Elementary Education Resources-Social Studies-History: Native American History

Elementary Education Resources-Social Studies-History: Native American History and Current Affairs

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Note: Many of these sites have been recommended by members of the EDTECH listserv, in particular Earlene Saulnier, Technology Coordinator for Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Atlanta, GA; Pat Elliott, Teacher-Librarian Specialist, Barrie, Ontario Canada; Anne Pryor, Folk Arts Education Coordinator, Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI; Karin Beil, Building Technology Advocate & Third Grade Teacher, Ivy Hill Elementary School, Arlington Heights, IL; and Diane Sledge.

General Resources (29)
Specific Native American peoples (14)

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General Resources

Anishaanabe Language files--translation site for Ojibwe dialects

CloudJumper Designs--specializing in Native American designs, good site for backgrounds

Cradleboard: Native American Culture and Education

Crystal Cloud Graphics--web page animated designs

Cultural overview of 5 Tribes--Dinè, Muskogee, Tlingit, Lakota, Iroquois

Encyclopedia of North American Indians

First Nation's (Native American) art and its diverse imagery

Heritage and Citizenship: Aboriginal Peoples

Heritage and Citizenship: European Explorers

Hillelday--This site has many resources for Native American culture

Leaf Arrow--Native American Story Tellers

Learn about Native Americans--site developed by Sherry Ziolkowski, Engaged Learning Facilitator at Ivy Hill Elementary School, Arlington Heights, Illinois

Lesson Plans--On this site students analyze basic elements of a selected Native American tribe in order to apply them to the creation of an original board game that can be played by children.

Marilee's Native Americans Resource--wav files, clip art, etc.

Math education software based on Native American design activities--researched and maintained by Ron Eglash of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Nascha--Nascha is an artist who lives and works in Kentucky. She is Apache related and has been given the name of "Owlspirit". (Navajo for owl - Nascha).

Native Americans Learning Page--learning site with lesson plans and online resources

Native American and Western graphics

Native American Homepages of Linda Mitten

Native American Issues and Activism sites--results from a Google search

Native American links--maintained by an About.com guide
Native American Resources

Native American WAV (music) files

Native Americans Flutes and Art from EchoesPast--GIF files, animated GIF, JPEG, WAV and MIDI

NativeWeb: Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World

Pueblo Cultural Center

Spirit Scents--postcards of the Native American Spirit

The Six Nations

Trail of Tears--dedicated to the Choktaw Nation of Oklahoma

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Specific Native American peoples

Anishaanabe Language files--Translation site for Ojibwe dialects

Brooks Big John, an Ojibwe spear fisher and decoy maker

Cherokee: Eastern band of Cherokee Indians
Cherokee: The Official Site of the Cherokee Nation

Cultural overview of 5 Tribes--Dinè, Muskogee, Tlingit, Lakota, Iroquois

Frank Montano, an Ojibwe Woodland flute maker

Iroquois Oral Traditions

Kim Cornelius Nishimoto, an Oneida corn husk doll maker

Nascha--Nascha is an artist who lives and works in Kentucky. She is Apache related and has been given the name of "Owlspirit". (Navajo for owl - Nascha).

Oneida: The Oneida Indians
Pueblo Cultural Center

Texas Indians

The Oneida Indians

Trail of Tears--dedicated to the Choktaw Nation of Oklahoma

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