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Native American Cultures
with Mr. Hutchinson

 

Grade Level: Grade 8 Curriculum (reading level grades 5-9)
Subject Area: World Studies, English, Computer literacy, Technology/Science, and Art.
Unit: Native Americans (November is Native American Month) Chapter 11 in our text "Creating a New Nation - Beginnings Through Reconstruction."

Task #1: Select a tribe from those listed below. Note that area of North America that was their traditional homeland (in parenthesis). This will be the tribe you research and use to complete your other tasks.


Important Mega-Resources:

North's Destiny Digital Catalog of Print and Internet Resources

500 Nations   "Native American SuperSite! LOCAL INFORMATION for Indian casinos, powwows, places to visit, and tribes in every state and province in the United States and Canada

Indian Genealogy at "Researching your Indian Genealogy is no different then researching your other ancestry. Start with your self and work you way back, no short cuts!"

Indians.org - Be careful - supported by lots of advertising. "The American Indian Heritage Foundation was establised to provide relief services to Indian people nationwide and to build bridges of understanding and friendship between Indian and non-Indian people."

National Museum of the Native American from the Smithsonian Institution

Native American Resources
from the Center for Multilingual, Multinational Research at the University of California

Native American Voices  A Digital History
This Web site was designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges and is supported by the Department of History and the College of Education at the University of Houston.

http://www.native-languages.org/home.htm

http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm

http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/index.html  (a great site with interactive maps, find out where your tribe called their original homeland)

http://www.indigenouspeople.net/leaders.htm (an excellent site to learn about different Native Chiefs and leaders)

http://www.nativecelebs.com/  (find out about famous Native American actors, musicians, etc.

http://www.lansing.lib.il.us/homework/indiantribes_all.html (a nice resource to further your research)

Native Tech.org

U. S. Census Bureau


Individual Tribe Websites

The Abenaki (Northeast)
http://www.abenakination.org/front.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9118/wabanaki.html

The Apache (Plains)
http://www.wmat.nsn.us/

The Arapaho (Plains)
http://www.easternshoshone.net/

The Aztecs (Southwest)
http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm
http://www.azteccalendar.com/azteccalendar.html

Alaska Aboriginal People
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/nost202/aboppsna.htm

The Blackfeet (Northeast) 
http://www.saponitown.com/index.htm

The Blackfoot (Plains)
http://www.gonorthwest.com/Montana/northwest/Blackfeet_Reservation.htm
http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/blackfeet.htm
http://www.blackfoot.org/main.htm

The Cherokee (Northeast)
http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html
http://www.cherokee-nc.com/

The Cheyenne (Plains)
http://www.ncheyenne.net/

The Chickasaw (Plains)
http://www.tngenweb.org/tnfirst/
http://www.chickasaw.net/

The Chippewa (Plains)
http://www.americanindians.com/Chippewa.htm

The Choctaw (Plains)
http://www.choctawnation.com/

The Chumash (Southwest)
http://www.chumashcenter.org/

The Comanche (Southwest)
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources.php?name=Comanche&type=1&nation=147

The Cree (Northeast)
http://www.gcc.ca/
http://www.ouje.ca/index.htm#Welcome
http://www.nation.mistissini.qc.ca/index.html

The Crow (Northwest)
http://indiannations.visitmt.com/crow.shtm

The Cahuilla (Southwest)
http://www.aguacaliente.org/

The Hopi (Southwest)
http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/

The Innu (Northwest)
http://www.innu.ca/culture.html

The Iroquois/Oneida (Northeast )
http://www.tuscaroras.com/graydeer/pages/childrenspage.htm
http://www.oneida-nation.net/cultureindex.html

The Lenapes (Northeast)
http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/social_dance.html

The Menominee (Northeast)
http://www.nativetech.org/beadpen/bone.html

The Mohawk (Northeast)
http://www.greatturtle.net/culture1.html
http://www.kahnawake.com/

The Navajos (Southwest)
http://www.navajo.org/
http://www.neartime.com/ruins
http://www.discovernavajo.com/index.php

The Nez Perce (Northwest)
http://www.nezperce.org/Main.html

The Ojibwa (Plains)
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/imgally/pg16_e.html

The Osage (Plains)
http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/NativeAmericans/Osage.html
http://www.osagetribe.com/

The Paiute (Northwest)
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources.php?name=Paiute&type=1&nation=238

The Pequot (Northeast) http://www.pequotmuseum.org/

The Pima-Maricopa (Southwest)
http://www.saltriver.pima-maricopa.nsn.us/

The Potawatomi (Plains)
http://www.potawatomi.org/
http://www.pbpindiantribe.com/
http://www.fcpotawatomi.com/

The Powhatan Tribes (Northeast)
http://skipjack.net/le_shore/heritage/nativam/1stpeopl.html
http://www.powhatan.org/

The Pueblo (Southwest)
http://indianpueblo.org/intro/index.cfm

The Quapaws (Plains)
http://www.uark.edu/depts/contact/quapaw.html
http://www.quapawtribe.com/

The Seminole (Southeast) http://www.seminoletribe.com/

The Sioux (Plains)
http://www.saulttribe.com/
http://www.mnisose.org/3.html
http://www.fsst.org/

The Sac (Sauk) & Fox (NE) http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/sauk.html

The Utes (Plains)
http://www.southern-ute.nsn.us/

The Yakima/Spokane (Northwest)
http://www.yakamamuseum.com/

The Zuni (Southwest) http://www.ashiwi.org/

                          

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