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 Chapter 12: The American Frontier
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Index of Native American Nations on the Internet |
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MIDWEST TREATY NETWORK: An alliance of Indian and non-Indian groups supporting Native American sovereignty |
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"The Case of Leonard Peltier" (Peltier was convicted for the deaths of two FBI agents who died during a 1975 shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - he claims he is innocent.) |
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Kiowa Drawings: A collection from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives including 19th century drawings on buffalo hide and faded paper, as well as 20th century paintings |
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Virgin Land: The American West As Symbol and Myth, by Henry Nash Smith |
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"Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America" (a Library of Congress exhibition) |
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"Manifest Destiny - the philosophy that created a nation": comprehensive, well-structured essay by Michael T. Lubragge (from the coining of the phrase, in 1845, to its development in the 20th century) |
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Space Policy Digest - Archive (essays and articles on the risks and opportunities that space programs may entail) |
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Electronic Frontier Foundation: "Defending Freedom in the Digital World" |
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The Old West: "Custer's Last Stand", "Massacre at Wounded Knee" and eight other standard topics, retold and illustrated |
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The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |
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Cowboy Photographer Erwin E. Smith: "This online exhibit [...] capture[s] the world of the cowboy around the turn of the 20th century." (incl. teaching resources) |
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The Oregon Trail - "the award-winning story of the great western journey" |
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The Cherokee Trail of Tears (1838 - 1839): The Cherokee, one of the Five Civilized Tribes, were forced to relocate from their native homeland; they walked 800-1,000 miles to Indian Territory, which now is the state of Oklahoma. |
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The Gold Rush: "comprehensive guide to the epic quest for gold" (incl. teachers' section offering "test questions, vocabulary, activities, discussion ideas") |
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The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific Northwest |
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Voices of the Colorado Plateau: an online multimedia museum collection featuring oral history recordings and historic photographs that document life on the Colorado Plateau |
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The West: New Perspectives (comprehensive guide to the eight-part documentary series by PBS; useful background material) |
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Alaska: Where Russian and American Frontiers Met (a site in English and in Russian) |
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