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Aim: Trail of Broken Treaties 20 Point Position Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
Original text of the plan for the reconstruction of Indian communities, developed by the American Indian Movement (AIM.)
Handout
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Sarah Winnemucca

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers a biography of the extraordinary life of Sarah Winnemucca of the Paiute Indians.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: Treaty With Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache; July 27, 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
Actual text of the treaty, which establishes the U.S. right to build highways, military forts, and depots on tribal land. Promises annual money and supplies to Indian nations.
Article
Hartford Web Publishing

World History Archives: The Mohawk Defense of Kanasetake

For Students 9th - 10th
Students looking for a different perspective on the Oka Crisis get it here. The Lubicon Nation is an Aboriginal community in northern Alberta. They have reprinted on this website an opinion from Lubicon News Station, and part of an...
Unit Plan
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The Gigantic Question: Irving's History of New York

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This extensive website, developed by Professor Edward J. Gallager and his students at Lehigh University, provides background, transcription, notes, and extensive analysis of Washington Irving's "History of New York." Provides an in-depth...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Henry Knox: Secretary of War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Henry Knox, George Washington's first Secretary of War. Particularly interesting is his intent to honor the treaties made with the Native Americans.
Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Osage "Reign of Terror" Murder Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
The "Reign of Terror" that overtook the Osage Reservation in 1921 is just one chapter in the long story of mistreatment of Native Americans by whites, but is one of the most horrifying. Before the chapter ends, untold dozens of Osage...
Article
A&E Television

Biography: Martin Luther King Jr. And Martin Luther: The Parallels Between the Two Leaders

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1934, an African-American Baptist minister named Michael King made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and attended an international conference in Germany, where he learned about a native son and Protestantism founder Martin Luther....
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The Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of the British Royal Proclamation, 1763 - the document that dealt with the governance of the new colonies of British North America. The author of the site has published the text of the document as well as an annotation...