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- 3rd - 5th
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Students use knowledge of Lakota Sioux language to complete a Fun With Numbers worksheet. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover what a winter count is and create their own winter count based on their lives, with one pictograph representing each year. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore the connections between tradition and language. They examine the environment, history and culture of the Tlingit, Lakota and Cherokee tribes and identify the importance of maintaining languages for oral traditions. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study the buffalo. They watch a video and read a stroy about the buffalo and what it meant to Native American Indian tribes. They practice naming the parts of buffalo in Lakota. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students examine and review Lakota beadwork designs. They watch an instructional video on how to bead and then design and graph a design on paper. Finally they bead the design onto a leather bag. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss and identify the signs, symbol, and sacred animals associated with traditional Lakota objects of the past. They then design and create a two-dimensional piece of art that incorporates one of these signs or symbols. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate the Native American religious concept of Sacred Landscapes. The use of natural resources and religious rites is researched using a variety of sources. They discuss the importance of geographical places in the lives of the Native Americans. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students are introduced to the topic of traditions. They examine the traditions and cultures of the Tlingit, Lakota and Cherokee Native American groups. Using their language, they practice saying a few words to each other and identify the similiarities and differences between the three groups. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students identify and interpret the life of the Indians on the Plains during the 1800's through artworks of George Catlin and others during this time period. Students examine life of the Pawnee Indians and interpret conditions that affect that way of life. Students connect the life of the Pawnee through the 1800s. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students study the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They examine the words to the song, "Valley of the Little Bighorn." Using the internet, students observe a PowerPoint presentation and a video about the battle. They answer questions and summarize their findings of the incident. As a closing activity, students play "Custer's Last Command" on a specified website. Full Review »

