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.
Resources:
Maps:
Original pre-contact homelands of tribal nations across Canada and US: https://www.npr.org/assets/news/2014/06/Tribal_Nations_Map_NA.pdf
Indian land areas judicially established 1978 and American Indian reservations: https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia_prod.opengov.ibmcloud.com/files/assets/public/pdf/Indian_Land_Areas_Judicially_Established_1978_and_AI_Reservations.pdf
Websites/blogs:
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/
https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com
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
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:
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
Rex
Mery - Wampanoag Tribe
Cruz
Muwekma Ohlone (Northern California)
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)
MADS: Onondaga (Central NY)
"We didn't need them to convert us. We knew who our creator was."
http://www.onondaganation.org
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
Alfredo
MK - Eastern Band of Cherokees Indians
Official Website:
Links
Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag
Ute Tribe