America Before and After Colonization
The (Smithsonian) National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Native Knowledge 360° Essential Understandings about American Indians is a framework that offers new possibilities for creating student learning experiences.
An Unbreakable Code (U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs) - 3m video
The Code Talkers used native languages to send military messages before World War II. Navajo, which was unwritten and known by few outside the tribe, seemed to fit the Corps’ requirements.
National Codetalkers Day (U.S. Department of the Interior) - 3m video
(3 minute video about how they built the Empire State Building, Chrysler, Bridges in US and Canada)
The Spirit That Built America: Mohawk Skywalkers | History
(2 minute video about how they helped build NYC)
Celebration of Powwow | The Living History of Native American Gatherings (NBC News, 8 minute video)
The Columbian Exchange (Pursuit of History) 4:35m video
The Columbian Exchange (NBC News Learn) 2:56m video
Sacagawea? Sacajawea? Sakakawea? What was her name!? (Fort Mandan Museum)
Rediscovering history: The Sacagawea story
The new Arch museum in Missouri will mean opportunities to rediscover stories we think we already know, like the key figures in Lewis and Clark's journey.
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Lands and the American Revolution (video/website)
How did the American Revolution cost the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy most of its land?
Lenape (Delaware) Homeland (Official Website / Video)
This online resource explores the centuries-long exodus of the Lenape (Delaware) from present-day New York to Ohio, Kansas, Oklahoma, and beyond. The resource covers historical periods and events commonly taught in U.S. history survey courses, including the colonial era, the Revolutionary War, and westward expansion. Students will see how the Lenape have remained resilient in the face of adversity.
What Does a Beaver Felt Hat Have to Do with Manhattan (Video)
Watch this short video and identify information from the video that explains why a beaver brought Native people and the Dutch together in Native New York.
Early Encounters in Native New York: Did Native People Really Sell Manhattan?
This online lesson provides Native perspectives, images, documents, and other sources to help students and teachers understand how the 17th century fur trade brought together two cultures, one Native and the other Dutch, with different values and ideas about exchange.
New York is and always has been a Native place. Even for Native people whose community is no longer within the state boundary, there is a profound connection to New York as the original homeland. The evidence and cultural influence of Native people is deeply intertwined in the history of New York state and continues today.
Land Acknowledgement of the Whitney Museum
Land acknowledgments are formal statements that affirm the ongoing relationships between Indigenous peoples and the land where an institution or organization resides. The acknowledgment is specific to the site where it is given, provides context and information about that place, and recognizes the past, present, and future presence of Indigenous people and their connections to the land. It also can offer accountability for how an institution or individual will work toward a greater inclusion of Indigenous perspectives.
Schoolhouse Rock: The Constitution
Selected Excerpts Readaloud from A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights: Curfews, Censorship, and the 100-Pound Giant.
by Kathleen Krull
Shhh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz
