Native American Resources for Teachers

General Websites

• The Heard Museum: Native Cultures and Art An internationally acclaimed museum in Pheonix, this site offers information about various exhibitions. Check out their FAQ for some great info on Southwestern tribes.

• The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute. This site offers everything from articles on techniques and aesthetics to a list of basket weaving associations.

• Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples This is a teacher's activity guide for fourth through eighth grades, and contains a comprehensive history of NC tribes.

• USC Lesson Plans This site has Native American lesson plans and activities for elementary grades.

• Native Tech Free interactive online Native American games and toys.

• UNCP Museum of the Native American Resource Center This site, with special emphasis on Robeson County tribes, has a great FAQ, image gallery, videos clips, and articles.

• LearnNC This site has Native American lesson plans for various age groups.

• Native Culture Links has a comprehensive list of tribes, as well as a list of links for further study.

Websites for Specific Tribes

Cherokee

• Cherokee North Carolina has information about the history and culture of the tribe, with articles about notable Cherokees.

• Museum of the Cherokee Indian Excellent source for Cherokee source documents and history.

Lumbee

• The Lumbee Indians: An Annotated Bibliography Supplement A good source for research.

• Official Lumbee Website of North Carolina Great source of historical and cultural information, with an interesting news section.

Catawba

• The Catawba Cultural Preservation Project has a history of the Catawba tribe, a news section, as well as biographies of master potters of Catawba.

• Catawba Indian Tribe History This site offers history and records of the tribe.

• Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History A history of the Catawba Indians and their pottery, with photographs.

• South Carolina Government Site General facts about the tribe with a list of further resources.

This page created by Jessica Sedgwick for The Mint Museum.