Native Americans
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First Nations Histories
A very complete history of approximately 240 tribal
histories. They are limited to the lower 48 states of the U.S.
but also include those First Nations from Canada and Mexico that
had important roles.
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Exploring
Native Americans Through Literature This site offers several good suggestions for studying Native American
cultures through the effective medium of literature.
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Indian Photographs from the American Memory Collection
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Indian
Uses of the Buffalo
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Native
American Links
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Native
American Website
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Native American WebQuest
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Native
American Tribal Websites
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Native American Chart
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Native
Americans
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Native
American Activities Education World offers 12 lessons to help
students learn about Native American history and cultures
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Native
American Recipes
Students experience a taste of Native American foods. Students prepare
some foods, including journey cake (a kind of corn bread), that are
popular in some Native American cultures.
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Native
American Crafts Choose between a totem pole, a kachina doll, a teepee, a rainstick, a
canoe, a dream catcher, or a rattle in
these fairly simple but eye -catching crafts for early elementary
children.
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Native
Americans: Then and Now Contact between European cultures and indigenous American peoples brought
with it many difficult clashes, misunderstandings, and abuses that
continue to be issues today. This unit plan examines these difficult
topics from both sides. This teaching unit is intended
for high school students.
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Official
Websites of Indian Tribes
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The Study of Native Americans
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The
Trial of Standing Bear In an historical trial in which Standing Bear argued his rights to return
to his home territory, the United States government for the first time
conferred citizenship rights upon a Native American.
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What's
In a Name?
Fully twenty-eight states in America can point to Native American
derivations of their names. Students must research the origins of all
fifty states--have them work together in groups--and then see how many of
the 28 they located with names of Native American origins.
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Indian Tribes
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Eastern
Woodland Indians
This site information on how the Indians
lived on a day-to-day basis, homes, clothing, food
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The Hopi Indians
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Hopi Indian Civilization
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The Official Website of the Hopi People
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Iroquois
Indian Museum
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Northwest Coast
Indian artifacts
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Northwest
Coast Indian History and Culture
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The Northwest
Coast Indians
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Life
as a Wampanoag Meet Fast Turtle, a warrior counsel of the Wampanoag tribe. An interview
presents Thanksgiving at Plimoth in 1621 from a Wampanoag point of view in
this fictionalized, online presentation.
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A
Virtual Tour: the Woodland Indians Journey back to the year 1550, before the Pilgrims arrived, and learn about
daily life in this excellent on-line exhibit. Learn how woodlands tribes
built wigwams, made stone tools, caught fish, prepared food, and more.
Indians
of Mexico and South America
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