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U.s. History Images: Native American Tribes

For Students 9th - 10th
Published images from the mid-1800s to the early part of the 1900s depicting Native Americans from tribes all over the United States.
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Son of the South

Son of the South: Indian Tribes

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about various Indian tribes including the Sioux, Cherokees, Comanches. Cheyennes, Creeks, Seminoles, and Apaches.
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Victoriana Magazine: Native American Tribes and u.s Government

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. government's policies towards Native Americans in the second half of the nineteenth century were influenced by the desire to expand westward into territories occupied by these Native American tribes. By the 1850s nearly all...
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Seminole Tribe in Florida: Brief Summary of Seminole History

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the Seminole Indians of Florida, which includes links to other pages about their history, culture and more.
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All About Shoes: Paths Across the Plains: Traditional Footwear From Great Plains

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson plans for two different grade levels discussing the footwear of the Plains Indians and the information one can gather from common items to find out about a culture.
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Arkansas Archeological Survey: Chickasaw Indians of Arkansas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a brief history of the Chickasaw Tribe before and after contact with Europeans. It also offers brief histories of first the contact of other tribes with Europeans.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Buffalo Tales: The Near Extermination of the American Bison

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Humanities Center site offers an article which examines the main techniques on how the Plains Indian tribes hunted the buffalo.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Hopi

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on the Hopi, a Native American tribe who mainly live in northeastern Arizona.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Mohawk People

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers geographical and historical information on the Mohawk Nation, a tribe of Native American people.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Trail of Tears

For Students 9th - 10th
The article provides facts and information about the tragic journey of the Cherokee tribe and other members of the Five Civilised Tribes called the "Trail of Tears" with key dates and a map.
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Access Genealogy: Pequot Indian History

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the history of the Pequot Indians and their relations with their neighboring tribes and the early English colonists in New England.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Outfitting the Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what Lewis purchased to outfit his expeditionary force. He also purchased gifts and trade goods for the Indian tribes they would encounter. Includes a detailed list of the provisions.
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Silk Road Foundation: The Barbarian Invaders

For Students 9th - 10th
The actions of nomadic and barbarian invaders have affected the histories of most Eurasian countries. This text article examines these tribes, including the Mongols, and their way of life as well as their influences over other countires.
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Sweet Briar College: Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1993 speech by Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller, in which she calls for Native Americans to rebuild the Cherokee Nation, also thoroughly describes the history of her tribe in America.
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History of the Shoshoni Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an interesting history of the Shoshoni Indians in the 1800s.
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Univ. Of Oklahoma: The Iroquois Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
You can find the complete text of the Iroquois Constitution at this site.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: Mary Rowlandson

For Students 9th - 10th
After immigrating to the New England colonies, being captured by Wampanoag Indians, Puritan and author acclimates herself to the Native American culture as a form of survival and documents her time kept captive. See "Mary Rowlandson...
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Libya: Government

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at the governmental system in Libya. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes. Read about Moamar Qadhafi's concept of government and how it is being carried out.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Contested Territories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights the westward expansion of settlers in North America and the effects this expansion had on Native Americans between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Immigration: Destroying the Native American Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Detailed and extensive account of the plight of Native Americans during the westward growth of America. Includes maps, audio recordings, authentic letters, speeches,a great timeline, and much more.
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Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native American Brass & Copper Bead Making

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of copper beads made by tribes in the Northeast Woodland culture area with images.
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Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native American Brass and Copper Work in Wire

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of brass and copper wire ornaments made by tribes in the Northeast Woodland culture area.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Seeking the Story of Mission Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
Mission Beach, Alberta has a history of Aboriginal people of different tribes and Christian missionaries of different faiths meeting together, making it the first mission west of the Red River Settlement.The exhibit includes historic...
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PBS

New Perspectives on the West: Philip Sheridan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Sheridan's experience in the Civil War and his later accomplishments fighting the Plains Indians.

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