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Ducksters

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

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Native American Indian tribe the Sioux Nation from the Great Plains of the United States on this site. Explore where the Sioux live, eat, and more on this website.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Little Smoke: A Tale of the Sioux

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of William Osborn Stoddard's Little Smoke: A Tale Of The Sioux has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Warrior Gap: A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Charles King's Warrior Gap: A Story Of The Sioux Outbreak Of '68 has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Little Smoke, a Tale of the Sioux

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of William Osborn Stoddard's Little Smoke, A Tale Of The Sioux has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Red Cloud: Photographs of an Oglala Sioux Chief

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A great slideshow of pictures of Red Cloud and his Uncle's Shirt courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Anthropological Archives: Lakota Winter Counts: Teachers' Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learn about the Lakota Sioux, and their 'winter counts' pictographic calendars of a community's history. These provide a unique look into the history of the Lakota Sioux people. Winter counts represent a rich Lakota tradition of oral...
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Treaty of Fort Laramie(1868)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and view a copy of the complete text of the treaty of Fort Laramie which recognized the Black Hills as part of the Sioux Reservation. Accompanying documentary explains how the treaty was broken as a result of the discovery of gold...
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PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark and Native Americans, Part Two

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great site for a lesson plan looking at the geography of where the Dakota Sioux lived and the impact on their way of life brought about by the Corps of Discovery. Online resources are provided as well as lesson plans, teaching...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices: Black Elk

For Students 9th - 10th
Sioux visionary and leader, Black Elk, and his aide to writing Black Elk Speaks, poet John D. Niehardt, are featured in this lesson with regard to the concept of oral tradition in American and Native American writing. Click on "Black Elk...
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: The North Dakota Access Pipeline

For Students 9th - 10th
The NDAP has many people upset, but those most upset are the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and environmentalists. Understand what the problem is with this underground pipeline. Find comprehension questions and vocabulary identification.
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US National Archives

Nara: American Originals: Black Hills Treaty

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page from the National Archives and Records Administration has a link to a copy of the actual Treaty of 1868, when the United States recognized Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation.
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Curated OER

Sioux

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Sioux
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Curated OER

Sioux

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Sioux
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Dakota Conflict Trials of 1862

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an in-depth study of the 1862 Sioux uprising. The framed web pages offer a chronology of the uprising , a cartoon history, pages of maps, biographies of key figures, accounts of the trials and the execution, an...
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Yale University

Avalon Project: Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868

For Students 9th - 10th
Actual text of the treaty with the Sioux nation, which grants an enormous part of the Wyoming, Montana and Dakota territories to the Sioux, promises clothing and farm supplies instead of money, provides schooling, medical and other...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Yankton

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of Yankton who were one part of the Sioux tribe.
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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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PBS

Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Oto Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Otos, a Southern Sioux tribe, and their encounter with the Corps of Discovery in the summer of 1804. From PBS.
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PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Spirituality: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will be able to understand the connection between land and spirituality for Native Americans (specifically Sioux or Lakota/Dakota) and how this impacts economic decision-making.
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A&E Television

History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Sitting Bull

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts about one of the most legendary Native Americans of the 19th century. Sitting Bull was born around 1831 into the Hunkpapa people, a Lakota Sioux tribe that roamed the Great Plains in what is now the Dakotas.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Chronology of the Dakota Conflict (Sioux Uprising) Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a chart of the chronology of the Dakota Conflict trials from 1851 to 1890.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

Black Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, 1863 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes religious quotes and prayers from Black Elk that exemplify his spirituality.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Custer's Last Stand

For Students 5th - 8th
Read a brief description of General George Custer and his troops engagement with the Sioux at the Little Big Horn River. See what happened to the Sioux, and find out what the general perception of the Indian Wars was to the American public.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

American Indian Heritage Foundation: Crazy Horse: Tashunkewitko

For Students 9th - 10th
A beautiful and touching biography of Crazy Horse told by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), a Sioux scholar.

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