First on this Land
Growing up in the Northwest you can't help encounter Native Americans, their culture and their people. Mountains, rivers, valleys, counties, towns, cities and more are named after Native Americans. We can't get away from then and we don't want to.
This unit will be more Pacific Northwest Native Americans, but there will be a sprinkling of other cultures especially as we study the history of our country.
Please see the
BSA Merit Badge on
Indian Lore.
Please see the General History
page for more books and links.
| Resources--books | Resources--websites | Projects | Writing Assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
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A Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History by Walter C. Fleming (Alpha, 2003; ISBN 0028644697) |
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American Indian Fairy Tales illustrated by John Rae (Derrydale, 1994; ISBN 0517101777) |
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Footsteps in Time, The Plains People (Children's Press) |
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How Would You Survive as an American Indian? By Scott Steedman illustrated by Mark Bergin (orchard)* |
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If You Lived with the Sioux Indians by Ann McGovern illustrated by Jean Syverud Drew* |
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Illustrated Myths of Native America by Tim McNeese, illustrated by Richard Hook ( Sterling, 1999; ISBN 0713727004) |
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Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest by Ella Clark (Berkley, 1953; ISBN0520239261) |
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Indians of the Northwest by Petra Press (Courage Books, 1997; ISBN 0762400722) |
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Indians of the Pacific Northwest by Vine Deloria, Jr. (Doubleday, 1977; ISBN 0385097913) |
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Legends of the Great Chiefs by Emerson N. Matson (Thomas Nelson, 1972; ISBN 0840762429) |
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Native People of the Northwest by Jan Halliday and Gail Chehak (Sasquatch Books, 2000; ISBN 1670612412 |
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Native Plant Stories by Joseph Bruchac, (Fulcrum, 1995; ISBN 1555912125) |
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Never Before in History by Gary Amos and Richard Gardiner* |
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North American Indians by Marie and Douglas Gorsline* |
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Southwest Peoples (Kids Discover) January 2003* |
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Spirit of the First People; Native American Music Traditions of Washington State by Willie Smyth and Esme Ryan (UW Press, 1999; ISBN 0295977329) |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide Native American History by Walter C. Fleming (Alpha, 2003; ISBN 0028644697) |
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The Native American Almanac by Arlene Hirschfelder (Macmillan, 1993; ISBN 0671850121) |
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Traditions and Change on the Northwest Coast by Ruth Kirk (UW Press, 1986; ISBN 0295966289) |
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Who Were the First North Americans? By Philippa Wingate & Struan Reid illustrated by David Cuzik (Usborne Starting Point History)* |
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Native American and the Reservation in American History (Enslow) |
Nez Perce Tribe:
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Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce by Bill McAuliffe (Bridgestone Books, 1998; ISBN 156065704) |
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Nez Perce by Madelyn Klein Anderson (Franklin Watts, 1994, ISBN 0531156869) |
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Nez Perce by Mary A. Stout (Gareth Stevens, 2003; ISBN 0836836669) |
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Nez Perce People by Mary Null Boule (Merryant Publishers, 1998; ISBN 1877599530) |
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The Nez Perce by Raymond Bial (Benchmark, 2002; ISBN 0761412107) |
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The Nez Perce Indians by Mark Rifkin (Chelsea House, 1994; ISBN 0791016684) |
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Thunder Rolling; the Story of Chief Joseph by Helen Markley Miller (Putnam, 1959) |
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Thunder Rolling in the Mountains by Scott O'Dell and Elizabeth Hall |
Activity Books:
| Indian Sign Language by William Tomkins (Dover, 1969; 048622029)* |
| Native American Crafts by Judith Hoffman Corwin (Franklin Watts, 2002; ISBN 0531155943) |
| Traditional Crafts from Native North America by Florence Temko (Lerner, 1997; ISBN 0822529343) |
Fiction:
| Soun Tetoken; Nez Perce Boy Tames a Stallion by Kenneth Thomasma (Baker Book House, 1984; ISBN 1801088739 |
| The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin, illustrated by David Shannon (Scholastic, 1992; ISBN 0590469320)* |
Audio/visual:
| In the Land of the Totem Poles by Michel Voitte (Cinema guild) |
| Pueblo; (Indians of North America video series, schlessinger, 1995) |
American Indian Nations series (Bridgestone Books, 2003)
| The Cherokee: An Independent Nation |
| The Iroquois: The Six nations Confederacy |
| The Ojibwa: People of the Great Lakes |
| The Pueblo: Farmers of the Southwest |
| The Seminole: The First People of Florida |
| The Sioux: People of the Great Plains |
Websites
Projects
| Pick a tribe and do a report with visual aids. |
| We did this with the BSA Indian Lore Merit Badge. |
Writing assignments
Creative Writing:
| Poems |
| Write a story as if you were a young Native American who encountered white man for the first time. |
| Describe what it must be like to be at a pow-wow as a young warrior. |
Reports:
| What significance does diseases play in Native American culture? |
| Report on a specific tribe. |
Completed November, 2004
Last update: December, 2006
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