rd - 8th
Educators will find this a useful research model for their students. Each slide addresses a different aspect of the Blackfoot tribe's daily life and culture.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Map of Early Indian Tribes in the Western u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
Map showing the Native American culture areas and the tribes within those cultures in western North America. From the Perry Castaneda collection.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Distribution of Native Americans, 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1906 of North America central Canada to northern Mexico showing the distribution and territories of the Native Americans around 1500. The boundaries are based on linguistic stock and not tribal territories. "Anthropologists of...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Cessions of Native American Lands, 1816 1830

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the cession of Native American lands between 1816 and 1830. The map is color-coded to show the lands ceded prior to 1816, the lands ceded between 1816 and 1830 with dates of cession given, and areas...
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Website
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: The Iroquois Indians

For Students 3rd - 8th
Information about the confederacy of Native Americans known as the Iroquois. Details how they lived and their allies and enemies, both foreign and from other Native American tribes.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Hopi

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on the Hopi, a Native American tribe who mainly live in northeastern Arizona.
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Website
Other

The Seminole Tribe of Florida: Culture

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to explore the culture of the Seminole Indians of Florida. There are links to find out about their art, basketry, clans, and much more.
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Website
Other

The Seminole Tribe of Florida Culture

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to explore the culture of the Seminole Indians of Florida. There are links to find out about their art, basketry, clans, and much more.
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Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

A.r.t.s : Navajo Pottery: Beautiful Objects

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This informative website contains pages discussing the history of Navajo pottery. Provides photos and explanations of various pottery techniques. Teachers can use these lessons to show students how to create and fire their own pottery!
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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
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: The Kiowa Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection contains images and transcripts of the papers of Hugh Lenox Scott, a soldier in Kiowa territory in 1892. He tells of the Kiowa nation, their history, culture and clashes with whites like Kit Carson.
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Website
Other

Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma: Tonkawa Tribal History

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the history of the Tonkawa, their past way of life, and the impact of the Europeans on their culture. A collection of historical photos conveys further information about their clothing and shelter.
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Website
Other

Delaware Tribe of Indians: Lenape Talking Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
A Lenape spoken dictionary. Type an English word, phrase or sentence to see and hear it translated into the Lenape language. The site also provides lessons in Lenape, information about spelling and grammar, a large collection of...
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Website
Other

Southern Ute Indian Tribe: Southern Ute Tribal History

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides links to pages discussing the history of the Southern Ute. Includes the following links: an introduction to the history of the Utes, chronology of Ute history, information on historical Ute leaders, maps of Ute territory, and...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Trail of Tears

For Students 9th - 10th
The article provides facts and information about the tragic journey of the Cherokee tribe and other members of the Five Civilised Tribes called the "Trail of Tears" with key dates and a map.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Our Way of Making Prayer

For Students 9th - 10th
The native Yup'ik people of Alaska, like many other Native American tribes, once used decorative masks for ceremonial purposes. Here you can read a short introductory piece about the masks, view the masks, and watch several short video...
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Website
Other

South Carolina Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that provides good basic information on the early indigenous peoples of South Carolina. Information includes tribes, a map of the location of the tribes, history of the tribes, cities and towns with Native American names,...
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Primary
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Buffalo Hunt, 1846

For Students 9th - 10th
Before the European settlers almost wiped out the buffalo, there were huge herds roaming the Plains.The buffalo hunts by Native Americans were essential for the survival of the tribes, and were fine tuned challenges between man and...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Why This Pioneering Hopi Soldier Has a Mountain Named After Her

For Students 9th - 10th
Lori Ann Piestewa was the first woman to die on the front lines in Iraq and the first American Indian woman to die serving the U.S. Armed Forces. Piestewa has became synonymous with patriotic Native American sacrifice. In 2008, a...

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