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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Native American Cultures Across the United States

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore different aspects of the cultures of the First Americans in this lesson plan. Stereotypes are often associated with Native Americans through movies and in the context of the Thanksgiving holiday. Specific information and...
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Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation Molly Brant

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a detailed description of the life of Molly Brant. From her life in the Ohio Valley to her leadership of the Mohawks after the Revolution, here you will find the many elements of her life. The resource contains...
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Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704

For Students 9th - 10th
This award-winning resource draws the reader into a consideration of history as witnessed from multiple perspectives. Discover the mystery of the French and Indian raid on colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts where five cultures clashed in...
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Peace 4 Turtle Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Peace 4 Turtle Island
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University of Pennsylvania

A Celebration of Women Writers: E. Pauline Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduce yourself to Pauline Johnson, a Mohawk poet and recitalist whose best-known poem is "The Song My Paddle Sings." Also, read her poems "In the Shadows," "As Red Men Die," "The Lost Lagoon," "The Pilot of the Plains," and "The...
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Joseph Bruchac Home Page: Joseph Bruchac

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is Joseph Bruchac's homepage. It provides links to his biography, a listing of his major works, and other online resources for the author. It also provides links to several of his poems to open or download on mp3.
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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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University of Notre Dame

Coin and Currency Collections: Wampum

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana has a special collections section on coins and currencies, this web page is part of the website representing these artifacts and the history related to them. Wampum, the currency of fur trading, is...
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Merna A Forster

Heroines: Pauline Johnson Performs in Winnipeg, 1897

For Students 9th - 10th
Pauline Johnson, "a reader or reciter of talent as well as a writer," performed in Winnipeg in 1897, and this is an account of that performance from the "Winnipeg Free Press." Read about Johnson's costumes, her portrayals of a "heathen...
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Indigenous Peoples' Literature: Joseph Brant

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the life of Joesph Brant. Providing information on his life in the Ohio Valley to his leadership of the Mohawks after the Revolution, here you will find the many elements of his life.
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Marianopolis College: Joseph Brant

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the life of Joseph Brant, from his life in the Ohio Valley to the leadership of the Mohawks after the Revolution. Also, find links to chronologies, maps, and a very nice picture gallery.
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Other

Learn: Biographies of the Loyalist Era: Molly Brant

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the life of Molly Brant. This page also has links to additional learning resources on this period in history.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: The Iroquois of the Northeast

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a brief look at the history of the Iroquois. The site has information about food, handwork, survival, and modern life.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Iroquois Confederacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Iroquois Confederacy. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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New York State Museum: Mohawk Iroquois Village [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York State Museum features a virtual exhibit of a Mohawk Iroquois Village depicting what life was like in the early 1600s. You can read European eyewitness accounts of encounters with the Mohawks.
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The Fur Trade: Its Impact on Native America

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the fur trade and its impact on Native Americans. The demands of the Europeans for fur increased competition among the Native American groups. It changed the character of warfare among Native American populations and...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Mohawk

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture and history of the Native American tribe Mohawk.
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Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ohero:kon Under the Husk: Viewer Discussion Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Ohero:kon - Under the Husk follows the journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their traditional passage rites to becoming Mohawk Women. Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are childhood friends from traditional families living in...
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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...
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Other

A Gathering of Nations: Images of History of the Indian Tribes of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
A selection of twenty-four images from The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, each representing a different Native American Nation. Each image is accompanied by a brief description.
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Other

Six Nations: The Great Iroquois Confederation

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information on the Six Nations or Iroquois Confederacy. Primarily aimed at defeating mistaken assumptions about the history and social organization of the Iroquois, it fails to include sources. Students should look...