Indian Education Classroom Resources

General Resources

Native Knowledge 360: Teaching resources from the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian

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

Nisitapiisinni Stories and Spaces: Exploring Kainai Plants and Culture

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

OPI 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 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

Grades Pre-K-2

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Grades 3-5

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Grades 6-8

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Songs for Asking

Grades 9-12

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Songs for Asking

K-12 Common Resources

Grades Pre-K-2

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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

Grades 3-5

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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

Grades 6-8

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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?

Grades 9-12

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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)

K-12 Common Resources

Grades Pre-K-2

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Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

Grades 3-5

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Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

Grades 6-8

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Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

Grades 9-12

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Classroom Sets of Books Available for Borrowing

K-12 Common Resources

Grades Pre-K-2

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Grades 3-5

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Grades 6-8

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Grades 9-12

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K-12 Common Resources

Grades Pre-K-2

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Songs from the Indian Reading Series

Grades 3-5

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Grades 6-8

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Grades 9-12

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Songs for Asking

K-12 Common Resources

Grades Pre-K-2

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Grades 3-5

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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
Montana Skies - Grade 3
Montana Skies

Grades 6-8

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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
Smallpox Epidemic of 1837 PowerPoint - Grades 6-12
- Lesson Plan
- Outcome Cards
Story of the Bitterroot - Lesson for DVD - Watch the video here.

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The 10,000 Year Significance of Bison

Grades 9-12

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K-12 Common Resources

Grades Pre-K-2

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Grades 3-5

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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
Seals of Montana Tribal Nations

Grades 6-8

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Grades 9-12

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100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice
- Movie Trailer
American Indians in the Military - A Warrior Spirit
American Indian Perspectives
- The Allotment Period
- The Boarding School Period
- Self-Determination
- Termination
- The Treaty Period
- Tribal Reorganization Period
Analyzing Multiple Viewpoints - The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Analyzing Montana Indians' Points of Historic Significance - Two Medicine
Ancient Islands in the Sky - Archaeology in the Beartooth Ice
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
Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana
Crazy Mountain Cathedral
Crow Chief Plenty Coups student lesson
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
Fort Peck PlaceNames Interdisciplinary Unit - Complete Zip File
Factors Causing Conflict and Cooperation Among Groups and Nations
Finding Our Roots: Indigenous Foods and the Food Sovereignty Movement
- VTS Images
Government Protecting Rights and Needs of Citizens
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
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
Who is an Indian? - Coming Soon

Resources

K-12 Common Resources

Honor Your Self Poster Series (2008)

Making Montana Proud Poster Series

Mathematics

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.