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Mr. Nussbaum

Sequoyah

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholars' comprehension with a 10-question interactive. Learners read a short informative text about Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith, who invented the language Cherokee Syllabary, then answer fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice...
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Art Nat Am: Native American Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features only Native American artists and their works. All artists included have been juried into the collection.
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Native American Indian Legends: How to Scare a Bear: A Tewa Legend

For Students 1st - 8th
A Native American Tewa legend about a little rabbit tricking a big bear. With links to other Native American legends, artwork, photographs, articles, and more.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Native American Farming

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how modern day farming could be compared to farming by Native Americans.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Native American Homes

For Students 1st - 6th
Reference material on several types of houses used by Native Americans in various parts of North America. Includes links to teacher resources.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Word Search: Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A fun word search game with history terms about Native Americans. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Native Americans for Kids: Mythology and Legends

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores Native American Indian mythology and legends. Learn how creation myths and other stories passed down over history.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Native American Entertainment

For Students 1st - 6th
History for Kids provides an overview of the various forms of entertainment enjoyed by Native Americans. Young students will enjoy learning about what native American children did for fun. Includes links to teacher resources.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Native American History for Kids: Navajo Nation and Tribe

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Native American Indian tribe the Navajo from the Southwest of the United States on this site. Learn about the clothes they wore, jewlery they made, and other fun facts!
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Native Americans for Kids: Chickasaw Tribe

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about Native American Indian Chickasaw Tribe on this site. Students can explore their history, language, clothing, food, homes, fun facts, and government.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Velino Shije Herrera: What's the Story?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Artwork often has hidden stories within them. This Native American painting has three hidden stories. Can you find them?
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: "Red Men," the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Photographs of Native Americans and an essay that notes just how assimilated Native Americans had become in Christian America.
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Virtual Jamestown: Index of White Watercolors and De Bry Engravings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a comparison of watercolors and engravings of Native Americans by John White and Theodor De Bry. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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Rolf E. Moore and Texarch Associates: Texas Indians: A Little Basic Anthropology

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article to find out how anthropologists study Native American culture. You can find out about governmental organization, the difference between farmers and hunter-gatherers, and discussion about language. A great summary of...
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Montana State University: Blackfeet Creation Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the story of creation through the eyes of the Blackfeet Native Americans. This site features a description of their legend of creation.
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Native Americans Grade 2 Unit of Study: Southeast Woodlands

For Students K - 1st
A very brief, but appropriate for lower elementary students, look at Indians of the Southeast Woodlands. Find a map, a description of the climate and topography, transportation, shelter, and food.
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Hawaii Online Native Lore: The Origin of the Iroquois Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Iroquois legend, "The Origin of the Iroquois Nations." Also includes brief history about the Iroquois tribes in New York.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Wishram

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn a little about the Wishram tribe which lived in Oregon & Washington.
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Personal: Raven and the Man That Sits on the Tides

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a Native American Raven tale from a Pacific Northwest tribe provided by Native American Storyteller, Barry McWilliams.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Pocahontas

For Students 1st - 5th
A collection of folklore and facts of one of the most famous Native American women in history. Get to know who Pocahontas was and why she is remembered in social studies lessons.
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iCivics

I Civics: Elk v. Wilkins (1884)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-lesson examines the Supreme Court's ruling that the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause did not apply to American Indians born on Native reservations. Students analyze a primary document and discover how the lack of citizenship...
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iCivics

I Civics: Tribal Government

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As sovereign nations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes develop and manage their own governments. This lesson examines the varied structures and functions of tribal government as well as the relationship these nations have with...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Trail of Tears

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This detailed site has students recreating what the Native Americans went through during the Trail of Tears. This lesson plan allows for critical thinking, collaboration, acting/role-playing, and writing.
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara

For Students 9th - 10th
From the journals of Lewis and Clark, read about the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes and people that they encountered on their expedition.

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