General Resources for Remote Learning

CSKT Online Education Resources: Fire on the Land, Explore the River, Lower Flathead River Interactive Map and Resource Guide

Everyday Native: Invites teachers and students in grades 4-12 learn about Native American history and contemporary life 

Illuminative: Remote learning resources created in partnership with the National Indian Education Association

Integrating IEFA into NGSS: This online lesson developed by Teresa Veltkamp Advocacy Award winner Bill Stockton helps you think of ways you can integrate Indian Education for All into Next Generation Science Standards. It is appropriate for Grades K-12. 

Learning at Home Resources: National Indian Education Association 

Lessons of Our Land: Innovative curriculum for Pre-K through grade 12 teachers

Native Knowledge 360:  Teaching resources from the Smithsonian Museum of the American IndianNisitapiisinni Stories and Spaces: Exploring Kainai Plants and Culture

OPI IEFA YouTube Channel:  Host site for videos created by the OPI IEFA Unit

OPI Remote Learning-Lessons and Units

American Indians in the Military - A Warrior Spirit

• In this lesson students learn about American Indians unique contributions to the U.S. Military. It is appropriate for grades 7-12.

Ancient Art - Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon

• In this lesson students learn about these sites that make up one of the largest concentrations of pictograph and petroglyph images in North America. It is appropriate for grades 6-12.

Ancient Islands in the Sky - Archaeology in the Beartooth Ice

• This lesson helps students learn about how long Native Americans have been in Montana. It is appropriate for grades 7-12.

Blackfeet and Crow Star Stories

• This lesson helps students learn more about Blackfeet and Crow Star Stories. This lesson is appropriate for grades 5-8.

Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana

• This lesson introduces students to several Native American artists (various media) of Montana. It is appropriate for grades 7-12.

Crazy Mountain Cathedral

• This lesson provides information to students regarding the Crow Nation and its relationship to the Crazy Mountains. It is appropriate for grades 7-12.

Crow Chief Plenty Coups

• This lesson helps students learn more about Chief Plenty Coups. This lesson is appropriate for grades 6-12.

Essential Understanding One: Tribal Diversity

• This lesson helps students learn more about Essential Understanding One: Tribal Diversity. This lesson is appropriate for grades 5-12. 

Learning About the Seals of Montana Tribal Nations

• This lesson helps students learn about the meaning of the seals of each Montana tribal nation. This lesson is appropriate for grades 4-12. 

Learning About Tribal Sovereignty

• This lesson helps students learn more about tribal sovereignty. This lesson is appropriate for grades 9-12.

Preserving the Sacredness of the Badger-Two Medicine

• This lesson provides information for students to understand a little more about the remarkable ceremonial and legal history of the Badger-Two Medicine region and the Blackfeet Nation. it is appropriate for grades 8-12.

Resilience in Indian Country: Yesterday and Today

• This lesson helps student learn about resiliency through stories of American Indian women from yesterday and today. This lesson is appropriate for grades 6-12.

Resources for Learning About Contemporary American Indian Issues: Bison Restoration

• This lesson helps students learn more about bison restoration and the importance of the bison to Montana American Indians. This lesson is appropriate for grades 6-12.

Sacrifice Cliff and a Deadly Pandemic

• This lesson helps students learn about a deadly pandemic in Montana during the 1800s. It is appropriate for grades 7-12.

Who Was Red Fox James?

• This lesson provides students with resources to learn about Red Fox James and his contribution to American Indian and Native Alaskan Heritage Month. It is appropriate for games 7-12.

Art

(PreK-2) The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives

(Grades 3-5) A Beautiful Tradition: Ingenuity and Adaption in a Century of Plateau Women's Art

(Grades 6-8) Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana

(Grades 9-12) Ancient Art-Bear Gulch & Atherton Canyon

Health Enhancement/Family Consumer Science

(PreK-2) Traditional Games Unit Developed by the International Games Society

(Grades 3-5) Traditional Games Unit Developed by the International Games Society

(Grades 6-8) Traditional Games Unit Developed by the International Games Society

(Grades 9-12) Tobacco, Teach About Uses- Both Traditional and Commercial 

ELA

(PreK-2) Double! Not Half. Model Lesson

(Grades 3-5) Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond

(Grades 6-8) Code Talker - A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

(Grades 9-12) Fools Crow by James Welch

Mathematics

(PreK-2) Counting 1:1 Correspondence - Kindergarten

(Grades 3-5) Making a Star Quilt - Grade 4

(Grades 6-8) Geometric Transformations Through Montana American Indian Tribal Seals - Grade 8

(Grades 9-12) Pow Wow Circuits - Grades 9-12

Science

(PreK-2) There is a Season - Grade 2 

(Grades 3-5) Bitterroot Adaptations - Grade 4

(Grades 6-8) Investigating the First Peoples, the Clovis Child Burial

• Interview with Dr. Shane Doyle and Dr. Eske Willerslev

(Grades 9-12) The 10,000 Year Significance of the Bison

Social Studies

(PreK-2) I Know Who I Am: My Ethnic Heritage - g1

(Grades 3-5) 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving

(Grades 6-8) Historical Inaccuracy in Movies--Pocahontas and Peter Pan

(Grades 9-12) The Colonization Era--An Interview with Dr. James Loewen and Textbook Analysis

• Contemporary American Indian Issues

Lessons

• The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives (K-12)
• Learning Through Art: Corwin (Corky) Clairmont) and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Resources

• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations 3-5

• Montana Tribal Nations Seals

Lessons

• The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives (K-12)
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
  • Montana Tribal Nations Seals
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning Through Art: Corwin (Corky) Clairmint and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Lessons

• Ancient Art - Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon
• The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives (K-12)
• A Beautiful Tradition: Ingenuity and Adaptation in a Century of Plateau Women's Art
• Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
  • Montana Tribal Nations Seals
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning Through Art: Corwin (Corky) Clairmont and
• Juane Quick-to-See Smith

Resources

• Songs for Asking

Lessons

• Ancient Art - Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon
• The Art of Storytelling: Plains Indian Perspectives (K-12)
• A Beautiful Tradition: Ingenuity and Adaptation in a Century of Plateau Women's Art
• Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana
• Crossing  Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
  • Montana Tribal Nations Seals
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning Through Art: Corwin (Corky) Clairmont and Juane Quick-to-See Smith

Resources

• Songs for Asking

• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• Everyday Native Project
• The Framework: A Practical Guide for Montana Teachers and Administrators Implementing Indian Education for All
• Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses (Smithsonian Institute Web site)
• Integration of Indian Education for All in K-12 Visual Arts Education: Primary Considerations for Guiding Principles
• Montana Arts Council Web site
• Montana Historical Society Web site
• Montana Indians Their History and Location
• Montana Mosaic: 20th Century People and Events Web site
• Montana Museums and Montana Schools as Coeducators
• National Museum of the American Indian: Smithsonian Museum Web Site
• Native American Art Teacher Resources
• Utilizing American Indian Materials from the Library of Congress

Lessons

• Traditional Games Units
  • Ring Games - Kindergarten
  • Rock in the Fist - Grade One
  • Racing and Footbag Games - Grade Two
    • Foot locker available with - Hoop and Arrow; Stick Game; Hoop and Stick; Double Ball
      • Contact Stephen Morsette, (406) 444-0754 smorsette@mt.gov

Lessons

• Traditional Games Units
  • Ring Games - Grade Three
  • Line Tag - Grade Four
  • Shinny, Lead-up Games - Grade Five
    • Foot locker available with - Hoop and Arrow; Stick Game; Hoop and Stick; Double Ball
      • Contact Stephen Morsette, (406) 444-0754 smorsette@mt.gov

Lessons

• Tobacco, Teach About Uses Both Traditional and Commercial
• Traditional Games Units
  • Shinny, Lead-up Games - Grade 6
  • Doubleball, Lead-up Games - Grade 7
  • Hoop and Arrow Games - Grade 8
    • Foot locker available with - Hoop and Arrow; Stick Game; Hoop and Stick; Double Ball
      • Contact Stephen Morsette, (406) 444-0754 smorsette@mt.gov
• What is Food Sovereignty?

Lessons

• Finding Our Roots: Indigenous Foods and The Food Sovereignty Movement
  • VTS Images
• Tobacco, Teach About Uses Both Traditional and Commercial
• Traditional Games Units
  • Lacrosse and Racquet Games - Grade Nine
  • Hoop and Arrow Games - Grade Ten
    • Foot locker available with - Hoop and Arrow; Stick Game; Hoop and Stick; Double Ball 
      • Contact Stephen Morsette, (406) 444-0754 smorsette@mt.gov
• What is Food Sovereignty?
• Why Do The Foods We Eat Matter? (Lesson Plan from Native Knowledge 360)

• American Indians 101 - Frequently Asked Questions
• CDC's Traditional Foods in Native America Project
• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• The Framework: A Practical Guide for Montana Teachers and Administrators Implementing IEFA
• International Traditional Games Society
• Indian Health Service Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program
• Montana Indians: Their History and Location 
• Native Food Systems Resource Center
• Your Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Pow Wows

Lessons

• Bowwow Powwow Model Lesson
• Double! Not Half. Model Lesson
• Model Teaching Units for Language Arts - Elementary Level - Volume One
• Model Teaching Units for Language Arts - Elementary Level - Volume Two

Resources

• Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

• American Indians in Children's Literature
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations Grades 3-5
• Indian Reading Series - Education Northwest Web site

Lessons

• As Long As the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie
• Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
• Bowwow Powwow Model Lesson
• Code Talker - A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
• Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond
• Double! Not Half. Model Lesson
• Model Teaching Units for Language Arts - Elementary Level - Volume One
• Model Teaching Units for Language Arts - Elementary Level - Volume Two
• Jim Thorpe's Bright Path by Joseph Bruchac

Resources

• Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

• American Indians in Children's Literature
• Birchbark House Powerpoints
  • Mystery Photographs #1
  • Wild Rice #2
  • Food Ways #3
  • Anishinabe Images #4
  • Historical Artifacts #5
• Building Bridges, Building Friendships: Place-Based Approaches to Develop a Successful Cross-Cultural Exchange
  • Students and Teachers Describing Their Experiences Video Clip
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations Grades 3-5
  • Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Indian Reading Series - Education Northwest Web site
• Montana Skies: Blackfeet Astronomy Teacher's Guide
  • Blackfeet Astronomy DVD
• Montana Skies: Crow Astronomy Teacher's Guide
  • Crow Astronomy DVD
• Traditional and Contemporary Native Culture - Trailtribes.org Web site
• Walking the Choctaw Road by Tim Tingle: Literacy Comprehension and Analysis Strategies

Lessons

• As Long As the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie
• Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
• Birthright Born to Poetry - A Collection of Montana Indian Poetry
• Code Talker - A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
• Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond
• Playing for the World: 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School Girls Basketball Team DVD
• Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell
• Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis

Resources

• Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

• Birchbark House Powerpoints
  • Mystery Photographs #1
  • Wild Rice #2
  • Food Ways #3
  • Anishinabe Images #4
• Building Bridges, Building Friendships: Place-Based Approaches to Develop a Successful Cross-Cultural Exchange
  • Students and Teachers Describing Their Experiences Video Clip
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
  • Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Montana Skies: Blackfeet Astronomy Teacher's Guide
  • Blackfeet Astronomy DVD
• Montana Skies: Crow Astronomy Teacher's Guide
  • Crow Astronomy DVD
• Indian Reading Series - Education Northwest Web site
• The Power of Place: Place-Based Approaches to Researching Indigenous Montana Histories
• Traditional and Contemporary Native Culture - TrailTribes.org Web site
• Using Primary Source Documents to Understand Tribal Sovereignty
• Walking the Choctaw Road by Tim Tingle: Literacy Comprehension and Analysis Strategies

Lessons

• American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa
• Birthright Born to Poetry - A Collection of Montana Indian Poetry
• Fools Crow by James Welch
• Fort Peck PlaceNames Interdisciplinary Unit - Complete Zip File
• Killing Custer: The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians by James Welch
• Playing for the World: 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School Girls Basketball Team DVD
• Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis
• Wind from an Enemy Sky

Resources

• Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

• 100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice
  • Movie Trailer
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
  • Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Ideas for Integrating Indian Education into Curricula
• The Power of Place: Place-Based Approaches to Researching Indigenous Montana Histories
• Traditional and Contemporary Native Culture - TrailTribes.org Web site
• Using Primary Source Documents to Understand Tribal Sovereignty

• American Indians in Children's Literature
• American Indians 101 - Frequently Asked Questions
• Class Set Available Books to Go With Lesson Plans
• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• Everyday Native Project
• The Framework: A Practical Guide for Montana Teachers and Administrators Implementing IEFA
• Indigenous People in Wyoming and the West
• Lessons for our Land - Indian Land Tenure Foundation Website
• Living Nations, Living Words-from the Library of Congress
• Montana Historical Society - Educational Outreach Footlockers Web site
• Montana: Stories of the Land Web site
• Montana Tribal Nations Language Apps
• Native Memory Project
• Oyate Web site
• Reservation Tribal History Timelines
  • All
  • Blackfeet
  • Crow
  • Flathead
  • Fort Belknap
  • Fort Peck
  • Northern Cheyenne
  • Rocky Boy's
• Resilience: Stories of Twenty Indian Women

Lessons

• Buffalo Runner - Grade 2
• Counting 1:1 Correspondence - Kindergarten
• Data Analysis of Ring the Stick - Grade 2
• Shapes in the Blackfeet Language - Kindergarten

Lessons

• Pow Wow Trails - Grade 3
• I am Beading - Grade 4
• Geometric Beadwork - Grade 4
• Graphing Native American Populations - Grade 4
• Making a Star Quilt - Grade 4

Lessons

• The Art of Clicking Things Together - Grade 7
• Beading Patterns Using Reflections - Grade 8
  • PowerPoint
• Estimating the Area of a Reservation - Grade 6
• Geometric Transformations Through Montana American Indian Tribal Seals - Grade 8
• Graphing Old Man’s Journey - Grade 8
• Reservation Land Areas - Grade 7
• Stars in the Sky - Grade 8
• Surface Area and Volume of Traditional Homes - Grade 8

Lessons

• Montana Native American Populations - Grades 9-12
• Pow Wow Circuits - Grades 9-12
• Seven Stars - logarithms - Grade 12
• Tipi Geometry & Trigonometry - Grades 10-12

• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• The Framework: A Practical Guide for Montana Teachers and Administrators Implementing IEFA

Resources

• Songs from the Indian Reading Series

Resources

• Songs for Asking
• Songs from the Indian Reading Series

Resources

• Songs for Asking
• Songs from the Indian Reading Series

Resources

• Songs for Asking

• American Indian Musicians of Montana Website
• American Indians 101 - Frequently Asked Questions
• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• Four Directions Teachings Web site
• The Framework: A Practical Guide for Montana Teachers and Administrators Implementing IEFA
• More Than Just Flutes and Drums
• National Museum of the American Indian Web site
• Your Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Pow Wows

Lessons

• Day and Night - Grade 1
• Rocks as Tools - Kindergarten
• There is a Season - Grade 2 
• What's for Dinner? - Grade 1

Lessons

• Animal Adaptations - Grade 3
• Backyard Creatures and Their Stories
• Bitterroot Adaptations - Grade 4
• Biomimicry Lesson- Grade 4
• FUN-ology! Seasons Make the World Go 'Round - Earth and Space Science
  • Lesson One: What can air temperature data tell us about the seasons in Montana?
  • Lesson Two: How do seasonal rounds record weather data?
  • Lesson Three: Connecting seasonal rounds to seasonal weather patterns and the organisms we observe
• Montana Skies - Grade 3
• Montana Skies
  • Blackfeet Astronomy Teachers Guide
    • Blackfeet Astronomy Videos
  • Crow Astronomy Teachers Guide
    • Crow Astronomy Videos
  • Blackfeet and Crow Star Stories Lesson for Students

• The Powers of Plants
• Tall Tales - Grade 5
• The Truth About Trees
• What's in the Ecosystem in Your Neighborhood - Grade 4

Lessons

• Cell Observation Skills - Grades 6-8
• Dating Deep Blood Kettles - Grades 6-8
• Human Impacts on the Environment - Fire on the Land - Grades 7-8
  • DVD for this was sent to school libraries
• Investigating the First Peoples, the Clovis Child Burial
  • Interview with Dr. Shane Doyle and Dr. Eske Willerslev
• Montana Skies
  • Blackfeet Astronomy Teachers Guide
    • Blackfeet Astronomy Videos
  • Crow Astronomy Teachers Guide
    • Crow Astronomy Videos
  • Blackfeet and Crow Star Stories Lesson for Students
• Smallpox Epidemic of 1837 PowerPoint - Grades 6-12
  • Lesson Plan
  • Outcome Cards
• Story of the Bitterroot - Lesson for DVD - Watch the video here.

Resources

• The 10,000 Year Significance of Bison

Lessons

• Fort Peck PlaceNames Interdisciplinary Unit - Complete Zip File
• Investigating the First Peoples, the Clovis Child Burial
  • Interview with Dr. Shane Doyle and Dr. Eske Willerslev
• Is there a home on the range for bison - Life Science
• Smallpox Epidemic of 1837 PowerPoint - Grades 6-12
  • Lesson Plan
  • Outcome Cards

Resources

• NASA Ancient Observatories Timeless Knowledge Website
• Native American Research Lab Website
• Native Views from Space Website

• American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges
• Animal Field Guide to the Flathead Reservation
• Big Sky Science Partnership Web site
• Cradleboard Teaching Project Web site
• CSKT Online Education Resources: Fire on the Land, Explore the River, Lower Flathead River Interactive Map and Resource Guide
• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• Indian Land Tenure Foundation Web site
  • Curriculum
• Integrating IEFA into NGSS
• The Framework: A Practical Guide for Montana Teachers and Administrators Implementing IEFA
• Montana Indians: Their History and Location
• Native Memory Project
• Salish Place Names Project

Lessons

• Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today Grades 1-12
• Columbus Day Revisited
• Conflict, Consequences, and Solutions - Grade 1
• Fact or Fiction - Grade 1
• I Follow Rules - Kindergarten
• I Know About Many Cultures - Grade 1
• I Know About Other People - Kindergarten
• I Know How Families are Different - Kindergarten
• I Know Who I Am: My Ethnic Heritage - Grade 1
• Maps Can Help Us - Grade 1
• Wants and Needs - Grade 1
• Ways People Live - Grade 1
• We Can Order Events in Time - Grade 1

Resources

• Indian Reading Series, Education Northwest Website
• Seals of Montana Tribal Nations

Lessons

• 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving*
• Ancestral Lands and Places: The Sweetgrass Hills of Montana - Grade 5
• Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today Grades 1-12
• Columbus Day Revisited
• Critical Thinking About the Arrival of Columbus - Grades 4-8
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
• Differences Among Montana's Tribes: Cultures, Traditions, Government - Grade 4
• Effects of Fur Trapping on Tribes
• Geography of Montana Indian Reservations - Grade 5
• Governmental Responsibilities: Community, Tribal, State, Federal - Grade 4
• History and Beliefs of Montana Indian Tribes - Grade 4
• Honoring Tribal Legacies: An Epic Journey of Healing Website
• Identifying Stereotypes and Countering Them - Grade 4
• Indian Heroes and Role Models - Grade 4
• Learning About Montana Indian Oral Traditions - Grade 5*
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning Steps in an Inquiry Process - Grade 3
• Making Decisions Based on Best Information - Grade 4
• Montana Indians: Past Traditions and History - Grade 3
• Montana Indians Differ in Language and Culture - Grade 3
• Montana Reservation Governments - Grade 3
• The Purposes of Tribal Government - Grade 5
• Quality of Information: Point of View and Bias - Grade 5
• The Reservations: Learning About Many Montana Indian Cultures - Grade 3*
• The Seven Indian Reservations of Montana - Grade 3*
• Sovereignty: What Does it Mean for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe - Grade 5
• Strategic Reader: Making Decisions Every Day - Grade 3
• Strategic Skill: Evaluating Information Quality Using Electronic Sources - Grade 4
• Steps in an Inquiry Process - Grade 3
• Stereotypes - Grade 3
• Tribal land Features and Tribal Connection to Land - Grade 5
• Using Maps to Learn About Montana Reservations and Tribes - Grade 4
• What Causes Conflicts Among people - Grade 3

Resources

• Indian Reading Series, Education Northwest Web site
• Lewis and Clark Trail - Tribal Legacy Project: Digital Archive Presenting Tribal Perspectives on Our Shared History Website (Note:this sight requires latest version of Adobe Flash Player)
• Montana Skies
  • Blackfeet Astronomy Teacher's Guide
    • Blackfeet Star Stories DVD
  • Crow Astronomy Teacher's Guide
    • Crow Star Stories DVD
  • Blackfeet and Crow Star Stories Lesson for Students
• Seals of Montana Tribal Nations

Lessons

• 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving*
• American Indians in the Military - A Warrior Spirit 
  • Warrior Spirit Article by Ellen Baumler
  • Resources for Teaching about American Indians in the Military
• Ancient Art - Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon
• Ancient Islands in the Sky - Archaeology in the Beartooth Ice*
• Analyzing Diverse Land Use - Grades 7-8
• Analyzing Point of View - Chief Rosebud Remembers Lewis and Clark - Grades 7-8
• Bison Restoration: Resources for Learning about Contemporary American Indian Issues - Grades 6-12
• Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today-Grades 1-12
• Colonization and American Indian Perspectives*
• Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana
• Crazy Mountain Cathedral
• Critical Thinking About the Arrival of Columbus - Grades 4-8
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
• Crow Chief Plenty Coups lesson for students
• The Diverse Make-up of Indian Communities - Grades 7-8
• Explaining Factors Causing Conflict and Cooperation - Grade 6
• Features of Montana Indian Reservations - Grades 7-8
• Federal Indian Policy - Grades 7-8
  • Allotment
  • Boarding Schools
  • Self Determination
  • Termination
  • Treaty Period
  • Tribal Reorganization
• Historical Inaccuracy in Movies - Pocahontas and Peter Pan - Grades 7-8*
• Human Expression and the Transmission of Culture - Winter Counts - Grades 7-8
• Human Impacts on the Environment - Fire on the Land - Grades 7-8
  • DVD available in your school library
• Identifying Purposes of Tribal Government - Grade 6
• Indian Tribes of Montana: Places Revered
• Investigating the First Peoples, the Clovis Child Burial
  • Interview with Dr. Shane Doyle and Dr. Eske Willerslev
• The Iroquois Confederacy and the Foundations of American Democracy*
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Montana Indian Tribal Cultures - Grade 6
• Movement Patterns Leading to Interdependence and/or Conflict - Grades 7-8
• Passports Required - Major Issues for the Blackfeet Nation of Montana - Grades 7-8
• Playing for the World: The 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School Girls Basketball Team Model Teaching Unit
• Point of View, Misconceptions, and Errors of Omission - Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Big Horn - Grades 7-8
• The Power of Place: Place-Based Approaches to Researching Indigenous Montana Histories
• Preserving the Sacredness of the Badger-Two Medicine
• Principles of Democracy - Grades 7-8
• Purposes of Tribal Governments - Grades 7-8
• Resilience in Indian Country: Yesterday and Today
• Sacrifice Cliff and a Deadly Pandemic
• Story of the Bitterroot watch video here
• Tribal Land Features - Grade 6
• Tribal Traditions and Origins - Grade 6
• Using Inquiry Processes to Research American Indian Issues - Grades 7-8
• What is Culture? - Grade 6
• Who is an Indian? - Grades 7-8 - Coming Soon
• Who Was Red Fox James - Grades 7-12

Resources

• Indian Country Today: Leading weekly newspaper about issues in Indian country
• Lewis and Clark Trail - Tribal Legacy Project: Digital Archive Presenting Tribal Perspectives on Our Shared History Website (Note:this sight requires latest version of Adobe Flash Player)
• Mission US Website
• Montana: Stories of the Land
  • Chapter 2 "Native American Trade Routes and the Barter Economy"
  • Chapter 4 "When Worlds Collide: The Salish People Encounter the Lewis and Clark Expedition"
  • Chapter 7 "Hearing Native Voices: Analyzing Differing Tribal Perspectives in the Oratory of Sitting Bull and Plenty Coups"
  • Chapter 11 "Picturing the Past: Understanding Cultural Change and Continuity Among Montana's Indians Through Historic Photographs"
  • Chapter 22 "Mining Sacred Ground: Environment, Culture, and Economic Development on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation"
• Montana Indian Law Portal - Montana State Law Library Website
• Montana Skies
  • Blackfeet Astronomy Teacher's Guide
    • Blackfeet Star Stories DVD
  • Crow Astronomy Teacher's Guide
    • Crow Star Stories DVD
  • Blackfeet and Crow Star Stories Lesson for Students
• Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian Policy: A Case of Contradictions
• NASA Ancient Observatories Timeless Knowledge Website
• Nevada Indian Education Curriculum Resources Website
• Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
• Since Time Immemorial, Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State Curriculum
• Tribal Nations: The Story of Federal Indian Law
• The Tribal Nations of Montana: A Handbook for Legislators 
• Using Primary Source Documents to Understand Tribal Sovereignty

Lessons

• 100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice
  • Movie Trailer
• American Indians in the Military - A Warrior Spirit
  • Warrior Spirit Article by Ellen Baumler
  • Resources for Teaching about American Indians in the Military
• American Indian Perspectives
  • The Allotment Period
  • The Boarding School Period
  • Self-Determination
  • Termination
  • The Treaty Period
  • Tribal Reorganization Period
• Analysis of American Indians as Sports Mascots*
• Analyzing Multiple Viewpoints - The Lewis and Clark Expedition*
• Ancient Art - Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon
• Ancient Islands in the Sky - Archaeology in the Beartooth Ice*
• Bear Gulch and Crow Perspectives on Shields*
• Bison Restoration: Resources for Learning about Contemporary American Indian Issues - Grades 6-12
• Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today Grades 1-12
• The Colonization Era - An Interview with Dr. James Loewen*
• Comparing American Indian and European Economic Systems
• Comparing Use of Land by Different Groups
• Contemporary American Indian Issues*
• Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana
• Crazy Mountain Cathedral
• Crow Chief Plenty Coups student lesson
• Fort Peck PlaceNames Interdisciplinary Unit - Complete Zip File
• Finding Our Roots: Indigenous Foods and the Food Sovereignty Movement
  • VTS Images
• Human Settlement Patterns - Rethinking Columbus
• Investigating the First Peoples, The Clovis Child Burial
  • Interview with Dr. Shane Doyle and Dr. Eske Wierslev
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning About Tribal Sovereignty
• Montana State Constitution and Indian Education for All*
• Montana Tribal Governments*
• A New Day at the Department of the Interior & Implications for Tribal Lands*
• Playing for the World: The 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School Girls Basketball Team Model Teaching Unit
• The Power of Place: Place-Based Approaches to Researching Indigenous Montana Histories
• Preserving the Sacredness of the Badger-Two Medicine
• Resilience in Indian Country: Yesterday and Today
• Results of Forced Assimilation - Loss of Native Languages
• Sacrifice Cliff and a Deadly Pandemic
• Tribal Sovereignty and Power
• Two Worlds at Two Medicine: A Blackfeet Encounter with Lewis and Clark* 
• Who is an Indian? 
• Who Was Red Fox James? - Grades 7-12

Resources

• Birthright: Born to Poetry - A Collection of Montana Indian Poetry
• Ideas for Integrating Indian Education into Curricula Web site
• Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties - Oklahoma State University Library Website
• Indian Country Today: Leading weekly newspaper about issues in Indian country
• Lewis and Clark Trail - Tribal Legacy Project: Digital Archive Presenting Tribal Perspectives on Our Shared History Website (Note:this sight requires latest version of Adobe Flash Player)
• Mission US Website
• Montana Indian Law Portal - Montana State Law Library Website
• Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian policy: A Case of Contradictions
• NASA Ancient Observatories Timeless Knowledge Website
• Nevada Indian Education Curriculum Resources Website
• Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
• The Tribal Nations of Montana: A Handbook for Legislators 
• Using Primary Source Documents to Understand Tribal Sovereignty

• Department of the Interior Quick Facts
• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• Everyday Native Project
• Fast Facts About Montana Tribal Governments
• Glossary of Terms for the Indian Education for All Social Studies Model Lessons
• History and Foundation of American Indian Education
• Honoring Tribal Legacies
• Identity by Design: Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses - Smithsonian Institute Website
• Indian Land Tenure Foundation Website
• Indianz.com Website
• Indigenous People in Wyoming and the West
• Little Shell Tribal History Project - Study Guide and Timeline
• Montana's First Peoples: Essential Understandings (Montana Historical Society Footlocker)
• Montana Indians: Their History and Location
• Montana Tribal Histories: Educators Resource Guide
  • Companion DVD
• Montana Tribes Digital Archives Website
• Native Memory Project
• Oyate Website
• Resilience: Stories of Twenty Indian Women
• Social Studies Standards (2021) Indian Education for All Connections
• Timelines for Montana Reservations
  • All
  • Blackfeet
  • Crow
  • Flathead
  • Fort Belknap
  • Fort Peck
  • Northern Cheyenne
  • Rocky Boy's
• The 10,000 Year Significance of Bison
• The Rez We Live On (Resource from CSKT)
• Utilizing American Indian Materials from the Library of Congress
• View from the Shore
• Winter Count (South Dakota Public Broadcasting)
• Your Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Pow Wows

• Art is the River - Marina Weatherly
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Corky Clairmont, Salish-Kootenai Artist/Educator
• John Isaiah Pepion - Native American Ledger Artist
• Montana Mosaic: 20th Century People and Events Online User Guide
• Montana Stories: Kevin Red Star

• Buffalo and Porcupine - Northern Cheyenne Trickster Story (Companion video for tobacco lesson plan)
• Native Food Systems Video Clips
• Pre-Contact Native American Food with Mariah Gladstone
• Traditional Games Video - See the games being played!

• Check out these excellent ELA lessons developed by teachers in Billings. 
  • Kindergarten BPS The Moccasins Model Lessons 
  • Second Grade BPS Jingle Dancer Model Lessons
• BESE Explains: Tribal Sovereignty
• Birthright Poetry Videos

Check out these excellent elementary ELA and Math resources developed by teachers in Billings. At this site, you can access curriculum resources and watch video clips of teachers reflecting on their implementation of IEFA.

• A Day in the Life of a Tribal Drummer
• Foreshadow(CSKT Musician)
• Honor Song for All Students and Teachers
• The Power of the Drum
• Gary Small (Northern Cheyenne Musician)
• Jamie Fox-Metis Fiddler
• Jared Stewart (Crow Musician)
• Metis Music and Culture
• Supaman (Crow Musician)

• Carrying Fire the Pikunii Way
• Gathering Prairie Turnips with Roger White(Nakona)
• Montana Skies: Blackfeet Astronomy Videos
• Montana Skies: Crow Astronomy Videos
• The Native Way: Aspen
• The Native Way: Outdoor Tip
• The Native Way: Yarrow

• A Day in the Life of a Tribal Drummer
• Awaxaawippíia: The Crow Nation’s Sacred Ties
• Before There Were Parks: Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes
• BESE Explains: Tribal Sovereignty
• Bringing the Story of the Cheynne People to the Children of Today - Videos
  • Flag Song - Birney Version
  • Flag Song- Lame Deer Version
  • Flag Song - Southern Cheyenne Version
• Clovis Child Webinar Series
• Crow Perspective of the Shield-Aaron Brien (Crow Nation THPO)
• Glacier National Park, Part 7: Native Blackfeet Culture
• Greetings from Montana American Indian students (2009 Video)
• In the Spirit of Atatice: The Untold Story of the National Bison Range 
• Introducing The First Nations of Montana to the World
• Indian Nations: Northern Cheyenne
• Indian Nations: Chippewa Cree
• Indian Nations: Little Shell Chippewa
• Indian Nations: Assiniboine - Sioux
• Indian Nations: Assiniboine - Gros Ventre
• Indian Nations: Blackfeet
• Indian Nations: Pend d’Oreille – Kootenai - Salish
• Long Ago in Montana
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Transcript
• Madison Buffalo Jump-Ceremonial and Cultural Connections
• Madison Buffalo Jump Tour with Dr. Shane Doyle
• Madison Buffalo Jump-View from the Top with Dr. Shane Doyle 
• The Montana Experience: Stories from Big Sky Country - check out the "Native Montana" playlist.
• Montana Shaped by Tradition
• Montana Stories: Darrell Kipp
• Montana Stories: Kevin Red Star
• Native American Traditional Games
• Talking Without Words
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Transcript
• The Significance of IEFA-Dr. Shane Doyle
• Tribal Flags Interview with Montana Representative Marvin Weatherwax 
• Tribes of Montana and How They Got Their Names
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Transcript
  • Correction Notice
• View from the Shore.  Native American Perspectives on Lewis and Clark
  • Transcript
• We Are One Video from Patrick Armstrong-Blackfeet Nation
• Welcome to the Madison Buffalo Jump

• Dr. Kirk Miller, Executive Director of School Administrators of Montana, discusses the importance of Indian Education
• Dylan Huisken MT Teacher of the Year (2019), discusses the importance of IEFA, and teaches a lesson on biases within text.
• Honor Song for All Students and Teachers
• IEFA Advocacy Award Winners-Martha Kohl & Deb Mitchell
• Indian Education For All Angela McLean Interview.
• Montana Federation of Public Employees President Eric Feaver discusses Indian Education for All.
• Norma Bixby, Northern Cheyenne Tribal Education Director, shares her thoughts regarding Indian Education for All. 
• Representative Marvin Weatherwax-Advice for American Indian Youth
• We are One