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Beaver, Bison, and Black Robes: Montana's Fur Trade, 1800-1860
Discusses how the demand for beaver pelts brought about a new economy, the shift from hunting beaver to hunting bison, and the impact of missionaries.
Chapter from Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes..
Buffalo Past and Present
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Chíin: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Last of the Buffalo
Resource uses the painting by Albert Bierstadt to teach close reading skills, allegory and the importance of wildlife conservation. Includes links to interactive puzzle, team-building game, sorting activity, game-based art survey and inquiry study.
Grades K-3 Lesson 3: Seya's Song
For use with Seya's Song by Ron Hirsch, a story book about the importance of relationship between S'Kallam people and the salmon. Some S'Klallam words are included in the text.
The Kwakwaka'wakw: A Study of a North Pacific Coast People and the Potlatch
Lesson Plan:; S'Klallam Duck Hunting
Recommended for Grades 4-8.
The Management of Fisheries and Oceans in Canada's Western Arctic: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Traditional Alaska Transition Skills Salmon: Our Way of Life
Designed to give teens and young adults with disabilities an improved quality of life, connection to culture and increased work-related skills. Covers salmon fishery, subsistence fishing and career opportunities in the industry.
X’aat: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.