Resource Chapters

This resource is designed to enhance the study of many subject areas, including Language Arts, Native American History, United States History, Social Studies, Current Events, Photography, Poetry and Art.

All available chapters are listed below. Clicking on them will take you to an introduction page for each chapter.

New Video: Watch the new Walking Together series, five short videos introduced by Peter Coyote.

Evening Sky Over Bear Butte, Black Hills, South Dakota, 2008 by Sue Reynolds

Reservation Life Introduction

Reservation and other lands once promised to or freely traveled by Native Americans recall the history of conflict between tribes and the U. S. Government and Army.

New Video: Watch the new Walking Together series, five short videos introduced by Peter Coyote.

Mission Mountains Sunset, Flathead Reservation, Montana, 2007 by Sue Reynolds

Mother Earth Introduction

No single view of nature existed or exists among the hundreds of Native American tribes in the United States, but common beliefs and practices regarding nature’s land and animals have included appreciation, respect and reverence.

Red Fancy Dancer, Arlee Celebration, Montana, 2006 by Sue Reynolds

Reclaiming Culture Introduction

A long and complex history of U.S. Government repression of American Indian cultural and religious practices emerged around the concept and policies of "Manifest Destiny," which paved the way for Europeans to settle across the United States.