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Materials Related to Assiniboine Indians

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A Life in Beads: The Stories a Plains Dress Can Tell
by National Museum of the American Indian
http://americanindian.si.edu/education/files/NMAI_lifeinbeads.pdf

Teaching poster for grades 4-6 with accompanying lesson plans and activities that explore the traditional art of dressmaking and dress decoration among women of Native American tribes from the Great Plains region. Through the stories and art of contemporary women from the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes in Montana, students will learn about materials used in the past and today, as well as the cultural values and meanings behind dress decoration. Meets national curriculum standards for Social Studies. (10 p. PDF)

Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities; Posters Language: English
Subjects: Decorative arts; Geography; History; Indian women; Montana--Social life and customs; Indians of North America; Sioux Indians; Beadwork; Assiniboine Indians; Dressmaking; Women artists; Clothing and dress; Decoration and ornament; Great Plains--Social life and customs
Geographic locations: Great Plains; United States; Montana

Sponsoring Organization:
National Museum of the American Indian
Fourth Street & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington DC 20560
(202) 633-6996
http://www.nmai.si.edu/


Lone Dog's Winter Count: Keeping History Alive
by National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/files/poster_lone_dog_final.pdf

Teaching poster developed for 4th through 8th grades to explore the oral culture and history-keeping techniques of the Nakota people who made the Lone Dog Winter Count. Originally, languages of the Northern Great Plains Indians were not written, but spoken. Using oral tradition, Native communities developed creative tools to help them remember their complex histories. A "winter count" was one way that Nakota storytellers recorded their histories and kept track of the passage of years. Poster includes lesson plan on the Native American practice of making winter counts and activities for creating pictograph calendars as mnemonic devices. Meets national curriculum standards for Social Studies. (10 p. PDF)

Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 Curriculum: Math; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities; Posters Language: English
Subjects: History; Assiniboine Indians; North Dakota--Social life and customs; Nakota Indians; Oral tradition; Storytelling; Pictographs; South Dakota--Social life and customs; Indians of North America; Geography; Great Plains--Social life and customs
Geographic locations: Great Plains; South Dakota; North Dakota

Sponsoring Organization:
National Museum of the American Indian
Fourth Street & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington DC 20560
(202) 633-6996
http://www.nmai.si.edu/


 

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