Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Native American Culture: Navajo Shaker Dance

9th - 10th
In this video The Pollen Trail Dancers perform the Navajo Shaker Dance, also called the Buffalo Dance, a healing dance that is part of the Fire Dance Ceremony. Included are teaching tips, an activity, and additional background...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Treaties and Sovereignty, Part 3

9th - 10th
This performance tells a story about a Mohegan elder who teaches a farmer a lesson about respecting elders and avoiding violence in conflict resolution. [2:20]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride, Heroes, Part 4

9th - 10th
Quintanya Claw of the Navajo Nation of Arizona shares songs from a wooden flute. [5:58]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride, Education, Part 4

9th - 10th
Listen to the former president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa of Arizona sing a traditional song while playing guitar and play "Summertime" on the trumpet. [8:27]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Advocacy, Part 4

9th - 10th
Viola Brooks of the Hoopa Valley Tribe of California sings traditional music and explains her choice of instruments and jewelry. [2:45]
Audio
BBC

Bbc Podcasts: Episode 37: North American Otter Pipe 25 May 2010

9th - 10th
Stone pipe shaped as an otter and used in ritual tobacco-smoking. The pipe is one of hundreds shaped as animals that were found in huge mounds in present-day Ohio. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, pieces together the...