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Facts for Kids: Algonquian Indian Tribes
This article explores the Native American language grouping known as "Algonquian". Much like the Indo-European language family, the Algonquian language family was spoken by many different and widespread Indian tribes. Find out about the...
Oklahoma State University
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
This resource provides texts of all the treaties made between the US government and various Indian tribes between 1770 and 1890.
Library of Congress
Loc: Indian Land Cessions in the United States 1784 1894
This site from the Library of Congress provides links to the original land cession deals between Indians and the Federal Government are provided. Search for documents can be accomplished by searching for Indian tribe, state/territory, or...
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...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas
Take a peek inside the Republic of Texas' relations with the Native Americans in the early nineteenth century.
PBS
Pbs: Indian Country Diaries, Tribal Sovereignty Lesson Plan
This instructional activity will ask students to review sections of A Seat at the Drum and Spiral of Fire where the many issues of tribal sovereignty are evident. Students will be asked to research the sovereignty issues facing a tribe...
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Learn about the history and culture of this Native American tribe in North Dakota. Includes statistics on the tribal community.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices, Chippewa Songs
Study the great oral tradition of the Chippewa Tribe in the Great Lakes regions through their music collected by Frances Densmore. For classroom activities and lesson enhancements click on the link, "Chippewa Songs Activities."
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Army: Native Americans in the u.s. Army: Code Talkers
During World War I and World War II, Native Americans from various tribes worked to keep American military communications secret through the use of tribal languages as code. Learn how these individuals worked to create codes that the...
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794
Read the complete text of the Canandaigua Treaty signed by President Washington and the tribes of the Six Nations after the Revolutionary War; it was a treaty of peace and friendship and established land rights.
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Healing Arts: Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
This resource will assist anyone studying Native Americans to find which tribes are federally recognized. Tribes are listed in alphabetical order by their federal names.
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Welcome to the Oneida Indian Nation
This is the official website of the Oneida nation in the state of New York, which provides much information about the culture, history and current life of the Oneida Indians.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Southeast Tribes
Interactive web site where students can learn about the development of the geography of the United States over the course of history. This section of the site focuses on the original inhabitants of North America, in particular the...
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma: Native American Constitution & Law Digitization
An archive of laws, codes and constitutions set up by various Native American Tribes throughout the history of the United States.
Northern Arizona University
People of the Colorado Plateau: The Ute Indians
A concise but detailed history and culture of the Ute Indians.
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Treaty With the Tuscarora Nation of Indians, 1803
A copy of the treaty and letters written by William Richard Davie between the US and the Tuscarora Nation of Indians in 1803.
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Delaware Tribe of Indians
Resource provides much information about the Delaware or Lenape tribes of Native Americans. Find pictures of men and women's clothing, a migration map, the history of the Nation, dances, and Native American food.
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Montana Tribes
A superb website with a wealth of information on native tribes in Montana. The site has an extensive digital archives with hundreds of videos, all categorized by Essential Understandings. There are lesson plans, historical and current...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: What Can You Make From a Buffalo?
The northern Plains Indians used every part of the buffalo. In this interactive matching game, students will match objects made by Native Americans from the buffalo.
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Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reservation
Website of the Wikwemikong Tribe on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. Provides information on their heritage, celebrations, language, and way of life.
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National Park Service: Five Views: A History of American Indians in California
A history of five tribes in the California Native American culture area.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The American West: The Dawes Act
Explains what the impact of the Dawes Act of 1887 was on Native American Indians. Discusses the conflicts between whites and Native Americans that led to its passage and amendments made later. Includes questions for students at end.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Indians and the Texas Revolution
Read about the importance of the support of various Indian tribes in the success of the Texas Revolution. See primary sources that explore this topic.
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe: Southern Ute Tribal History
Provides links to pages discussing the history of the Southern Ute. Includes the following links: an introduction to the history of the Utes, chronology of Ute history, information on historical Ute leaders, maps of Ute territory, and...