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...

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...

Reference material on several types of houses used by Native Americans in various parts of North America. Includes links to teacher resources.

Summarizes the experiences of native peoples who were sent to live on reservations as settlers moved onto their homelands, and their distrust towards the white people who cheated them and ignored the negotiated treaties.

From the journals of Lewis and Clark, read about the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes and people that they encountered on their expedition.

Compare the clothing of the Wampanoag people with the English clothing of the Pilgrims in the 1600s. Photographs provide clear images of how they would have dressed.

The students will learn about the Alabama (Alibamu) people> Their origins and their culture.

A brief description of the Wappo people that lived in Northern California.

A brief introduction to the Wallawalla people.

A brief introduction to the tribe of people that lived in northern Washington known as the Twana.

Colonial House video segment in which Colonists and the Passamaquoddy people encounter each other for the first time in a reenactment of a New England settlement in 1628. [4:38]

Read about a Taino Indian city discovered in the Dominican Republic. Includes two discussion questions you can use to check reading comprehension. Bilingual Spanish/English.

With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the native American people the Eastern Shoshone.

With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the native American people the Huma.

With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the native American people, the Klikitat.

With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the native American people, the Kansa.

With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the native American people, the Kalispel.