Native Americans (The Motherload)

General Information
American Indian Culture Research Center of the Dakotas
http://www.bluecloud.org/dakota.html
American Indian Facts for Kids
http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/pacific/
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.bia.gov/
Great Chiefs & Leaders
http://www.indians.org/welker/leaders.htm
Indians/Native Americans
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/native-americans.html
Native American Culture
http://www.greatdreams.com/native.htm
Native American Territories
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_territories.htm

Lesson Plans
American Indian Leather Painting
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0048.html
Code Talkers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2213.shtml
Create A Model Native American Home
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSArtLACreateModelNativeAmericanHome56.htm
Create Your Own Native American Board Game
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/nativeamericans/
Design a Navajo Rug
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2216.shtml
Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson038.shtml
Lesson Plans for Teaching Reading With a Native American Theme
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/teaching/reading.htm
Mini-Unit Topic: Native Americans
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/Units/Mini_Units/94-95/Smith.Native-American/index.html
Mound Builders Lesson Plan
http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/moundbuilders.asp
Native American Chants and Movement
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2245/
Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=347
Native American History
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/howthewestwaslost/
Native American Homes Lesson Plan
http://www.lessonsnips.com/lesson/nativeamericanhomes
Native American Interdisciplinary Educational Unit
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0046.html
Native American Murals
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSArtLANativeAmericanMurals5.htm
Native American Perspectives, Fourth Grade Lesson Plan
http://www.crowcanyon.org/EducationProducts/WCP_ElecFieldTrip_StudyGuides/4thgrade_native_lessonplan.asp
Native American rock designs Science Lesson Plan
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMathMusicPEArtSSLAMDRocks-NativeAmerAndRockArt12.htm
Native American Story Blankets - KinderArt Littles, Preschool Activities and Lessons
http://www.kinderart.com/littles/blanket.shtml
Native American Tribes from North America
http://www.challengerindy.org/Lessons/Native%20Americans/Native%20Americans%20North%20America.html
Native Americans
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0118.html
Native Americans in North Carolina
http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/native_americans_k12.html
Native Americans Today
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/native-americans-today-63.html
Not "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/4036
Southeastern Native Americans' Lifestyles
http://www.teachingushistory.org/lessons/pdfs_and_docs/documents/LessonPlanSoutheasternNativeAmericansLifestyles.html
The removal of the Cherokee Indians
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2826
The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118trail.htm
Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures: Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/4556
Writing Native American Style
http://alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?id=9477

Crafts
CD Dreamcatchers Craft
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blcddreamcatch.htm
Coffee Can Drum
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/cofdrum.shtml
Dream Catcher
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Dreamcatcher.shtml
Early American Weaving
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/weaving.htm
How to Make Clay Beads
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blnaclayb.htm
How to Make Corn Husk Dolls
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/cornhusk.htm
How to Make Native American Costumes for Kids
http://www.ehow.com/video_4440044_make-native-american-costumes-kids.html
Instructions for Dreamcatchers
http://www.nativetech.org/dreamcat/dreminst.html
Kachina Doll
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/crafts/southwestcrafts.htm
Making a Native American Pinch Pot
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/pinchpot.htm
Make an authentic Native-American arrow
http://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/projects/872/make-an-authentic-native-american-arrow/
Native American Boy paper craft
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mboynative.htm
Native American Girl paper craft
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mgirlnative.htm
Native American Horse Mask
http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/native-american-horse-mask/
Native American Noodle Beads
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blnanoodb.htm
Sand Painting
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/sand.shtml
Totem Pole TP Roll Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/canada/mtotem.html

Cooking
Native American Foods -- Recipes
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/recipes.html
Native American Recipes
http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/natrec1.html
NativeTech: Indigenous Food and Traditional Recipes
http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/index.php

Games
Bowl & Dice Game
http://www.nativetech.org/games/dicegame/
Native American Games
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/ect/nativegames.htm

Multimedia
Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian (American Memory, Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Family Stories from the Trail of Tears edited by Lorrie Montiero
http://www.anpa.ualr.edu/digital_library/indianvoices/family_stories/family_stories.htm
Living Voices
http://www.nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/
Native Americans in Olden Times - FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format
http://nativeamericans.pppst.com/index.html
Pictures of American Indians
http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/pictures/

Virtual Fieldtrips
Native American Dwellings
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14089

Music
Earth Songs
http://www.ohwejagehka.com/songs.htm
NativeRadio Your portal to the beauty and mystery of Native American Music
http://www.nativeradio.com/index2.cfm
North American Indian Radio
http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/indianradio.htm

Online Stories
Cherokee Stories
http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/articles/default.htm
EasyFunSchool - Native Americans: Folktales
http://www.easyfunschool.com/NAFolktales.html
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html
Native American Lore Index
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
The Native American Bedtime-Story Collection
http://www.the-office.com/bedtime-story/indians.htm

Online Activities
Interactive Bead Graph
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/beadgraph/index.html
Native American Coloring Book
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculuminfo/nativeamericans/Color20/gbColor.html
Native American Crossword Puzzle
http://www.native-americans.org/crossword-puzzles/puzzle36304.html
Native American Eastern Woodlands
http://wcache.quia.com/fc/585817.html
Native American Memory
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/games/memory2.htm
Native Americans of North America - Native American Quiz
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Native-Americans-of-North-America-217656.html
Native American Vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/jg/383206.html
Native American Wordsearch
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/wordsearch/native_wordsearch.html
Native Americans quiz
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/natives/native_americans.htm
Test on Native Americans
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/teaching/test.htm
Virtual Bead Loom
http://csdt.rpi.edu/na/loom/index.html
Virtual Coloring Book
http://www.nativetech.org/games/coloring/index.html
Virtual Paper Dolls
http://www.nativetech.org/games/paperdolls/index.html
Virtual Wampum Belt
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/wampumgraph/index.html

Printouts
Arrowhead Patterns
http://www.archives.state.al.us/activity/actvty11.html
Indian Life Game
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Board/I/indianlife.html
Native American Coloring Pages
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/native/mnativeposter.html
Native American Color Worksheets
http://www.native-languages.org/cworksheets.htm
Native American Quiz Worksheet
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/nativea/quiz/
Native American Tribes Word Search Puzzle
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp2220_wordsearch.shtml
Native American WebQuest~Worksheet
http://www.ri.net/schools/Glocester/FMS/rooms/NAWeb/worksheet.html
Native American Worksheet
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/native/chart.html
Native Americans of North America Printables
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/nativeprint.htm
Native North Americans resources and worksheets
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/native_worksheets.shtml