With this resource, learners can read about family relations, the importance of corn and water to the Hopi, their wedding traditions, and what continues to sustain this long-lived culture.

This site provides a brief look at the history of the Iroquois. The site has information about food, handwork, survival, and modern life.

Interactive web site where students can learn about the development of the geography of the United States over the course of history. This section of the site focuses on the original inhabitants of North America, in particular the...

A collection of tales that focus on the exploits and adventures of the Raven. Raven is a prominent character in Native American tales from the Pacific Northwest.

The Coghlan Art Studio and Gallery provides a Norval Morrisseau biography illustrated with images of his Native American medicine paintings. A video clip is included.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Woodrow Crumbo is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his own styles of Native American art (Crumbo was a Pottawatomie Indian).

Investigate the biography of Maria Tallchief on this site. Learn about the first Native American Indian to become a prima ballerina dancer.

An image of "Nativity", created by Francesco Di Giorgio Martini in 1475 (Wood, 198 x 104 cm).

An image of "Nativity", created by Andrea Della Robbia in 1479 (Glazed terracotta, 240 x 180 cm).

An image of "St Peter (Grabow) Altarpiece: Nativity", created by Master Bertram from 1379-83 (Tempera on wood, 80 x 57 cm).

An image of "Nativity", created by Fra Filippo Lippi from 1467-69 (Fresco).

An image of "Nativity", created by Hans Memling from 1470-72 (Oil on oak panel, 28,6 x 21,3 cm).

An image of "Nativity", created by Piero Della Francesca from 1470-75 (Oil on poplar panel, 124 x 123 cm).

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."

Contains selections from "With the Nez Perces: Alice Fletcher in the Field, 1889-92" by E. Jane Gay, which provided an anthropological look at the Nez Perce Indians and their bewilderment at the Dawes Act.

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...

Svante Arrhenius was born in Vik, Sweden, and became the first native of that country to win the Nobel Prize. The award for chemistry was bestowed to him in honor of his theory of electrolytic dissociation. Arrhenius also developed the...

Lesson that examines some of the reasons European efforts to establish colonies in the New World were often met with failure. It focuses on the story of nine Jesuit priests who started a small colony on Chesapeake Bay in the hopes of...

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.

Illustrated biographical profile of Alabama native Jesse Owens.

A look at the life of the Nez Perce and their interaction with the Corps of Discovery.

The amazing story of the meeting between the Lemhi Shoshones and the Corps of Discovery. Read the part Sacagawea played in the success of the encounter. From PBS.

A look at the hostile encounter between the Teton Sioux and the men of the Corps of Discovery on their voyage up the Missouri River in 1804. From PBS.

Read about the encounter the Corps of Discovery had with the Tillamook Indians and a whale. From PBS.