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Additional Information and Resources for Chapter 3
Who Arrived in Montana When?
There is a fair amount of dissension among tribal cultural experts,
historians, and others about when various tribes arrived in Montana and
from where they came. We've done our best to present as accurate a story
as we could in this chapter, but teachers should be aware that experts
disagree. This might be a good place to talk about how we know what we
know. (See Essential Understanding #3 and Chapter 2 of the teacher's
guide for more details.)
Other resources available include
Educational Trunks
Lifeways of Montana's First People from the Montana Historical
Society. This trunk emphasizes the various tribal lifeways of the people
who utilized the land we now know as Montana in the years around 1800.
Montana Indian Stories Lit Kit from the Montana Historical Society.
This trunk immerses students in storytelling and the oral tradition with
seven class sets of Montana Indian stories collected for the Indian
Reading Series (1972) and reprinted by the Montana Historical Society
Press. The lit kit includes animal puppets and User Guide. NOTE: Out of
respect for the storytelling customs of many Montana Indian people, this
kit will be made available for use in the winter months (November
through March).
Websites and Online Lesson Plans
The resources related to Montana's Indian tribes are vast.
The Indian
Education Division of the Office of Public Instruction is an
excellent clearinghouse.
Montanatribes.org includes
learning activities and quick links to the
Montana tribes' official websites. Most remarkable, however, is the
site's
digital archives. Here you can find hundreds of short video clips
video clips addressing a wide spectrum of topics from tribal
perspectives. The interviews are organized around the Essential
Understandings, and touch on issues from sovereignty to cultural
continuity, to individual and tribal diversity.
Possible Fieldtrips
Cultural
Center "The People's Center," Pablo
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Culture Center and Museum, Poplar,
406-768-5155 ext. 328
Montana Historical Society, Helena
Museum of the Plains Indian, Browning
Museum of
the Rockies, Bozeman
St. Labre Indian School and Museum, Ashland
Also see the fieldtrip suggestions for
Chapter 2.
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Detail, "Double Ball," illustration from
North American
Indians . . . 1832-1839, vol. 2, by George Catlin (Edinburgh, 1926)
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Detail, Mounted Warriors, drawing by White Bear, Montana
Historical Society Museum X1961.16.03
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Detail, Preparing and Cooking Camas, Gary Schildt, Montana
Historical Society Museum
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Detail, Ceremony for Successful Buffalo Hunt, William
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