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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian: Infinity of Nations: Culture Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about ten different nations of Native Americans in both North and South America by playing this Culture Quest game from the Smithsonian Institution. In addition to the game, there are many other options to choose to learn about...
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: The Hopi of the Southwest

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource, learners can read about family relations, the importance of corn and water to the Hopi, their wedding traditions, and what continues to sustain this long-lived culture.
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Beloit College: Ancient Cultures of the Southwest

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information and photos of historic Southwest pottery and other artifacts at this resource. You can search by tribe or by styles of pottery. Plenty of full-color examples.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Native American History for Kids: Apache Tribal Peoples

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this site, students learn about Native American Indian Apache tribe from the Southwest of the United States.
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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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Other

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Not exclusive to pre-contact, this site has an extensive collection of resources that describe many facets of various Pueblo cultures.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Why People Move

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Lesson plan about migration, specifically the Pueblo Native Americans of the American Southwest. Includes opening activity, content and closing activity.
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters Edward Curtis

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site about Edward Curtis who took over 40,000 images and recorded rare ethnographic information from over eighty American Indian tribal groups, ranging from the Eskimo or Inuit people of the far north to the Hopi people of...
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

Abenaki: indians.org: Indigenous Peoples' Literature

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn more about the Abenaki tribe of Native Americans by checking out this site. Find out about the story "Strange Origin of Corn."
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Other

Cowlitz Indian Tribe

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. The tribe originally inhabited southwest Washington around the Cowlitz River. Check out an engaging article named "The Dispossed" in the site's history section.
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PBS

Pbs New Perspectives on the West: Pope

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information about the religious leader from San Juan Pueblo, in present-day New Mexico. Pope organized and led the most successful Indian uprising in the history of the American West. He created the conditions for a...
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University of Arizona

Books of the Southwest: The Pima

For Students 9th - 10th
An informational article about the customs of the Pima Indians from the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institute. With popular Pima legends.
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Other

Eastern Band of Cherokee: History and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Cherokee tribe in the southwest United States, its culture, government, and religion. Find out about the Cherokee who were subject to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and see how the Cherokee in North Carolina have...
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Northern Arizona University

People and Land Use on the Colorado Plateau

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the people that have lived in the Colorado Plateau over the past 12,000 years. It started with the Paleoindians and has included such people as the Archaic culture, Anasazi, Hopi, Zuni, Pais cultures, and Navajos among...
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University of New Mexico: Joy Harjo

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a quick description of Harjo's work from the University of New Mexico and about other writers who have influenced her. Includes a quote from Harjo, a small photo, & an audio clip of the author!

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