Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Ponca
Learn about the culture of the Ponca Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, and dwellings.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Omaha
Learn about the culture of the Omaha Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, economy, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Creeks
A well-written, lengthy article on the history and culture of the Creek people. Covers most topics one could think of. Includes short profiles of prominent Creek people.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: Indigenous Cultures
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about the indigenous cultures of the Americas.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Thompson
Learn some brief information about a group of American Indians known as Thompson who lives in British Columbia.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Nootka
Learn about the culture of the Native American tribe Nootka. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Cherokee
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Cherokee, an American Indian group.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Cayuse
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Cayuse, an American Indian group.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Cayuga
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Cayuga, an American Indian group.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Catawba
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Catawba, an American Indian group.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Carrier
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Carrier people, an American Indian group.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Cahuilla
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the American Indian group the Cahuilla.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Blackfoot
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Blackfoot people. An American Indian group.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Beaver
With this resource the students will learn about the origins and the culture of the American Indian group the Beaver people.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Nez Perce
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nez Perce. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.
University of California
Hearst Museum: Native Californian Cultures
An exhibition of Native Californian Cultures showcases food, clothing, tools, ceremonies, musical instruments, games, and other aspects of various tribes.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Archaeology Program: The Earliest Americans Theme Study
This exhaustive study of Paleo-Indians examines many of the sites where evidence of their occupation is found across the North American continent. This National Park Service study looks at evidence in found in projectile points,...
Other
Colorado Historical Society: Tribal Paths: State's American Indians, 1500 Today
Exhibit investigates major events in the history of Native Americans in Colorado over five centuries.
Other
Virginia Places: Woodland Indians in Virginia
Extensive information on both Paleoindians and Woodland Indians in what is now Virginia. Discussion on Mississippian, Eastern Mound Builder, and Coastal Plain Cultures.
PBS
Pbs: Alcatraz Is Not an Island
An expose on the 19 month occupation of Alcatraz by a group of Native Americans beginning in 1969. They demanded the return of Alcatraz to Indian control and began the resurgence in the American Indian Movement.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Cabeza De Vaca
Explorer Cabeza de Vaca is considered the first true Chicano writer, having been born in Spain and then absorbed into the Native American culture, highlighting this new culture in his writings. Click on "Cabeza de Vaca Activities" for...
Purdue University
Woman Artists of the American West: Women in Photography
A site by Peter Palmquist on Women photographers and the American Indian. There are biographies and images from thirteen women who were active during the latter part of the 19th century.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: Indians
An interactive site showing the Native American culture areas and the major tribes living in those areas before the arrival of the Europeans. Click to find out more about Indians living in those area and find a game that challenges you...