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Native American Heritage Month

628 minutes

15 Items

Cherokee Women Address Their Nation (1817)

Primary Source

979 Words

A map shows the following sections of North America: Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, California, Plateau, Great Basin, Southwest, Plains, Northeast, Southeast.

Essay

2020 Words

In Her Weakness Made Strong: Esther Ross and Respect

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Andrew Fisher: Native American History & Diversity | BRI Scholar Talks

Video

55 Min

Native Americans

Lesson

8 Activities

55 Min

Bird Woman’s River: Sacagawea’s Diligence in a Historic Journey

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Reading “Cherokee Women Address Their Nation” | A Primary Source Close Read

Video

23 Min

Treat All Men Alike: Chief Joseph and Respect

Lesson

2 Activities

45 Min

Indian Removal Act, 1830, and Cherokee Chief John Ross’s Memorial and Protest to Congress, 1836

Activity

40 Min

Responses to the Cherokee Removal Mini DBQ

Lesson

1 Activities

95 Min

Jim Thorpe Chooses the Bright Path of Responsibility

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Tecumseh and the Prophet

Essay

2391 Words

To Have a Voice: Tecumseh’s Purpose

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Essay

2930 Words

Sitting Bull’s Purpose at Little Bighorn

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min