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Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around Native Americans. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Why People Move

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Lesson plan about migration, specifically the Pueblo Native Americans of the American Southwest. Includes opening activity, content and closing activity.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Arctic Peoples of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of the native Americans of the Arctic region in this overview of their art with a selection of relevant objects each with it's own detailed object description.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Letters From Frontier: Primary Documents

For Teachers 9th - 10th
George Catlin made extensive observations on the various native peoples that he encountered on his travels in the West. He recorded his experiences in letters and notes. These documents provide us with critical information on the culture...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: People: Assimilation and the Crucible of the City: Zitkala Sa

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A photograph and an autobiographical excerpt about the changes experienced and challenges faced by Native Americans at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Indigenous Peoples Literature: Vine Deloria, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Some of the ideas of Standing Rock Sioux author Vine Deloria, Jr., are quoted here. Site also includes mention of recent literary awards bestowed on Deloria, a theologian, lawyer, university professor, and Native American leader.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Native American Art for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Native American art in the United States. Beautiful works of the indigenous people.
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Milwaukee Public Museum: Indian Country: Oral Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
The Milwaukee Public Museum provides this introduction to the Native American oral tradition and oral literature of the Great Lakes region. Describes common themes and characters, including trickster characters and windingo (ice...
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Woman Spirit: Tocmetone (Sarah Winnemucca) Paiute

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Winnemucca, peacemaker, crusader, and champion of the Native American cause.
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Lewis & Clark Among the Shoshone

For Students 9th - 10th
Two sisters and authors go into detail over the journey of Lewis & Clark as they seek the Shoshone Indians for Sacagawea, who played a critical role in communication between the explorers and the Native Americans.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Fort Raleigh: The Roanoke Voyages: A Mystery Story for Young People

For Students 4th - 8th
The history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island is told in story form. It tells of the conflict between England and Spain to establish a foothold in the New World, the voyages arranged by Sir Walter Raleigh, the establishment of a...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Games From the Aboriginal People of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains many aboriginal games and how they can fit into a Math program.
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Native Peoples: Powwow 101

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what a powwow is, some of its history, how native people feel about them, powwow etiquette, the music, the dances, and the regalia. (Published July-August 2004 issue)
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Arizona State University

Jiae: Indian Juvenile Delinquency So Different?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Journal of American Indian Education shows the 1967 article calls for a focus on the commonality of Indian and non-Indian people, when dealing with mental health issues, rather than treating them like two different problems.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Atlantic Coast, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary resources for U.S. history and literature offer a French and a Norse account of the earliest documented exploration on the Atlantic coast of North America and encounters with native peoples. Includes questions for discussion.
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The People's Paths: Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Written in 1784, this piece by Benjamin Franklin, considers the relative meaning of civilization and manners while he recalls several anecdotes of interaction between the European settlers and the Natives of North America.
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Utah History to Go: Shoshone of Northern Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed account of the lifestyle of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation who lived in northern Utah.
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Denver Art Museum: Northwest Coast Indian Carving

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore in detail two examples of the carving and painting style of the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast: an ocean-going canoe and a bentwood box, which was used for storage. Read about materials that Native craftspeople used and...
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The Great Plains in Midwestern Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history of the people on the Great Plains, both the Native Americans and early settlers.
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South Carolina Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that provides good basic information on the early indigenous peoples of South Carolina. Information includes tribes, a map of the location of the tribes, history of the tribes, cities and towns with Native American names,...
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Indigenous Peoples Literature: Red Shield and Running Wolf

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Crow legend tells about a Sioux woman who married a Crow warrior.
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Sons of the American Revolution: Revolutionary War: Major General John Stark

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of New Hampshire native Major General John Stark.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Indigenous Cultures Change Over Time

For Teachers 3rd
Learn about the of indigenous people of America.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Enslaved Peoples, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two Spanish accounts of enslaved Indians in the Caribbean and enslaved Africans in Mexico and statements of the difficulty of maintaining slavery and the lurking threat of a slave revolt.

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