Curated Video
After Decades Of Abuse, Native Americans Struggle To Trust Government
The government wants to bring attention to thousands of missing Native Americans. But decades of broken promises led many to ask if it can be trusted.
Curated Video
Native American museum opens
1. US Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Cheyenne) and Smithsonian Institute Director Larry Small leading procession along National Mall with US flag towards museum
2. American Indians marching in headdresses
3. Men in shell-covered...
Curated Video
After Decades Of Abuse, Native Americans Struggle To Trust Government
The government wants to bring attention to thousands of missing Native Americans. But decades of broken promises led many to ask if it can be trusted.
PBS
Apolinaria Lorenzana and the California Missions
The California missions transformed California. A short video discusses the missions, their purpose, how they eventually lost their power, and what happened to Native Americans when the missions closed.
C-SPAN
On This Day: Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre refers to the killing of hundreds of native peoples at the hands of federal troops. Today, the site is marked as a sacred spot by the National Parks Service. Young people consider the impact of the atrocity and...
PBS
Native American Heritage Month | All About the Holidays
Watch a quick video to discover why November is Native American Heritage Month. Engaging graphics and eye-catching sound effects detail facts from the origins of the holiday to how we celebrate during the month presently.
PBS
Indigenous Peoples' Day | All About the Holidays
Indigenous people around the world have close ties to their land, their ancestors, and their traditions. Celebrate the native inhabitants of our nations in August (and/or October) by learning more about the holiday and its origin.
PBS
The Pilgrims: Native American Relationship to the Land
An informative video sets the context for a lesson that asks young historians to consider how cultural values influence perspective. Groups compare the attitudes reflected in a journal entry of a member of the Plymouth Colony to those of...
PBS
The Pilgrims: European Plague in Native New England, 1616-1619
Before the Pilgrims' arrival to New England, a vicious plague swept across New England and wiped out over 50% of the Native American people from Maine to Massachusetts. Watch a video that examines this devastation and the role it played...
Channel Islands Film
Cache
The excavation of a cache of artifacts found on San Nicolas Island, a part of the Channel Island chain, is the focus of a documentary that shows how archaeologists uncover artifacts and use these finds to attempt to understand the...
History Tube
Eat Like a Powhatan
What kinds of foods did the Powhatan eat, and how did they get these foods? Your pupils can learn about this topic along with Anna, the young girl in the video. Additional activities are provided.
Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: Imagined Nations: Depictions of American Indians
BackStory podcast in which the American History Guys and guests explore the history of images and depictions of Native Americans and how Native Americans have fought against certain representations and reinvented themselves. The audio...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The War of 1812
John Green teaches you about the War of 1812. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and its former colonial overlord England. John will take you through the causes of the war, tell you a little bit about the fighting...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Discrimination
In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those discrete and insular minorities referenced in the 14th Amendment. We'll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Buffalo Dance
This is a very early silent clip from the Edison Manufacturing Co. featuring a Native Sioux dance. [0:22]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Native Americans and Voting: Part 1
Native Americans were perceived in the Constitution as non-citizens and were not allowed to vote or receive representation in the government.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Native Americans and Voting: Part 2
Even with the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment, Native Americans were not recognized as full citizens of the United States, so still could not vote.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Native Americans and Voting: Part 3
A series of government acts, beginning with the Dawes Act in 1887, offered citizenship to Native Americans, with the aim of destabilizing tribal governments and absorbing Native Americans into mainstream society.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Native Americans and Voting: Part 4
Native Americans faced many obstacles to the enjoyment of full citizenship rights even after the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. It was not until the 1960s that Congress enacted legislation to ensure that they and other minority groups...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 18: Native American Citizenship
Begins a discussion of the legal status of Native Americans in the United States.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 19: Government and Native American Citizenship
Describes the constitutional relationship between Native American tribes and the U.S. government.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 20: The Indian Citizenship Act
A discussion of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
Other
Ohio Historical Society: Paleo Indian Period
This resource begins with general information about the first Americans known as PaleoIndians. Then, click on the thumbnails for more information on hunting, processing the meat from the hunt, mastodons and butchering tools.
Other
Ohio Historical Society: Archaic Period
After the Ice Age glaciers had drawn back into Canada, a new group of people emerged known as the Archaic Indians. General information is provided, but also by clicking on the thumbnails, you can find more information on their camps,...