Category: Indigenous Culture

Indigenous Culture

Indigenous Bentwood Box Handout

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Bentwood boxes were used by Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific Northwest for many purposes including storing food, clothing, supplies, and spiritual or ceremonial items. Bentwood is a way of shaping wood by using water and most bentwood boxes were made with a single plank of cedar wood. The wood is …

Indigenous Culture

Indigenous Coil Pots Craft Handout

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Coil pots were common among the Southwestern Indigenous Tribes. Most of the oldest coil pots that have been recovered were made by three different pre-Columbian tribes/cultures – the Anasazi (ancestors to the Pueblo people), the Mogollon, and the Hohokam. Materials: Modeling Magic/Polymer Clay/Modeling Clay, tools to roll and cut the …

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SOUTHWESTERN TRIBES AND INDIGENOUS MUSIC

 

SOUTHWESTERN TRIBES AND INDIGENOUS MUSIC (HISTORICAL AND MODERN)  Learning Targets  I can identify some attributes of early Southwestern Indigenous peoples. I can understand some distinct sounds of Indigenous flutes.   Key Terms Apache Navajo  Coyote Trickster Hogan Pueblo Yuman Music  Oral Tradition Netting  Warbling Learn more about the original Southwestern …

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SOUTHEASTERN TRIBES & MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN

 

Photo by William Murphy, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr  Learning Targets  I can identify the original Indigenous tribes of the Southeastern Tribes. I can discuss the issue of the lack of media coverage of missing and abused Indigenous women. I can discuss Betty Osceola’s role in Indigenous Peoples’ history in …