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Eastern Band of Cherokee: History and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Cherokee tribe in the southwest United States, its culture, government, and religion. Find out about the Cherokee who were subject to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and see how the Cherokee in North Carolina have...
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Pre European Expoloration

For Students 9th - 10th
Arkansas had many thriving cultures before the coming of the Spanish. Read about Indian culture from the Paleo Indians through the Caddo tribe in 1500.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Hopi

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on the Hopi, a Native American tribe who mainly live in northeastern Arizona.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Beaver Wars

For Students 6th - 8th
A brief description of the Iroquois tribe making war on other tribes in order to advance their trade in furs with the Europeans. These events are known as the Beaver Wars.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Metoac

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the Long Island Indians known as the Metoac on this site. Learn that the Metoac group includes a few tribes that lived in Long Island New York.
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Oneida Nation: Our Ways: Historic Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the history of this Native American group - how they were forced to leave their land, but purchased a large section of land in what would soon become the state of Wisconsin.
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma Historical Society: Missionary Tour in the Chickasaw Nation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A primary source account by a Catholic priest who visited and worked with the different Native American groups in the Indian Territory in 1885. He spent some time with the Chickasaw tribe.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Ponca

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Ponca Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, and dwellings.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Omaha

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Omaha Native American tribe. Explore topics such as their history, economy, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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Oklahoma State University

Chronicles of Oklahoma: Buffalo Valley: Osage Hunting Ground [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Once the Osage were relocated to the Indian Territory in what is today Oklahoma, they had to find food. This article describes one place which was very good for the hunting of buffalo and how the Osage would hunt their prey. In addition,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Tonkawa

For Students 9th - 10th
A website containing information about the Tonkawa tribe which lived in Texas and includes the Cava, Emet, Ervipiame, Mayeye, Sana, Tohaha, Toho, Tusolivi, Ujuiap, Yojuane, and Tonkawa proper.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nootka

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Native American tribe Nootka. Explore topics such as their history, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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A&E Television

History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Sitting Bull

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about one of the most legendary Native Americans of the 19th century. Sitting Bull was born around 1831 into the Hunkpapa people, a Lakota Sioux tribe that roamed the Great Plains in what is now the Dakotas.
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Countries and Their Cultures: Umatilla

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage contains some basic information about the Umatilla tribe.
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Hesquiaht Woman From the Central Nootka Tribe, British Columbia, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Indigenous People: Seminole: Osceola

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a background of the life and times of the Seminole leader Osceola, otherwise known as "Black Drink". The site houses many links to further information on Osceola as well as many enlargeable images.
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National Park Service: Alcatraz Island

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Part of the Golden Gate National Recreational Area, Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay. Originally a lighthouse and military fort, the island is best known for being a federal prison. The island is packed full of...
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Pima Legend of the Flood on Superstition Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
English text of the Pima legend "The Flood on Superstition Mountain."
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University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Pawnee Legend: The Medicine Grizzly Bear

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the traditional Pawnee legend "The Medicine Grizzly Bear."
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Lewis Cass: Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
An argument by the Michigan Territorial governor, Lewis Cass, that claimed state laws superseded the rights claimed by Native American tribes like the Cherokee.
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Comanche Lodge: Quanah Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of famous Texan, Quanah Parker, tells the story of his life and the impact he made in Texas history.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

George Catlin Biography and Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent site provides a biography, personal quotes and a gallery of images of American artist George Catlin.
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Camp Internet: Miwok Internet Dig

For Students 3rd - 8th
Peruse this excellent classroom resource to enhance learning the history of the Miwok Indian tribe in California.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Chief Joseph

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of Chief Joseph an important Native American Indian and chief of the Nez Perce tribe on this site.

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