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Smithsonian Institution

Western Indian Wars

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Why do many Native Americans live on reservations? An interactive resource teaches about how reservations came to be and the tragic history behind Native Americans moving from their lands. Teenagers read passages, view images, and click...
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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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Other

Ethnological Museum: Native Americans of the Plains

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger exhibition about Native Americans, this page gives visitors an up-close look at the Hidatsa and the Mandan, Native Americans of the Plains. Viewable are a decorated a buffalo skin and color etchings of tribal chiefs...
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Other

An Introduction to North America's Native People: Plains Culture Area

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful website from Cabrillo College on the Plains Indians can be found here. It gives an in-depth historical overview, profiles of numerous Plains tribes, the significance of the horse, and great information on their culture and...
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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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Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: Tribes in Nebraska Give Up Lands in Treaties

For Students 9th - 10th
Review this discourse of the many treaties enacted between the settlers and Native Americans during the development of the Great Plains, the problems that arose, and the creation of reservations.
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Other

Blackfoot Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
An official site of the Blackfoot Nation in Montana. Gives a look into their history, culture, and government.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Carving a Memorial to Chief Crazy Horse

For Students 3rd - 5th
This Harcourt Publishing site is all about the memorial carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota in honor of Chief Crazy Horse.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Native American History for Kids: Sioux Nation and Tribe

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Native American Indian tribe the Sioux Nation from the Great Plains of the United States on this site. Explore where the Sioux live, eat, and more on this website.