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 | 3D Atlas Usage Geography supplemental Platforms Macintosh PPC Runs better if installed onto hard drive |
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| 4D Cultural Thematic Curriculum Participants from nineteen Native American schools developed the curriculum hosted on this site during a three-day workshop The participating schools are part of the Four Directions Challenge in Technology Project Please visit the main site for more |
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| A Cycle 2 This unit is designed to introduce the structure of living matter to 3rd and 4th Grade students at Indian Island |
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| Ahfachkee Lesson Plan Archive Lesson Plan archive full of various lesson plans submitted by Ahfachkee |
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| Amazon Trail Effective as group simulation and motivational tool |
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| Animals - Alike Different This worksheet is in the step before the Power Point Presentation You would use this to incorprate the Nakota/Dakota Language To learn how to say the words and for a lesson Plan look at part 2 |
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| Animals Can You Picture This in Lakota This lesson represents a collaboration between young students kindergarten and older students eight graders to create Hyperstudio stacks using English and Lakota Students will also use digital cameras to make claymation and / or use drawing programs |
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| Around the World in 80 Days Supplemental movie-type CD for a geography lesson Learn country names cities and landmarks Good for readers or non-readers because has a voice option Need to know point and click skills More or less an interactive story |
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| Art From The Earth This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage about the life of a Native American artist Virgil James a Choctaw Indian who grew up in Oklahoma It discusses the importance of art among early Native American people who consider themselves a pa |
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| Art Lesson Plans Lesson Plans including Beading and Art Comparison |
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| Beyond Computer Integration This is a HTML based presentation on the use of different levels of technology in the classroom |
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| Buffalo Lessons Resource and Lesson Plans for study of the cultural and historical significance of the Buffalo |
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| Building a Web Page Collaboration among grades 7-11 and teachers on research interviewing learning Front Page etc |
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| Care Creatures of Habit This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that contains the reflections of William Tyson a native Eskimo Tyson compares the Eskimo culture of yesterday and today Students will investigate different cultures and witness how cultural adapta |
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| Careers Students investigate career opportunities related to elk |
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| Chickee Clan Clothing Craft Lessons Archive full of lesson plans on the Chickee Clan Clothing Craft Lessons |
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| Claymation This unit is designed to teach children of Indian Island the importance of trees/the environment to their culture |
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| Comparing/Contrasting Clothes Among Trib To foster appreciation students' own identity and to compare differences with other tribes update version |
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| Creatures Myths and Legends This set of lessons addresses the importance of water to the Pueblo people |
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| Cycles of Life Impress upon students the Cycles of Life on earth and their contents |
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| Dilcon Archive Lesson Plans on Clouds Navajo Place Names Zoo Animals Native Plants Archive |
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| EARTH MOTHER CRYING Native Prophecy NetCenter inspired by Tuscarora Sachem and Spiritual Leader Mad Bear Anderson founder of the American Indian Unity Movement |
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| Elk Unit Overview This resource give an overview of a unit of Elk that blends culture science and other disciplinesIt contains a resource list and background materials |
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| Environment This set of lessons addresses the importance of relations to the Pueblo people including relationships among people and between people and the land |
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| Environment Habitat This set of lessons addresses the importance of relations to the Pueblo people including relationships among people and between people and the land |
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| Ethnobotany This link will take you to a web that was created by the ethnobotany group during the 1998 Summer Institute |
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| First Grade Clans This is a HyperStudio stack that has a picture of each student that when selected allows the user to see and hear a student's clans This is used to help the teacher show which students can and can't say their clans correctly in Navajo |
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| Food This link will take you to a web that was created by the food group during the 1998 Summer Institute |
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| Gone Fishin' Students will learn how to look up different Internet sites while learning about different types of Salmon Student's will also be doing an art activity and eventually the student's work will be posted on the 3rd grade Website |
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| How Many Elk Students play a game that illustrates the nature of competition for resources among the elk population and how that effects the size of the population |
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| Importance of sheep To recognize the importance of sheep in the Navajo Culture |
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| Influence of the Buffalo To learn how the buffalo influenced the Yankton Sioux |
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| Irene Becenti Lesson Plan Archive - Mostly Culture Related |
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| Job Opportunities Students investigate job opportunities related to elk |
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| Laguna Archive An archive of lesson plans specifically reserved for Laguna |
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| Lakota language - Student example This project combines English Lakota Social Studies and technology EAch student project was made by a team of two--a kindergarten student and an eighth grader |
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| Lakota language - Student example 2 This project combines English Lakota Social Studies and technology EAch student project was made by a team of two--a kindergarten student and an eighth grader |
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| Lakota language - Student example 3 This project combines English Lakota Social Studies and technology EAch student project was made by a team of two--a kindergarten student and an eighth grader |
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| Lakota language - Student example 4 This project combines English Lakota Social Studies and technology EAch student project was made by a team of two--a kindergarten student and an eighth grader |
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| Lakota language - Student example 5 This project combines English Lakota Social Studies and technology EAch student project was made by a team of two--a kindergarten student and an eighth grader |
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| Lakota language - Student example 6 This project combines English Lakota Social Studies and technology EAch student project was made by a team of two--a kindergarten student and an eighth grader |
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| Lakota language - Student example 7 This project combines English Lakota Social Studies and technology EAch student project was made by a team of two--a kindergarten student and an eighth grader |
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| Lesson Plan Archive The students will compare and contrast corn native to the Laguna Pueblo The students will compare and contrast traditional springtime activities related to new life within the seasons of the Laguna Pueblo Students will learn to recognize the differ |
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| Lesson Plans Lesson Plan for History and significance of chickee building Lesson Plan on significance of 8 clans Students will learn about the various types of Seminole patchwork and clothing To have the students learn how to make Seminole baskets The stude |
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| Lesson Plans Lesson plans teaching the student how to interview people to get information Lesson plan teaching about Pueblo artists |
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| Life Cycle of a Salmon/ Slide Show The Kindergarten Salmon Unit consists of an overview and several individual lesson plans It is designed for use as a thematic unit but individual lessons could stand alone If anyone has further questions please contact Mary Love or Valerie Macklin at |
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| Life Cycle of a Salmon/ Slide Show The Kindergarten Salmon Unit consists of an overview and several individual lesson plans It is designed for use as a thematic unit but individual lessons could stand alone If anyone has further questions please contact Mary Love or Valerie Macklin at |
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| Life Cycle of a Salmon/ Slide Show The Kindergarten Salmon Unit consists of an overview and several individual lesson plans It is designed for use as a thematic unit but individual lessons could stand alone If anyone has further questions please contact Mary Love or Valerie Macklin at |
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| Life Cycle of a Salmon/ Slide Show The Kindergarten Salmon Unit consists of an overview and several individual lesson plans It is designed for use as a thematic unit but individual lessons could stand alone If anyone has further questions please contact Mary Love or Valerie Macklin at |
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| Life Cycle of a Salmon/ Slide Show The Kindergarten Salmon Unit consists of an overview and several individual lesson plans It is designed for use as a thematic unit but individual lessons could stand alone If anyone has further questions please contact Mary Love or Valerie Macklin at |
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| Living History This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage about the life of a Native American artist Virgil James a Choctaw Indian who grew up in Oklahoma It discusses the importance of art among early Native American people who consider themselves a pa |
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| Local Rocks Students will learn the names and the history of the local rock formations |
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| Local Rocks Update version Students will learn the names and the history of the local rocks formations |
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| Lummi Virtual Museum The Lummi Virtual Museum offers a variety of images of important Lummi Objects |
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| Lummi Virtual Museum The Lummi QTVR museum offers some excellent object shots of traditional Lummi objects |
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| Lummi Welcome Pole Movie The Lummi community worked together to create a welcome pole This quicktime movie shows the pole and tells how it was made |
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| Making Seminole Fry Bread Goal The students will learn how to make Seminole fry bread Objectives They will observe a guest speaker community member preparing the fry bread Students will take notes during the lecture and then make their own fry bread |
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| Management Through Hunting In this activity students take a state-approved hunting safety course as a means of understanding ethical human interaction with the ecosystem |
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| Meeting our Elders To promote cultural understanding by interacting with elders |
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| Migration Students use topographic maps research and debate to determine the best route for a new highway through the migration area of an elk population |
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| Mitakuye Oyasin We Are All Related Students learn about elk classification and the relatedness of all living things |
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| Moose This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of a moose |
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| Moose The moose is an important animal to many cultures |
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| Muskrat This address will link you to a web page devoted to the muskrat an important food source for the Passamaquoddy people In addition to a recipe for muskrat stew there is a recipe for Passamaquoddy fry bread which is eaten with the stew |
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| Native American Calendars and Time This unit provides an overview of activities that could be used to relate the concept of time and astronomy across grade levels |
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| Native American Shelters Part 1 HP This lesson is one small part of a larger unit called Native American Shelters This unit is designed to help students learn about different shelter types used by the Native people of North America This lesson involves researching using both tradit |
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| Native American Shelters Report 1 This lesson is one small part of a larger unit called Native American Shelters This unit is designed to help students learn about different shelter types used by the Native people of North America This lesson involves researching using both traditi |
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| Native American Shelters Report 2 This lesson is one small part of a larger unit called Native American Shelters This unit is designed to help students learn about different shelter types used by the Native people of North America This lesson involves researching using both traditi |
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| Native American Shelters SS Addendum This lesson is one small part of a larger unit called Native American Shelters This unit is designed to help students learn about different shelter types used by the Native people of North America This lesson involves researching using both tradit |
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| Native Corn Santa Clara This address will link you to a web page which will show a picture of three colors of Native corn in a Native basket |
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| Native Names Plants and Clouds Lesson plans for teaching the significance of native names for plants homes and type of clouds |
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| Oneida Archive Oneida Archive of lesson plans web pages pictures and other resources |
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| Phyllis Jenkins Students will learn the procedure of what it takes to make black pottery |
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| Pinion - The Grandest Nut The students are excited about their pinon picking Where they picked how much they picked and how they picked make the students sound like contestants With this enthusiasm lessons integrating Social Studies Science Math and Language Arts can begin |
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| Planetary Lesson Plan Archive The lessons and activities involved will enable the students to gain a perception of the planets location in our solar system in relation to the Sun A cultural and community-based component is also included in the activity to give the students a per |
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| PowerPoint Presentation Animals Part 1 This is a lesson plan to help you teach a powerpoint lesson It includes a form to help facilitate research and and evaluation checklist for the students |
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| PowerPoint Presentation Animals Part 2 This is a PowerPoint slideshow on American Bison It is an example of what the students could do or include in their slideshow |
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| Prek and K Comparing/Contrasting Tribes Comparing the Penobscot Nation to regionally different tribe |
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| Preparation of Salmon Students explore the variety of methods for preparing salmon in relation to geographic reqions Specifically the traditional tribal methods |
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| Preparation of Salmon Traditional tribal methods of preparing salmon are addressed and also other techniques from different geographical regions The use of technology is present digital cameras and a Web Page Authoring program |
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| Pueblo Bread This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of two sizes of Pueblo bread This type of bread is baked in a large outdoor oven |
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| Ready to use activities--Coastal Indians Complete Sourcebook for K-8 teachers for activities on Pacific Coast Indians craft |
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| Relationships overview an overview of the Relationship unit |
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| Resources and Bibliography Online Addresses for Weather/Seasons Unit Resources Biblography |
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| Roaming Grazing and Ranging In this activity students interact with resource persons from the community to learn about tribal management of elk herds |
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| Rock Point archive Archive of lesson plans and resources for Rock Point |
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| Salmon Masks Lesson Plan The Kindergarten Salmon Unit consists of an overview and several individual lesson plans It is designed for use as a thematic unit but individual lessons could stand alone If anyone has further questions please contact Mary Love or Valerie Macklin at |
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| Salmon River Habitat Overview Salmon River Habitat overview will be used to introduce students to the environment The whole class will work together the first week and then will break up into groups for the second and third week Each group will then concentrate on individual part |
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| Salmon Unit Students will learn how to use digital cameras create a presentation on Microsoft PowerPoint to teach the aspects of Salmon habitats etc |
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| Salmon's Eyes Note Requires Quicktime This site teaches about Salmon West Coast using video |
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| Santa Clara Archive Archive of Lesson Plans Resources for Santa Clara |
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| Santa Clara Schoolyard Habitat This is a collection of activities and lessons centered around the creation of a schoolyard habitat dedicated to the study of native plants and animals |
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| Santa Clara Village Panorama This panorama shows the Santa Clara village |
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| Seasons of the year for Laguna Pueblo This lesson on Village Officials will enable you to know the roles and responsibilities of the officials on the Pueblo of Laguna reservation |
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| Seasons of the year in Laguna Pueblo This lesson compares and contrasts two types of chili plants that are native to New Mexico The students will learn the cultural significance of native plants |
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| Ske Ku Ske ku is a game that is often played by the Oneida people |
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| Ske ku Ske ku is an Oneida greeting This web site will take you on a virtual tour of the Norbert Hill Woodland |
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| Sla-Hal Sla-Hal is a stick game |
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| Sla-Hal or Bone Game or Stick Game Sla-Hal Bone Game or Stick Game are three ways to call a very popular game played amongst Northwestern Indian Tribes Indian people of all ages have enjoyed gathering and participating in this exciting and traditional event for generations |
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| Sticks and Stones This lesson focuses on detailed aspects of an Ahfachkee community 4th and 5th grade students will build a model of their native village |
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| Student example 1 - Lakota Language This lesson represents a collaboration between young students kindergarten and older students eight graders to create Hyperstudio stacks using English and Lakota Students will also use digital cameras to make claymation and / or use drawing programs |
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| Summer Institute 99 Intranet The Four Directions Summer Institute 1999 Intranet site |
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| Sunflower garden How to set up a sunflower house Santa Clara fifth grade students of school year 1998-99 set up and planted sunflower to make a sunflower house near the 3 sisters garden |
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| Takini Archive Takini Archive of lesson plans and resources |
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| The Chemistry of Black Pottery This lesson will learn the physical and chemical properties and changes of materials during the process of making black pottery Students will learn the cultural significance of black pottery |
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| The Garden Students will conduct indepth research on a single plant and present the information in an APA style research document |
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| The Influence of the Buffalo on the Yankton Sioux To learn how the buffalo influenced Yankton Sioux life |
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| The Tipi This lesson is designed to promote collaboration between different age groups K 8th grade They will create stories of their culture and illustrtate and record them using Hyperstudio software |
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| The United States This unit is designed to develop an awareness of our country and how it relates to the rest of the world It also acquaints the Seba Dalkai students with life in the United States and encourages students to form opinions about events |
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| Traditional Uses of the Tatanka Traditional Uses of the Tatanka The Tatanka is an important animal within the Lakota/Dakota culture It provided the people with numerous items to help them not only survive but flourish No part of the animal was wasted Today the Tatanka is s |
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| Turtle Tracks Turtle Tracks is a newsletter for youth with a Native American view We feature current events factual history educational sites original artwork activities and much more We also have an extensive links section We are featured on many of the larger |
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| Turtle Tracks Turtle Tracks is an online newsletter for youth from a Native American view We offer current news factual history original graphics and much more Our contributors come from many Nations in the US and Canada We also have an extensive links section |
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| VRPresentation on NMAI The presentation described the Santa Clara students involvement in creating the virtual museum at NMAI |
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| Villages This set of lessons addresses the importance of relations to the Pueblo people including relationships among people and between people and the land |
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| Ways of the Water Work done at the Summer Institute 2000 |
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| What a Waste-Part 1 This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that contains the reflections of William Tyson a native Eskimo Tyson compares the Eskimo culture of yesterday and today Objectives Students will explore decomposition rates of different types of m |
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| What a Waste-Part 3 This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that contains the reflections of William Tyson a native Eskimo Tyson compares the Eskimo culture of yesterday and today This lesson follows the landfill activityObjectivesStudents will imagine pos |
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| Who Wins When the World Changes This lesson provides an illustrated reading passage that is titled Champions of the Classroom Looking at the World Through the Eyes of Don YellowBird Don YellowBird is a man of Arikara and Sioux descent Students will become aware of cultural diversit |
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| Wild Tea This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of wild tea This plant is found in the South Western United States and is used to make both hot and iced tea As a hot tea it is often used as a medicine |
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| winter-food-animals To learn about and appreciate traditional winter activities related to foods of animals within the seasons of the Laguna Pueblo |
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