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Directions:

Select a American Indian Tribal Nation (from where you grew up, where you live now, or one of your choice) and research the way that they portray themselves using multimodal digital resources. For example, look up their official website or publications that they produce.

  • Are there photos, videos, music, etc.?
  • What genres of alphabetic text are used - journalistic, personal blogs, fiction, etc.?

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Resources:

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Sharon: Mashpee Wampanoag

“The Mashpee Wampanoag are one of three surviving tribes of the original sixty-nine in the Wampanoag Nation.”

https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/timeline/

https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/museum

https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/powwow-2018/

July 6-8 97th Annual Powwow

Mashpee /ˈmæʃpi/ is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod. The population was 14,006 as of 2010.[1] It is the site of the headquarters and most members of the federally recognized Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, one of two Wampanoag.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashpee,_Massachusetts

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Mike-Apalachee

Portrayals to children: The Apalachees were nearly destroyed by war in the early 1700's, and most of the survivors fled to Alabama and Louisiana, where the remaining Apalachee people are living today. The Apalachee Indians lived in rivercane huts thatched with palmetto or bark.The Apalachees were nearly destroyed by war in the early 1700's, and most of the survivors fled to Alabama and Louisiana, where the remaining Apalachee people are living today..

Social Media:

Website and Google Images:

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MAURA - Wampanoag Tribe (MA)

http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/Pages/index

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head:

-Relatively simple/low-tech website--header includes

pictures, otherwise just alphabetic text. General encyclopedia style.

-Home page has scrolling slideshow of a few landscape photos

Mashpee Wampanoag:

-Scrolling header with images

-Many images on each web page.

Informational/encyclopedia style

Video by Scholastic re: Wampanoag

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Rex

  • Three branch government
  • 27,000 + square miles of land
  • 130,000 + population
  • Navajo language
  • https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Navajo+Nation&client=firefox-b-1-ab&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitzOvJqpLcAhUV24MKHQElB5wQ7AkIdw&biw=1009&bih=514

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Mery - Wampanoag Tribe

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Cruz

Muwekma Ohlone (Northern California)

http://www.muwekma.org/

Etienne Charles: San Jose Suite

Team for “Tour de Cure”

Muwekma Ohlone Movie w/Jose Guzman

sing a song in Chochenyo

The Ohlone: San Francisco's Original People” (Mother Jones)

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MADS: Onondaga (Central NY)

"We didn't need them to convert us. We knew who our creator was."

http://www.onondaganation.org

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Seneca Nation of Indians- The largest of the 6 nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, “Keeper of the Western Door” (westernmost of the 6 nations), 8,000 enrolled members and 5th largest employer in Western NY

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Alfredo

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MK - Eastern Band of Cherokees Indians

Official Website:

  • Livestreams
  • Movement on the website
  • News and blog
  • Auditory elements

Links

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Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag

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Ute Tribe