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Lumen Learning: Encroachment and Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
In the latter part of the 1800s, settlers began to ignore treaties when expanding westward. The government followed suit by declaring they would no longer negotiate new treaties, that they had the power to enforce laws on reservation...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

For Students 9th - 10th
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
Article
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides detailed information on the Battle of the Little Bighorn, including a first-hand account from George Herendon, a scout for the Seventh Cavalry.
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PBS

Pbs the West: George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of General George Armstrong Custer who was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn against the Lakota Indians.
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The Weekly South Dakotan: South Dakota History for 4th Grade

For Students 3rd - 8th
From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Old West

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides first-hand accounts and background information on the Old West. Content touches on crossing the plains, cowboys, train robberies, Dalton Gang's Last Raid, Custer's Last Stand, the Death of Billy the Kid, and much...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Little Bighorn Battlefield: George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
Short description of Custer just before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, as well as a brief listing of information about his military career.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Indian Wars/ Battle of the Little Big Horn

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late nineteenth century, the US Army clashed with Native Americans, and General Custer took his last stand.
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PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sitting Bull

For Students 9th - 10th
Known as Jumping Badger and Hunkesni, he was a Native American clergyman and leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux. He went into battle against Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Custer's Last Stand

For Students 5th - 8th
Read a brief description of General George Custer and his troops engagement with the Sioux at the Little Big Horn River. See what happened to the Sioux, and find out what the general perception of the Indian Wars was to the American public.