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 6-12) 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 K-5) The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story by Leah Dorion Lesson and Resources

(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)
• 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

• A Life in Beads: The Stories a Plains Dress Can Tell
• 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

• 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

• First Voices Storytelling Project

• 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
• Comparing and Contrasting Native American Metal Art with Other Mediums
• 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

• First Voices Storytelling Project

• Ojibwe Artist Jonathan Good Thunder - PBS American Masters

• Songs for Asking

Categorized by Reservation

Blackfeet

Crow

Flathead (Salish, Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille)

Fort Belknap (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre)

Fort Peck (Assiniboine, Sioux)

Little Shell

Northern Cheyenne

Rocky Boy's (Chippewa, Cree)

• 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
• 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 Mike Jetty, (406) 444-0720 mjetty@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 Mike Jetty, (406) 444-0720 mjetty@mt.gov

Lessons

• Finding Our Roots: Indigenous Foods and The Food Sovereignty Movement
• 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 Mike Jetty, (406) 444-0720 mjetty@mt.gov
• What is Food Sovereignty?

Lessons

• Finding Our Roots: Indigenous Foods and The Food Sovereignty Movement
  • VTS Images
• Native Ball: Legacy of a Trailblazer - PBS Learning Media
• 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 Mike Jetty, (406) 444-0720 mjetty@mt.gov
• What is Food Sovereignty?
• Why Do The Foods We Eat Matter? (Lesson Plan from Native Knowledge 360)

Categorized by Reservation

Blackfeet

Crow

Flathead (Salish, Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille)

Fort Belknap (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre)

Fort Peck (Assiniboine, Sioux)

Little Shell

Northern Cheyenne

Rocky Boy's (Chippewa, Cree)

• 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
• The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Métis Story
• 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
• The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story by Leah Dorion Lesson and Resources
• 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
• The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Métis Story
• 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 by M.L. Smoker

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
• The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story by Leah Dorion - Lesson and Resources
• 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
• 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
• Lily Gladstone
• Playing for the World: 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School Girls Basketball Team DVD
• Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell
• Thunderous by M.L. Smoker
• 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
• 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
• Lily Gladstone
• Playing for the World: 1904 Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School Girls Basketball Team DVD
• Thunderous by M. L. Smoker
• 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

Categorized by Reservation

Blackfeet

Indian Reading Series

• Level 1: Friends, Book 16     Helpers, Book 8     A Little Boy's Big Moment, Book 18     School, Book 3
• Level 2: Napi and the Bullberries, Book 17     Pat learns About Wild Peppermint, Book 5
• Level 3: The Blacktail Dance, Book 3     Napi's Journey, Book 17     Old Man Napi, Book 18     Warrior People, Book 21     The Wild Buffalo Ride, Book 15
• Level 5: The Lodge Journey and the Lone Pine Tree, Book 5     The Skull Story and Ghost Woman, Book 4
• Level 6: A Cultural Change, Book 4     The Memorable Chiefs, Book 3 

Crow

Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond - Model Lesson Grades 5-8

Elk Morning At The Battle of Arrow Creek - Model Lesson Pre-K-2

Elk Morning Counts His First Coup

Indian Reading Series

• Level 1: Birds and People, Book 11 (lesson plan)     Far Out, A Rodeo Horse, Book 9 (lesson plan)     My Name is Pop, Book 13     Santa Claus Comes to the Reservation, Book 14
• Level 2: End of Summer, Book 1     Grandma Rides in the Parade, Book 7     Tepee, Sun and Time, Book 14     Water Story, Book 15
• Level 3: I am a Rock, Book 16

Flathead (Salish, Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille)

Brothers on Three - Model Teaching Unit, high school

Indian Reading Series

• Level 2: Coyote and the Man Who Sits on Top, Book 12
• Level 3: Coyote and the Mean Mountain Sheep, Book 20     Coyote and Trout, Book 10     How Marten Got His Spots, Book 4
• Level 4: Coyote Stories, Book 15     Little Weasel's Dream, Book 7     Kootenai Stories, Book 11     Tepee Making, Book 19
• Level 5: Buffalo of the Flathead, Book 9     Mary Queequeesue's Love Story, Book 6
• Level 6: Medicine Woman Saves Flatheads from Warring Enemy, Book 17     One That Got Away, Book 16     The Story of Wild Horse Island, Book 18     Willie's Tribe, Book 19

Fort Belknap (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre)

Indian Reading Series

• Level 4: Chief Mountain's Medicine, Book 12     How the Summer Season Came, Book 6
• Level 5: Broken Shoulder (How the Big Dipper and the North Star Came to Be), Book 13     How Horses First Came to the Gros Ventre and Red Bird's Death, Book 17 

Fort Peck (Assiniboine, Sioux)

Fort Peck PlaceNames Interdisciplinary Unit

Indian Reading Series

• Level 2: The Crow, Book 13
• Level 3: How the Morning and Evening Starts Came to Be, Book 7     Inkdomi and the Buffalo, Book 12     The Turtle Who Went to War, Book 19
• Level 4: Assiniboine Woman Making Grease, Book 4     Coyote, Book 5     Sioux Stories and Legends, Book 10
• Level 5: Duckhead Necklace and Indian Love Story, Book 15     Ghost Stories, Book 7     How the Big Dipper and North Star Came to Be, Book 14  

                         White Rabbit, Book 16

• Level 6: Scabby Bear, Book 9     Story About the Sun and the Moon, Book 10

Little Shell

The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story by Leah Dorion - Lesson and Resources

Northern Cheyenne

Indian Reading Series

• Level 1: Insects Off to War - Book 5     Philene and Buttons - Book 4 (lesson plan)
• Level 2: Bob-Tailed Coyote, Book 8
• Level 4: The Bear Tepee, Book 9
• Level 5: Little Ghost Bull and the Story of Firemaker, Book 1
• Level 6: Long Hair, Book 11

Rocky Boy's (Chippewa, Cree)

• 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
• The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story
• Indigenous Celestial Knowledge
• 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
• The Sun Child - Educational Newspaper

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

Categorized by Reservation

Blackfeet

Buffalo Runner, Model Lesson, Grade 2

Graphing Old man's Journey - Model Lesson, Grade 8

Shapes in the Blackfeet Language - Model Lesson, Kindergarten

Crow

Seven Stars-Logarithms - Model lesson, Algebra II/Integrated Mathematics 

Flathead (Salish, Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille)

Fort Belknap (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre)

Fort Peck (Assiniboine, Sioux)

Little Shell

Northern Cheyenne

Ko'ko'hasenestôtse: “The Art of Clicking Things Together” - Model Lesson, Grade 7

Rocky Boy's (Chippewa, Cree)

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

Categorized by Reservation

Blackfeet

Blackfeet Song - Blackfeet Star Stories

Crow

Crow Lullaby - Crow Star Stories

Flathead (Salish, Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille)

Fort Belknap (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre)

Fort Peck (Assiniboine, Sioux)

Little Shell

Northern Cheyenne

Rocky Boy's (Chippewa, Cree)

• 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 - 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

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 Skywatchers

Categorized by Reservation

Blackfeet

Blackfeet Astronomy

• Teachers Guide
• Videos
• Model Lesson, Student Directed, Grades 4-8

Crow

Crow Astronomy

• Teachers Guide
• Videos
• Model Lesson, Student Directed, Grades 4-8

Flathead (Salish, Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille)

Explore the River: Bull Trout, Tribal People, and the Jocko River - videos on front page - for the curriculum, click on the Explore The River pull down menu on the top right, and go to curriculum

Fire on the Land: Native People and Fire in the Northern Rockies - videos on front page - for the curriculum, click on the Fire on the Land pull down menu on the top right, and go to curriculum

Salish PlaceNames Project

Teacher Resources

Fort Belknap (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre)

Fort Peck (Assiniboine, Sioux)

Buffalo Unity Project (Poplar Public Schools)

Fort Peck PlaceNames Interdisciplinary Unit - High School

Little Shell

Northern Cheyenne

Rocky Boy's (Chippewa, Cree)

• American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges
• Animal Field Guide to the Flathead Reservation
• Big Sky Science Partnership Web site
• Building Background Knowledge: What is Indigenous Science and Why Does it Matter in the Science Classroom
• 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
• Four Directions Teachings
• 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
• Indigenous Celestial Knowledge
• 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
• Taku Skan Skan Wasakhyapi - Global Institute for Traditional Sciences (GIFTS)
• Understanding Climate Change on the Flathead Reservation - CSKT Strategic Plan
• 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*
• The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story
• 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*
• How Native Americans Lived in the Past and Today - Grades K-2*
• 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*
• The Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story
• 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
• Celebrating Native American Women IEFA Resources*
• 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
• Declaration of Independence Bias Lesson *
• 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*
• Lily Gladstone*
• Little Shell *
  • Introduction   Entire Series
  • Anishinaabe - Lesson 1     Lesson 2
  • McCumber Commission (The 10-Cent Treaty) - Lesson 1     Lesson 2
  • Chief Little Shell - Lesson 1     Lesson 2
  • Who Are the Metis - Lesson 1     Lesson 2     Lesson 3
  • Buffalo Economy and Red River Carts - Lesson 1     Lesson 2     Lesson 3
  • Metis Archipelago - Lesson 1     Lesson 2
  • Landless Indians in the 20th Century - Lesson 1     Lesson 2
  • Federal Recognition - Lesson 1     Lesson 2     The Day That Finally Came Slide Show
• Montana Indian Tribal Cultures - Grade 6
• Movement Patterns Leading to Interdependence and/or Conflict - 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*
• The Story of the Bitterroot Grade 8 - Watch the video here
• 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*
• Women's History Month - 21 Indigenous Women

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
• Honoring Our Native Veterans: Warriors in Uniform
• Warrior Spirit Article by Ellen Baumler

Lessons

• 100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice
  • Movie Trailer
• Ako Mic Mi (Feathers) - Blackfoot Mapmaker 1801 *
• 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
• Celebrate Native American Women IEFA Resources*
• The Colonization Era - An Interview with Dr. James Loewen*
• Comparing Use of Land by Different Groups
• Contemporary American Indian Issues*
• Declaration of Independence Bias 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
• Lily Gladstone*
• Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian policy: A Case of Contradictions
• 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*
• Shield Bearing Warriors at Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon & Apsáalooke (Crow) Perspectives Regarding Shields
• 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
• Women's History Month - 21 Indigenous Women

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
• 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
• Honoring Our Native Veterans: Warriors in Uniform
• Warrior Spirit Article by Ellen Baumler

Categorized by Reservation

Blackfeet

Days of the Blackfeet (Tribal History Project)

Days of the Blackfeet (Tribal History Project DVD)

Timeline of Reservation

Two Worlds at Two Medicine: A Blackfeet Encounter with Lewis and Clark - High School

Crow

The Apsáalooke (Crow Indians) of Montana: A Tribal Histories Teachers' Guide (Tribal History Project)

Crow Chief Plenty Coups - Grades 6-12 (Student Directed Lesson)

Crow Expressions (Western Heritage Center)

Timeline of Reservation

Flathead (Salish, Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille)

Timeline of Reservation

Tribal Civics:   Curriculum   Videos

Teacher Resources

Fort Belknap (Assiniboine, Gros Ventre)

Selena Ditmar - Nakoda (Tribal History Project video)

Elmer Main - Aaniiih (Tribal History Project, video)

Minerva Allen - Nakoda (Tribal History Project, video)

Timeline of Reservation

Fort Peck (Assiniboine, Sioux)

Buffalo Unity Project (Poplar Public Schools)

Fort Peck PlaceNames Interdisciplinary Unit

The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, 1800-2000

Timeline of Reservation

Little Shell Chippewa

Northern Cheyenne

Bringing the Story of the Cheyenne People to the Children of Today Grades 1-12

Northern Cheyenne Cultural and Historic Connections to Land - Grade 5

Northern Cheyenne Expressions (Western Heritage Center)

Timeline of Reservation

Tribal Land Features

Rocky Boy's (Chippewa, Cree)

The History of the Chippewa Cree of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation (Tribal History Project)

Timeline of Reservation

• Ahtove - Northern Cheyenne Voices
• Boarding School Resources - The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
  • Curriculum Resources 
  • Map of Schools in Montana
  • Recommended Reading
• Buffalo Treaty 
• Celebrate Native American Women IEFA Resources
• 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
• the Giving Tree: A Retelling of a Traditional Metis Story
• History and Foundation of American Indian Education
• Honoring Our Veterans: Warriors in Uniform
• Honoring Tribal Legacies
• Interior, US Department of the Indian Affairs FAQ
• 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)
• Life in the Land - Connecting People and Place in Montana
• 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
• Montana 250 Commission
• National Musuem of the American Indian Online Exhibitions
• Native Memory Project
• Nakona Media - Indigenous digital media library 
• 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 Sun Child - Educational Newspaper
• 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
• Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative
• Winter Count (South Dakota Public Broadcasting)
• Your Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Pow Wows