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Dion, Susan – 1990
This curriculum unit introduces students to the relationship between the federal government and American Indians through five narrative descriptions of the related legislation, laws, and court interpretations. The narratives cover: (1) the historical basis of federal Indian law and the government-to-government relationship; (2) legal definitions…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indians, Court Litigation, Federal Indian Relationship
Wyoming Law-Related Education Advisory Council, Cheyenne. – 1993
This document is intended to give students an overview of laws in Wyoming. Subjects covered include civil and criminal law; courts in Wyoming; juvenile law, juvenile court procedure; rights of children; family law; employment law; automobile-related law; laws affecting the schools; and citizenship rights and responsibilities. The laws and courts…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Law, Constitutional Law

Ghere, David L. – OAH Magazine of History, 1995
Presents a high school lesson plan on the Casco Bay Treaty, an agreement between Native Americans and colonial governments in the pre-Revolutionary War era. Includes student objectives, historical background, and instructional strategies. Provides two primary source documents related to the treaty. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Classroom Techniques
Eck, Norman K. – 1982
Written specifically for Navajo junior high through college students, but also serving those interested in modern reservation developments and processs, the third volume of a curricular series on Navajo history provides a synthesis of data and pictorial records on current events in the areas of Navajo government, economic development, and health.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Cornelius, Carol – 1990
This document consists of teacher and student guides that provide a historical overview of the Six Nations from precontact with the Europeans to the present day. The Six Nations consist of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora tribes. These tribes call themselves the Haudenosaunee and are often referred to as the Iroquois.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Reservations

Pyne, John; Sesso, Gloria – OAH Magazine of History, 1995
Presents a high school lesson plan about U.S. government policy regarding Native Americans that is based on the National Standards for United States History. Includes a map, a reprint of a painting, and five primary source documents. Provides student objectives and step-by-step instructional procedures. (CFR)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Classroom Techniques, Democratic Values
McCarty, T. L.; Wallace, Stephen – 1983
This history of Navajo leadership and government, part of the sixth-ninth grade Navajo bilingual-bicultural social studies curriculum from the Navajo Curriculum Centers, covers types of government from the animal leaders of Navajo legend to modern times. The text is divided into five chapters: "The First Leaders,""New Neighbors--New…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indian Reservations
Lipka, Jerry; Willer, Cristy – 1985
Written with the broad goal of involving high school students in Bristol Bay, Alaska, in the planning and design of their region's future, this combined teacher guide and student text contains the third and fourth units of a seven-unit curriculum. Unit III covers the terms of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the complicated issues…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Business
Lipka, Jerry; Willer, Cristy – 1985
This combined teacher guide and student text is written with the broad goal of involving high school students in Bristol Bay, Alaska, in the planning and design of their region's future. Unit I introduces changes occurring on village and regional levels, discusses planning strategies for community development, and presents village profiles for…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Business