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 Indian

Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan: Educational Resources

Nisitapiisinni 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 4-5) A Beautiful Tradition: Ingenuity and Adaption in a Century of Plateau Women's Art

(Middle School) A Beautiful Tradition: Ingenuity and Adaption in a Century of Plateau Women's Art

(High School) 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-10) 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

(Grades 3-5) 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

(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

Teaching Computer Science through Storytelling

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)
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
  • Montana Tribal Nations Seals
  • Montana Tribal Flag Descriptions
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning Through Art: Corwin (Corky) Clairmint and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

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

• 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
  • Montana Tribal Flag Descriptions
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning Through Art: Corwin (Corky) Clairmont and Juane Quick-to-See Smith

Resources

• Ojibwe Artist Jonathan Good Thunder - PBS American Masters

• 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
  • Montana Tribal Flag Descriptions
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations
• Learning Through Art: Corwin (Corky) Clairmont and Juane Quick-to-See Smith

Resources

• Ojibwe Artist Jonathan Good Thunder - PBS American Masters

• Songs for Asking

• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
  • Essential Understandings Poster
• 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
• Turtle Island Tales-Indigenous Grandmother Wisdom for Strong Families
• Your Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Pow Wows

Lessons - Survey to provide feedback regarding the teaching of these model units

• Bowwow Powwow Model Lesson
• Double! Not Half. Model Lesson
• Elk Morning At The Battle of Arrow Creek
• Elk Morning Counts His First Coup
• 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 Survey to provide feedback regarding the teaching of these model units

• 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
• Elk Morning At The Battle of Arrow Creek
• Elk Morning Counts His First Coup
• 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
• Thunderous

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
  • Anishinaabe 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 - Survey to provide feedback regarding the teaching of these model units

• 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
• Thunderous
• 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 - Survey to provide feedback regarding the teaching of these model units

• American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa
• Birthright Born to Poetry - A Collection of Montana Indian Poetry
• Brothers on Three
• 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
• The Power of Place: Place-Based Approaches to Researching Indigenous Montana Histories
• Using Primary Source Documents to Understand Tribal Sovereignty

• American Indians in Children's Literature
• American Indians 101 - Frequently Asked Questions
• Boarding Schools - Map of Schools in Montana
• 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
• 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

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

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

OPI Documents

• 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

• Math in a Cultural Context

Resources

• Songs from the Indian Reading Series

Resources

• Blackfeet Song - Blackfeet Star Stories
• Crow Lullaby - Crow Star Stories
• Songs for Asking
• Songs from the Indian Reading Series

Resources

• Blackfeet Song - Blackfeet Star Stories
• Crow Lullaby - Crow Star Stories
• 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
• What's for Dinner? - Grade 1

Lessons

• Animal Adaptations - Grade 3
• Backyard Creatures and Their Stories - Grades 3-5 
• Biomimicry Lesson- Grade 4
• Bitterroot Adaptations - Grade 4
• FUN-ology! Seasons Make the World Go 'Round - Earth and Space Science - Grades 3-5
  • 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 - Grades 4-8
  • Blackfeet Astronomy Teachers Guide
    • Blackfeet Astronomy Videos
  • Crow Astronomy Teachers Guide
    • Crow Astronomy Videos
  • Blackfeet and Crow Star Stories Lesson for Students (individual directed)

• The Powers of Plants - Grades 3-5
• Tall Tales - Grade 5
• The Truth About Trees - Grades 3-5
• 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 - Grades 4-8
  • 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
• Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes Online Educational Resources
• Cradleboard Teaching Project Web site
• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• Implementation of Indian Education for All Into Science
  • 1 - FAQ - Coming to Know: A Guide to a Deeper Understanding of Implementing Science and Indian Education for All
  • 2 - Building Background Knowledge: What is Indigenous Science and Why Does it Matter in the Science Classroom
  • 3 - Implementation in Action: Grades K-5 Science and Indian Education for All Infusion Matrix
• 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
• Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• Salish Place Names Project
• University of Montana Native News 2022-Tribes Confront Climate Threats
• U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit for Tribal Nations

Lessons

• Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today Grades 1-12
• 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 - Grades K-2 *
• I Know How Families are Different - Kindergarten Grade 2* 
• I Know Who I Am: My Ethnic Heritage - Grades 1-2*
• Maps Can Help Us - Grade 2*
• 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

Lessons

• American Indians in the Military - A Warrior Spirit - Grades 4-5*
• Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today Grades 1-12
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations*
• Differences Among Montana's Tribes: Cultures, Traditions, Government - Grade 4*
• Geography of Montana Indian Reservations - Grade 5*
• Governmental Responsibilities: Community, Tribal, State, Federal - Grade 4*
• Histories of Montana Tribes - Creating a Timeline - Grade 4*
• Human Expression and Transmission of Culture - Winter Counts - 3-5*
• Identifying Stereotypes and Countering Them - Grade 4*
• Indian Heroes and Role Models - Grade 4*
• Learning About Montana Indian Oral Traditions - Grade 5*
• Learning Steps in an Inquiry Process - Grade 3*
• Making Decisions Based on Best Information - Grade 4
• Montana Indians: Oral Traditions and History - Grade 3*
• Montana Indians Differ in Language and Culture - Grade 3*
• Montana Tribal Governments - Grade 3*
• Northern Cheyenne Cultural and Historic Connections to Land - Grade5*
• The Purposes of Tribal Government - Grade 5*
• The Reservations: Learning About Many Montana Indian Cultures - Grade 3*
• The Seven Indian Reservations of Montana - Grade 3*
• Strategic Skill: Evaluating Information Quality Using Electronic Sources - Grade 4*
• 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

• Essential Understanding One
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations

Resources

• Honoring Tribal Legacies: An Epic Journey of Healing Website
• Indian Reading Series, Education Northwest Web site
• 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

Lessons

• 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving - Grades 6-8*
• Analyzing Point of View - Chief Rosebud Remembers Lewis and Clark - Grades 7-8
• Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today-Grades 1-12
• Colonization and American Indian Perspectives - Grades 7-8*
• Critical Thinking About the Arrival of Columbus - Grades 6-8*
• Crossing Boundaries Through Art: Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
• The Diverse Make-up of Indian Communities - Grades 6-8*
• Explaining Factors Causing Conflict and Cooperation - Grades 6-8*
• Features of Montana Indian Reservations - Grades 7-8*
• Federal Indian Policy - Grades 6-8
  • Allotment
  • Boarding Schools*
  • Self Determination*
  • Termination
  • Treaty Period*
  • Tribal Reorganization*
• Historical Inaccuracy in Movies - Pocahontas and Peter Pan - Grades 7-8*
• Human Impacts on the Environment - Fire on the Land - Grades 6-8*
  • DVD available in your school library
• 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 - Grades 7-8*
• 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 6-8*
• The Power of Place: Place-Based Approaches to Researching Indigenous Montana Histories
• Principles of Democracy - Grades 7-8*
• Purposes of Tribal Governments - Grades 6-8*
• Quality of Information: Point of View and Bias 6-8*
• Tribal Land Features - Grade 6-8*
• Using Inquiry Processes to Research American Indian Issues - Grades 6-8*
• What is Culture? - Grade 6*
• Who is an Indian? - Grades 7-8*
• Wilma ManKiller - First Female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation - 6-12*

Individual Directed

• American Indians in the Military - A Warrior Spirit - Grades 7-12
• Ancient Art - Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon - Grades 6-12
• Ancient Islands in the Sky - Archaeology in the Beartooth Ice - Grades 6-12
• Bison Restoration: Resources for Learning about Contemporary American Indian Issues - Grades 6-12
• Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana - Grades 6-12
• Crazy Mountain Cathedral - Grades 6-12
• Crow Chief Plenty Coups - Grades 6-12
• Essential Understanding One - Grades 6-12
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nations - Grades 6-12
• Preserving the Sacredness of the Badger-Two Medicine - Grades 6-12
• Resilience in Indian Country: Yesterday and Today - Grades 6-12
• Sacrifice Cliff and a Deadly Pandemic - Grades 6-12
• Who Was Red Fox James - 6-12

Resources

• American Indians in the Military, Resources for Teaching about
• Indian Country Today: Leading weekly newspaper about issues in Indian country
• 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
• Shield Bearing Warriors at Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon & Crow Perspectives on Shields
• 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
• Warrior Spirit Article by Ellen Baumler

Lessons

• 100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice
  • Movie Trailer
• American Indian Perspectives
  • The Allotment Period*
  • The Boarding School Period*
  • Self-Determination*
  • Termination*
  • The Treaty Period*
  • Tribal Reorganization Period*
    • Slides
• Analysis of American Indians as Sports Mascots*
• Analyzing Multiple Viewpoints - The Lewis and Clark Expedition*
• 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 Use of Land by Different Groups
• Contemporary American Indian Issues*
• 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
• 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*
• Revitalizing Native American Languages*
• Two Worlds at Two Medicine: A Blackfeet Encounter with Lewis and Clark* 
• Who is an American Indian - Tribal Nation Membership Criteria*
• Wilma ManKiller - First Female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation*

• American Indians in the Military - A Warrior Spirit - Grades 7-12
• Ancient Art - Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon - Grades 6-12
• Ancient Islands in the Sky - Archaeology in the Beartooth Ice - Grades 6-12*
• Bison Restoration: Resources for Learning about Contemporary American Indian Issues - Grades 6-12
• Contemporary Indigenous Artists of Montana - Grades 6-12
• Crazy Mountain Cathedral - Grades 6-12
• Crow Chief Plenty Coups - Grades 6-12
• Essential Understanding One - Grades 6-12
• Learning About the Seals of the Montana Tribal Nation - Grades 6-12
• Learning About Tribal Sovereignty - Grades 9-12
• Resilience in Indian Country: Yesterday and Today - Grades 6-12
• Sacrifice Cliff and a Deadly Pandemic - Grades 6-12
• Who Was Red Fox James? - Grades 6-12

Resources

• American Indians in the Military, Resources for Teaching About
• 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
• 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
• Shield Bearing Warriors at Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon & Crow Perspectives Regarding Shields*
• The Tribal Nations of Montana: A Handbook for Legislators 
• Using Primary Source Documents to Understand Tribal Sovereignty
• Warrior Spirit Article by Ellen Baumler

• Boarding School Resources - The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
  • Curriculum Resources 
  • Map of Schools in Montana
  • Recommended Reading
• Crow and Northern Cheyenne Perspectives-Western Heritage Center 
• Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians
  • Essential Understandings Key Concepts
  • Essential Understandings Poster
• Evaluating American Indian Materials and Resources for the Classroom
• Everyday Native Project
• Fast Facts About Montana Tribal Governments
• History and Foundation of American Indian Education
• Honoring Tribal Legacies
• Interior, US Department of the Indian Affairs FAQ
• 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
• Lewis and Clark Trail - Tribal Legacy Project: Digital Archive Presenting Tribal Perspectives on Our Shared History Website (Note:this site requires latest version of Adobe Flash Player)
• 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
• Resilience: Stories of Twenty Indian Women
• Seals of Montana Tribal Nations
• 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)
• Turtle Island Tales-Indigenous Grandmother Wisdom for Strong Families
• University of Montana Native News 2022-Tribes Confront Climate Threats
• U. S. Climate Resilience Toolkit for Tribal Nations
• 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