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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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| 4D Net Day Organizer This website was used to help organize the Four Directions Net Day in 1999 |
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| ANUGraph This is a function grapher that will graph families of functionsIt willalso calculate and graph the derivativeIts an old program but it graph better than some new ones I've seen |
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| Adobe Photoshop Difficult to learn the many functions available on this program A class or workshop would be helpful Takes a great deal of memory to run this program |
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| Ahfachkee Lesson Plan Archive Lesson Plan archive full of various lesson plans submitted by Ahfachkee |
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| Antlers In this activity students examine elk antlers and relate the physical evidence to hypotheses about genetics nutrition and size |
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| Art Lesson Plans Lesson Plans including Beading and Art Comparison |
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| Atlantic Salmon The Atlantic salmon is an important creature for many cultures |
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| Bear This is a Hyper Studio presentation from the book Tales of the Iroquois by the Tehanetorens and translated by Maria Hinton in the Oneida Language |
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| Bennie Begay Lesson Plans utilizing the Clan System |
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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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| Building Computers Students at the Summer Institute 1998 built computers |
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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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| 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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| Darlene Waseta's Happy Face Darlene demonstrates one of her techniques for helping maintain a positive Summer Institute environment |
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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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| Ecology Word Search 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 It introduces the students terms and vocabular |
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| Elk Classifieds This resource is a science/art activity in which students prepare an ad in which they try to get elk to move to their area |
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| Elk Culmanating Activity In this activity older students instruct younger students in the nature ecology uses and tribal significance of Elk |
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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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| 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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| Excel Unit This technology-based unit is for students taking the Computer 1 and Computer 2 classes It is useful for anyone needing to learn Excel |
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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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| Front to back book publishing format This format allows you to copy and paste text so that the student or teacher created book can be printed front to back |
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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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| Hyper Studio - Archive Hyper Studio Archive prepared by Lummi |
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| Hyper Studio Archive - Marty Hyper Studio stacks developed by Marty |
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| Hyper Studio Archive - Oneida Hyper Studio archive prepared by Oneida |
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| Hyper Studio Stack archive Hyper Studio Media Archive prepared by Seba |
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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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| Job Opportunities Students investigate job opportunities related to elk |
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| Keeno King Implement the miccosoukee language into our every day class so our children teachers will at least know how to greet one another also the months in our language days numbers etc |
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| Laguna Archive An archive of lesson plans specifically reserved for Laguna |
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| Lesson Plan Archive - Various Songs To learn the melody to Allouette and discuss the meaning in both the English and Oneida languages To appreciate melody and lyrics and the feelings they represent in two languages |
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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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| 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 a Planetarium Recognition of planets and constellations Involves cooperation construction field day career day and many other educational uses |
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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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| Medicinal Plants The material includes lesson plans and suggested resources for teaching about the traditional uses of plants by Seminole people Included is guide for plant identification and traditional medicinal uses including color pictures of the plants Adobe A |
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| Medicine Wheel This resource is a science/art/culture activity in which students investigate the relationship between the life cycle of elk and the medicine wheel |
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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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| Modern Seminole Jacket This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of a modern Seminole Jacket with a brief description |
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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 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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| Net Day 4D Website Net Day 4D This site was used to help organize our Net Day event |
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| Oneida Archive Oneida Archive of lesson plans web pages pictures and other resources |
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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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| Puye and Black Mesa Pictures Pictures taken at mentioned sites |
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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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| SI 98 Intranet This site was the official intranet for the 1998 Summer Institute |
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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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| Seminole Jacket The seminole jacket is colorful |
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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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| Spirit Journey Student artwork from the Four Directions schools and music by Cornel Pewewardy brought together in a Real Media presentation by Bob Isaacson |
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| Summer Institute 99 Intranet The Four Directions Summer Institute 1999 Intranet site |
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| Summer Institute Planning Graphic An html page that graphically attempts to describe some of the aspects of the virtual culture box which later came to be called Celebrating Cultural Connections |
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| Takini Archive Takini Archive of lesson plans and resources |
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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 Great Outdoors 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 work on observation skills by tak |
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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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| Traditional Pueblo Belt This address will link you to a web page that shows a picture of a Traditional Pueblo Belt with a brief description |
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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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| Using e-mail Almost all of the e-mail clients currently available perform the same tasks In this lesson we will look at the basic functions of the most commonly used e-mail clients and how they can be used to communicate with others via the Internet |
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| Ways of the Water Work done at the Summer Institute 2000 |
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| Where Have All the Forests Gone 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 define deforestation identify the |
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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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| You Are What You Drink 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 demonstrate the natural water fil |
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