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National Institutes of Health

Paleoindian Large Mammal Hunters on the Plains of North America (1998)

For Students 11th - 12th
Published journal article that details faunal studies, hunting, weaponry, hunting strategy, butchering, and ritual activities. Seven cultural complexes are considered: Clovis, Goshen, Folsom, Agate Basin, Hell Gap, Alberta, and Cody.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Relations, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
One modern historical assessment and several original accounts of the mistrust, negotiations, alliances, trading, and disease transmission between European colonizers and native peoples in North America.
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Other

Native Languages of the Americas: Native American Headdresses: Facts for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the different types of headdresses worn by Native American groups across North, Central and South America. (Note: some links to larger images no longer work.)
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Wars, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Five documents representing the full range of Indian-European antagonisms, struggles for power, and outright warfare among the Spanish, Pueblo, Wampanoag, English, and French in New Spain, New France, New Mexico, and New England.
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Other

Usc News: Pnas: Topper Site in Middle of Comet Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
The disagreement between those who theorize that Clovis man was the first to inhabit North America and those who beleive that there was a pre-Clovis culture continues even today. Archaeologists have found evidence of pre-Clovis points at...
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Catholic Indian Missions of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from The New Advent deals with the history and development of Catholic missions to the native peoples of Canada. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context...
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the Catholic Indian Missions Bureau including its history and the work done by the bureau. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Conquest, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of illustrations and accounts of Spanish conquest of Indians that reflect the fascination with and the brutality directed against native cultures.
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Texas A&M University

Csfa: Circum Pacific Research by the Csfa

For Students 9th - 10th
Center for the Study of the First Americans at Texas A & M University is researching many different sites across North America looking in to theories of "Clovis First" and "Pre-Clovis" as to who were the first people to inhabit North...
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Other

Geo Times: The Ice Free Corridor Revisited

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive article about the ice-free corridor which was possibly the passageway for Paleoindians to enter North America. The discussion includes geology as well as anthropolpgy.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Seven Years' War

For Students 9th - 10th
A good overview of the French and Indian War, the part of the Seven Years' War that was fought in North America. Read about the reasons for the war, important battles, and the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Extra, Extra!! Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Newscast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the students performing historical...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Missions, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
A Spanish Franciscan and a French Jesuit report on the reciprocal relationship between natives and Catholic missionaries as Europeans settled New France and New Spain.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Nash Prairie Preserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the beauty of America's prairies and examine efforts to preserve this vanishing part of America's landscape.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Cayuga

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Cayuga, an American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Carrier

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Carrier people, an American Indian group.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Cahuilla

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the American Indian group the Cahuilla.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Beaver

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource the students will learn about the origins and the culture of the American Indian group the Beaver people.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Thompson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn some brief information about a group of American Indians known as Thompson who lives in British Columbia.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Wichita

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of an Indian group that lived on the Southern Plains.