American Indian Heritage Month
Photo Courtesy of the U.S.G.S.
November is American Indian Heritage Month. Celebrate by taking an exploration of Native American history from before European contact until now.
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American Indian Heritage Month Resource pages from the Department of Defense. Includes stories about Native Americans in the military.
American Indians and the Natural World
Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures Meet Native Americans of the 1830s through George Catlin. His portraits, scenes of American Indian life, and writings depict cultures prior to U.S. expansion into tribal territories.
Cultural Overview of Five Tribes Learn about homes, food, clothing, and history of the Dine, Tlingit, Muscogee, Lakota, and Iroquois tribes.
Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian: Photographic Images Search this Library of Congress collection.
First Nations' Histories
Pictures of Indians in the United States National Archives collection of photos of American Indians.
Information on individual native nations.
Native People and European Contact
People in the West |
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American Indian Heritage Teaching Resources The Smithsonian honors American Indian Heritage Month with a calendar full of activities and resources.
America's History in the Making Examine Pre-Columbian America and the early contacts between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans in this PD course.
The Anasazi and Pueblo Indians This research starter from Scholastic holds a wealth of information about Southwestern Indians. Use it to support a research project or a class investigation. |
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Camping with the Sioux: The Field Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher Help your students explore this site detailing a 19th-century anthropologist's fieldwork with South Dakota Sioux.
Education World: Activities to Celebrate Native American Heritage! 12 lessons to help students learn about Native American history and cultures.
Education World: Exploring Native Americans
Across the Curriculum
Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian: Photographic Images Library of Congress Collection Connections houses wonderful ideas for discussion and learning.
NPS: National American Indian Heritage Month Find out about Haida totem poles, village life in Hidatsa and Mandan tribes on the plains, sacred ceremonial sites for the Yoeme (Yaqui) people, daily life of the Pueblo Indians, mounds of Mississippi and the Ohio River Valley, and more.
Native American Technology and Art
Teaching Resources: People in the West
National Indian Education Study The National Indian Education Study (NIES) is a two-part study designed to describe the condition of education for American Indian/Alaska Native students in the United States.
UEN: American Indian History Lesson Plans Lessons presented have been written using the research based Understanding by Design format. |
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