TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The dark history of Mount Rushmore | Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D. Means
Between 1927 and 1941, workers blasted 450,000 tons of rock from a mountainside using chisels, jackhammers, and dynamite. Gradually, they carved out Mount Rushmore. Today, the monument draws nearly 3 million people to South Dakota's...
TED Talks
Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war
Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later,...
TED Talks
TED: Why aren't there more Native American restaurants? | Sean Sherman
When you think of North American cuisine, do Indigenous foods come to mind? Chef Sean Sherman serves up an essential history lesson that explains the absence of Native American culinary traditions across the continent, highlighting why...
Curated Video
Wounded Knee '73 | American Indian Movement
In the middle of the civil rights movement emerged the American Indian Movement. The AIM addresed systemic issues of poverty, discrimination and police brutality against Native Americans. In 1973 around 200 Native Americans from all the...
Curated Video
How Native Americans Made Decisions For The Future | 7 Generations Rule
Native Americans have traditions and rules that are practiced for hundreds of years. The concept that we’re going to look into in this video is how Native Americans made choices for the future and generally Native American philosophy on...
Bedtime History
Sitting Bull For Kids
Learn about the famous Native American, Sitting Bull from his childhood, his time among the Lakota-Sioux to his battles with the United States Army and General George A. Custer.
Curated Video
Native Americans
Tracing the journey of Native Americans, this overview delves into their cultures, encounters with European settlers, enduring struggles, and ongoing efforts for rights and recognition.
Curated Video
The Treaties of Chicago and the Battle at Wounded Knee
Dr. Forrester describes the circumstances surrounding the Treaties of Chicago in 1821 and 1833. She then tells the sad tale of the Battle at Wounded Knee.
Curated Video
Important Historical Figures of the Old West
Dr. Forrester introduces the student to the Native American tribes of the Western region of the United States, and discusses the role of the Native American tribes in the development of the west.
Curated Video
Indian Reservations
Dr. Forrester talks about the history of the Indian reservations in the United States and what the reservations are like today.
One Minute History
181 - Prelude to the Battle of Little Bighorn - One Minute History
April 29, 1868 - The Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota and Arapaho Nation sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie establishing the Great Sioux Reservation, consisting of the Black Hills and lands in South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska and Montana. Ten...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Utah
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
The Art Assignment
What Does Resistance Look Like?
Resistance isn't always visible, but when we can see it in art, what does it look like? Step back through global art history and look at Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace, Henry Oscar One Bull’s...
Cerebellum
American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Fort Laramie Treaty :(1868)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Idaho
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
The Guardian
Fighting addiction on Pine Ridge reservation
Whiteclay, Nebraska is a tiny unincorporated town that sits on the border with South Dakota. Until its closure by state officials, its four liquor stores sold more than 4m cans of beer a year, almost entirely to members of Lakota Sioux...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Montana
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Wyoming
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Colorado
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: The Mountain Region
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
Mazz Media
Exploring Our Past: Native Peoples of the Great Plains
Grammy Nominated, Native American singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah narrates this five part series on Native Peoples. The daily lives and cultures of America's Native Peoples come to life for students through reenactments recorded at...
Mr. Beat
Crazy Horse (Story Time with Mr. Beat)
Here's the story of Crazy Horse, who became a symbol for resistance to American expansion.