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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Glenna Matoush

For Students 9th - 10th
Glenna Matoush is highlighted, along with four pieces of her work and details of what has influenced her visual art.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Christine Sioui Wawanoloath

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how visual artist Christine Sioui Wawanoloath uses trickster's humour in her art and view samples of her work.
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University of California

The Bancroft Library: Images of Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
These artworks are visual interpretations of Native Americans through the eyes of American settlers. Follow a timeline from 1500-1900 to see the perceptions of Native Americans of the white settlers at that time.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Totems to Turquoise: Native American Jewelry

For Students 9th - 10th
Through this resource, the user can learn about the hand-crafted jewelry of Native North Americans of the Northwest and Southwest and how it embodies both the personal and collective identity of the maker and the wearer.
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Portland Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the Portland Art Museum "plaza" to explore current exhibits and the museum collections, which range from Northwest and Native American art to European and American art, silver, and contemporary art. The Gilkey Center for Graphic...
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: World Myths and Legends in Art

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Fully comprehensive site that dives into world myths and world cultures. View art that expresses mythological themes from various cultures around the world and learn about cultural similarities and differences. Key words for learning,...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Big and Small Are Tricky

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition that uses African art to explain the concepts of bigness and smallness. In the world of art, big and small can refer not only to physical size but to relative size, to the impression an object makes, or to the largeness of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Beading Art Game

For Students 1st - 2nd
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand students' use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. In this game, Molly shows players how to make various beading designs using the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Terms and Issues in Native American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Stereotypes persist when discussing Native American arts and cultures, and sadly many people remain unaware of the complicated and fascinating histories of Native peoples and their art. Read examples of these stereotypes and what changes...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: About Geography and Chronological Periods in Native American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
So how do you organize so many groups and of such diverse natures when studying Native American art? This article discusses how to organize Native American art by geography and chronology.
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Other

Rock Art Foundation: Welcome to Rock Art of Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about and view images of ancient rock art in southern Texas.
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Read Works

Read Works: Native American Life

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational comparing the lives of the Native American Wampanoag tribe in the past and in the present. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Healing Arts: Federally Recognized Native American Tribes

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource will assist anyone studying Native Americans to find which tribes are federally recognized. Tribes are listed in alphabetical order by their federal names.
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Read Works

Read Works: Native American Powwows

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about powwows held by Native Americans. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Peter Pelchat

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Peter Pelchat---his education and background--and view several examples of his work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Alanis Obomsawin

For Students 9th - 10th
View works by Alanis Obomsawin, internationally known artist, examine some samples of her work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Pauline Lahache

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Pauline Lahache, a teacher at Kahnawake Survival School, and what influences her artistic outlook. Several examples of her artwork are presented.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Oswald De Leon Kantule

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Oswald De Leon Kantule's protean work comes together and examine some samples of his work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Cree artist and poet Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's body of work and view four examples.
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Cincinnati Arts Association: Native American Heritage [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide, originally designed to accompany an artist-in-the-schools outreach program, can be used to teach about hidden Native communities that populated the Ohio region after the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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The Heard Museum: Native Cultures and Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Website of the Heard Museum of Native Cultures and Art in Phoenix, Arizona. This site offers a look at over seven decades of Native American history and art.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Influence of Mesoamerica on Mexican Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A unit on Mexican art, Frida Kahlo, Native Civilizations in Mesoamerica, and Mayan culture. The site includes lesson plans, bibliographies, and much more.
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Inuit Gallery of Vancouver: Inuit Art

For Students 9th - 10th
View stone and musk ox horn carvings and ceramic art of the Arctic.

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