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Teacher's Guide: American Indian History and Heritage
This Teacher's Guide from the National Endowment for the Humanities will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with resources designed for integration across humanities curricula and classrooms throughout the school year.
Image credit: Bowen, J. T., Greenough, F. W., McKenney, T. L. & Hall, J. (ca. 1838) Se-Quo-Yah / R.T. ; drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment, No. 94 Walnut St. , ca. 1838. [Philadelphia: Published by F.W. Greenough] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93504544/
Selected Resources For Teachers
The Library of Congress 4Hide All
National Archives 1Hide All
National Endowment for the Humanities 16Hide All
- EDSITEment's Learning Lab: Race, Gender, and the U.S. Military
- Gibagadinamaagoom, An Ojibwe Digital Archive (site supported by NEH)
- Interactive Lesson: A Cheyenne Odyssey (Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Language of Place: Hopi Place Names, Poetry, Traditional Dance and Song
- Learning the Lakota Language
- Life on the Great Plains
- Miami-Illinois Digital Archive (site supported by NEH)
- Mukurtu: an Indigenous archive and publishing tool (site supported by NEH)
- Native Americans and the American Revolution: Choosing Sides
- Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
- Native Americans in the Midwest: An NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges Project
- NEH 50 States of Preservation project
- Not “Indians,” Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
- “Remember” by Joy Harjo
- Teacher's Guide: American Indian History and Heritage
- Teaching Native American Histories (in partnership with University of Massachusetts)
National Gallery of Art 4Hide All
National Park Service 3Hide All
Smithsonian Institution 15Hide All
- Americans: A Dialogue Toolkit for Educators (PDF)
- American Indian music on Smithsonian Folkways
- Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions
- Folklife Festival Program Book Articles
- Land and Native American Cultures
- Masters of Tradition: A Cultural Journey Across America
- Moccasin Madness! Navajo and Apache Moccasin Game Songs
- Native Innovation in Video Games: An Interview with Game Designer Elizabeth LaPensée
- Native Knowledge 360°
- Singing in the Harvest: Music from the Zuni
- Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in Alaska
- Smithsonian Folkways Lesson Plans
- Take It to the Courts: Amplifying Voices of Oakland’s Mam-Maya Community
- This Land Is Whose Land? Indian Country and the Shortcomings of Settler Protest
- Trail of Tears: Music of the American Indian Diaspora