Curated OER
Dog Breed Trivia Quiz
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about breeds of dogs. Answers may be submitted for review by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Native North American Dog Breeds
In this trivia quiz, the information focuses on native North American dog breeds. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions and submit answers electronically via this interactive website.
Other
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association: Washington and the French and Indian War
Washington began his involvement with the French and Indian War by volunteering to be a Britain's emissary to the French to order them to leave British territory. However, he became mired in the conflict and ended the war when the French...
Digital History
Digital History: Indian Removal
The Indian Removal policy was inhumane and without empathy for the Native Americans who were forced from their lands. Read about the attempts to enforce federal treaties and the final removal of three major tribes from the Southeast.
Other
Yosemite Online: Handbook of Indians of California: Chapter 30: The Miwok
A very scholarly article on the Miwok from the Handbook of Indians of California, written in 1919. Learn about the geography of where they lived, their culture, arts, religion, and social practices.
Curated OER
History Matters: A Bill of Rights for the Indians
In an attempt to redress wrongs towards Native Americans in the Dawes Act of 1887, John Collier, Roosevelt's Commissioner of Indian Affairs, collaborated with Native American elders in order to come up with new laws. Read about what was...
Curated OER
History Matters: John Collier Promises to Reform Indian Policy
Find the report by John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to the Secretary of the Interior, describing how he was trying to right many of the wrongs in the federal government's dealings with Native Americans as a result of the...
Mount Holyoke College
International Relations: Andrew Jackson's Case for the Removal of Indians
Here, read the text to President Jackson's "First Annual Message to Congress, 8 December 1830," in which Jackson argues for the removal of Native Americans.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Reservations, Resistance, and the Indian Reorganization Act
The resources here, including letters, photographs, posters, and maps, represent the Indian Reorganization Act. Includes teaching guide.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Romanticism: The Indian Burying Ground by Philip Morin Freneau
This is the text and video reading of the poem "The Indian Burying Ground" by Philip Morin Freneau, an American poet, nationalist (also known as Federalist), polemicist, sea captain, and newspaper editor sometimes called the "Poet of the...
PBS
Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Walla Walla Indians
What good hosts the Walla Walla Indians were to the Corps of Discovery. Read about the gifts exchanged and the celebrations held when Lewis, Clark, and their men stopped by for a visit. From PBS.
PBS
Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Wishram Indians
A look at a little-known tribe, the Wishram Indians, encountered by the Corps of Discovery on their return trip up the Columbia River. Read about the importance of trade networks to the Indians. From PBS.
PBS
Pbs: Shoshone Indians
PBS Provides an article on the Shoshone Indians and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Other
Penobscot Indian Fact Sheet
A site filled with information about the Penobscot Indians past and present. There are numerous hyperlinks to pictures, legends, language, and many other sources for information. This is a personal site written by a Cherokee Indian...
Other
Calavaras County Historical Society and Museum: Mi Wok Indians
See these interesting photographs of artifacts from the Miwok Indian tradition. There is a brief discussion of the culture of the Miwok also. From the Calavaras County Historical Society.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: Winning the West: The Army in the Indian Wars
This is a chapter excerpt from a book on military history which details the role of the United States Army in the Indian Wars for the years 1865 to 1890.
PBS
Pbs: Lewis and Clark: Tillamook Indians
Read about the encounter the Corps of Discovery had with the Tillamook Indians and a whale. From PBS.
PBS
Pbs: Indian Territory
This site from PBS provides a short description and map of "the Indian Territory set aside by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the areas designated for each tribe."
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Lessons of the Indian Epics: Following the Dharma
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Lessons of the Indian Epics: Following the Dharma." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Lessons of the Indian Epics: The Ramayana
In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Lessons of the Indian Epics: The Ramayana." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Lessons of the Indian Epics: The Ramayana: Showing Your Dharma
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Lessons of the Indian Epics: The Ramayana: Showing your Dharma." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
PBS
Pbs: Teton Sioux Indians
This site from PBS contains an article on the Teton Sioux Indians and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
PBS
Pbs: Yankton Sioux Indians
Provides information on the Yankton Sioux Indians and the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Indian Gavial
The Indian gavial is one of the rarest crocodile species in Asia. Described at its characteristics, young. Included is one photograph.