The KIDS Report is published with the support of the Internet Scout Project and the National Science Foundation, and with a generous grant from John and Tashia Morgridge.
The KIDS Report is a biweekly publication produced by K-12 students as a resource to other K-12 students. It is an ongoing, cooperative effort of 12 classrooms from around the United States. Teachers assist and provide support; however, students select, evaluate and annotate all resources included in every issue of the KIDS Report.
This issue of the KIDS Report, dated March 30, 1999, was written and produced by students at Whitehorse Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
This huge index is a great website for and about Native Americans. It was developed for educational purposes by one person who has a personal interest in the topic. This site will give you a lot of information about Native Americans. When you first get into this site it gives you many choices. The Galleries section is aimed at people who plan to buy Native art. A good place to go is Culture. Culture is organized by tribe and area, but also includes a search engine so you can search for information about specific tribes. Another useful link is museums. This link gives a list of links to Native American museums in the United States.
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Index of the North American Indian
http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribalindex.html
The information in this website was gathered from Edward Curtis' life work, The North American Indian, between 1890 and 1930, a 20 volume publication. In each volume there are three to eight tribes, such as Mohave, Maricopa, Qahatika, Pima, Papago, Yumma, Mountain Yumma, Apache, Jicarilla, Navajo, and more. The greatest thing about this site is that you can find information about language, dress, culture, religion, quotes, dwellings, etc. for all the tribes listed. There are also pictures in this site...and a lot of them! This is an excellent site to use because there are so many different tribes and there is so much information about each tribe. It's fun and easy to use. I would recommend this site to anyone in fifth grade and up.
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Little Eagles http://www.olynet.com/users/phoenix/index.htm This link's site is called Little Eagles Native links. It is a personal website created by someone who spent two years tracing his ancestry. Most of the links are informative and helpful. The site is grouped by subject. The subjects are: Nation & Tribal Links, Informational Links, Native American Media & Entertainment, Native American Stories, Language Links & Genealogy Links. The Nation and Tribal Links page includes websites of about 40 different tribes, including the Cherokee and Oneida. The site has an audio component, but it is not needed to access the site. You can also page the creator of the site, join the chat room, email the creator, or view the users' lists. This site has everything necessary for teachers and students who are doing a report on Native Americans.
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Maine Indian Tribes
http://www.abbemuseum.org/nativepeople%20copy/nativepeople.html
This is a site from the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine. It begins by describing each of the four Maine Indian tribes: Maliseet, Micmac, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy. There is a tribal location map. There are links to Basketry Workshops and Archaeology. It is a good intro to the Penobscot, Micmac, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy tribes. I would recommend this site to anyone in 4th grade or older.
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Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org/
Native Web is a very good site for several reasons. When you first enter this site, you have a variety of choices such as: Native Tech, Resources, Site Map, Contact Us, and more. Under Site Map, you will find a large list of things to look up, such as Stonework, Nations Index, Declarations, Events, etc. Under Native Tech you will find bead work, plants and trees, recipes, and so on. There is so much material here, you won't believe it! Also, you can find information about indigenous people from other countries under Abya Yala Net. I recommend this site for kids ten and up. It was developed and is being maintained by a volunteer organization of ten people around the United States and Canada. This is an excellent site to use because it is easy to use and easy to read.
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Tribe Finder
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/maps/findtrib.html
The Tribe Finder home page is a large map with many tribes listed. Click on the name of the tribe you want to learn about and then click on the specific area you're interested in, and the Tribe Finder will list possible sites for that tribe. Some of the sites may be about tribal history and tribal culture. Tribe Finder is a great source for people looking for information about Native American tribes. The Tribe Finder gives people a lot of sites with information on the tribe that they may need for a school project or just for fun! The Tribe Finder is slow to load on a Mac 5200. I recommend this site for grades three and up.
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The KIDS Report is produced twice monthly by students from one of the twelve participating classrooms with support from the Internet Scout Project, the National Science Foundation, and a grant from John and Tashia Morgridge. The students involved are responsible for all aspects of the report, including its title and the site evaluation criteria.
These Internet resources were evaluated on the basis of the Site Selection Guidelines that the students developed. Questions and comments can be sent to the facilitating teacher at Whitehorse Middle School, Ms. Tina Krouth, at kkrouth@madison.k12.wi.us
Questions and comments about the KIDS Report in general are welcomed at scout@cs.wisc.edu.
Copyright Susan Calcari and the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 1994-1999. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of the KIDS Report provided the copyright notice and this paragraph is preserved on all copies. The Internet Scout Project provides information about the Internet to the US research and education community under a grant from the National Science Foundation, number NCR-9712163. The Government has certain rights in this material.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Wisconsin - Madison or the National Science Foundation.
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