Ghost Dance Song
Playing this music as students walk in the classroom can show them how much different this music is from whatever music (church/popular culture) heard in the 1809s.
09: Conquering the West
Paper Trails | Cameron Blevins
5.7-Asian-Americans-Our-History-Our-Future.mp4 on Vimeo
This three minute clip belongs somewhere in a US History course - either tied with the the building of the transcontinental railroad, the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Japanese-American incarceration of World War II, or the Korean experience of the LA Riots. Its value comes in 3 minutes of video showing examples of the Asian American experience across time
William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill
AmRev360: Mascots, Monuments, and Memory with Ray Halbritter | Museum of the American Revolution | Philadelphia History Museum
"Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter joins Museum President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson for the latest episode of AmRev360. The conversation explores Halbritter's role in leading the “Change the Mascot” movement, the history of the Oneida Indian Nation, the difference between celebration and commemoration, and the importance of a diverse, nuanced telling of our nation’s history."
The American Genocide of the Indians—Historical Facts and Real Evidence (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China)
Detailed case explaining how the actions of the United States government with regard to Native Americans meets the United Nations definition of Genocide
The Horrific Sand Creek Massacre Will Be Forgotten No More | History | Smithsonian
Would anyone believe that the United States army would attack women and children who not only raised the United States flag, but white flags of surrender as well? This Smithsonian article can be used by teachers as a launching point to explore the conquering of the plains and war on Native Americans that was connected with the Civil War.
California, First Person Narratives: General Collections
"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. From the Library of Congress
Interactive Map Shows the Seizure of Over 1.5 Billion Acres of Native American Land Between 1776 and 1887 | Open Culture
Links to maps that show the "conquering" of the continent
Governors of California - Peter Burnett, State of the State Address 1851
The taught narrative canon relegates 19th century California to the Gold Rush and the Compromise of 1850, that's about it. Yet shortly after becoming a state, the Governor call for a "War of Extermination" of the native population.
Statistics About Pine Ridge Reservation - Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation
One way to start a lesson concerning Native Americans is to give students a selection of some of these statistics and have them guess where in the world they would find it. After they fumble around and guess for a while, tell that that you are talking about the United States - then let them guess where in the USA they would find 97% of the population living below the pverty line
Native Americans - Google Cultural Institute
This is a collection of paintings of Native Americans that demonstrate the changing conception of Native Americans by white settlers over time. Showing these paintings to students and asking them what they see, might lead them to this understanding
Ending the Era of Harmful “Indian” Mascots | NCAI
An easy tie-in for teachers exploring any aspect of Native American history, from the National Congress of American Indians
ACLU Commends Federal Investigation into Racially Hostile Environment in Paw Paw Public Schools | ACLU of Michigan
"The OCR states its investigation will determine in part “…whether the District effectively caused, encouraged, accepted, tolerated, or failed to correct a racially hostile environment for Native American persons at its high school.” If the OCR determines the school district’s practices violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the district could lose federal funding."
Opinion | A Conversation With Native Americans on Race - The New York Times
7 minute video of contemporary Natives talking about race. Would serve as an interesting compliment to Native American lessons; connecting the present with the past
'America is a stolen country' - YouTube
Alcoholism, unemployment and suicide are problems associated with Native American reservations in the US. But a new generation of young activists are dedicating themselves to a brighter future. Benjamin Zand from the BBC's Pop-Up team is on a reservation in South Dakota -- in the heart of America's midwest.
Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land
Indigenous led Native Land Digital is a Canadian not-for-profit organization that created this map which is unique in that it shows native lands in native language and the competing claims to land among them. At the very least, this can show students the widespread diversity of people incorrectly referred to at one people
THE MYSTERY OF NOW - Native American Experience today
In the short film, “The Mystery of Now,” artist and Apache Skateboards founder, Douglas Miles shares socio-political context around the history that lead to life on the San Carlos Apache reservation, and the personal history of how and why he started a skateboard brand and team of local youth leaders. His advice on cultivating resilience, creativity, and joy, provides guidance in a time that for many feels uncertain, polarizing and divisive in our living rooms and around our dinner tables.
Imagining The Indian Film - YouTube
The "Imagining the Indian - fight against Native American Mascots" movie trailer and the others on this channel can help teachers link their lessons about the past to the present. What do Americans need to know about the past to understand the present?"
American Psychological Association American Indian Mascots
This provides scientific evidence of the destructive effects of Native American school and sports teams mascots on Native populations. In 2005 the APA called for the retirement of all American Indians mascots
Not In Our Honor
Not In Our Honor was formed in 2005 by a group of Native American College students at the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University. They have continued to advocate against the use of Native American imagery in sports.
How the US stole thousands of Native American children - YouTube - Vox
13 minute video Toward the end of the 19th century, the US took thousands of Native American children and enrolled them in off-reservation boarding schools, stripping them of their cultures and languages. Yet decades later as the US phased out the schools, following years of indigenous activism, it found a new way to assimilate Native American children: promoting their adoption into white families. Watch the episode to find out how these two distinct eras in US history have had lasting impacts on Native American families.
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
In this treaty, signed on April 29, 1868, between the U.S. Government and the Sioux Nation, the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people.
Ghost Dance
Article
American Indian Boarding School Experiences: Recent Studies from Native Perspectives
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876
Richard Henry Pratt, Founder of the Carlisle School for Indian Students
Biographical information about the founder of the Carlisle Schools.
Helen Hunt Jackson - A Century of Dishonor (Book)
Originally published in 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson chronicles the treatment of American Indians by the United States beginning in colonial times through to her present. She hoped to awaken the conscience of the American people, and their representatives, to the flagrant wrongs that had been done to the American Indians, and persuade them "to redeem the name of the United States from the stain of a century of dishonor".
The Dakota Conflict Trials of 1862
Comprehensive collection of articles, artifacts and documents from the "Famous Trials" site at the University of Missouri - Kansas City
Reservation Boarding Schools