Indian Education Lesson Resources

Lesson resources include information, data and research tools to help educators create lesson plans of their own.  Feel free to use the following approved resources.

OSDE Indian Education

• OSDE Indian Education Web page
• OSDE Social Studies Web page

Indian Education Teacher Materials

• The Four Circles of Learning

State Resources, Collections, and Research Tools

• Oklahoma Digital Prairie (Oklahoma Department of Libraries)
• Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection (Western History Collection - University of Oklahoma)
• Native American Manuscripts (Western History Collection - University of Oklahoma)
• American Indian Materials in the Federal Depository Libraries of Oklahoma
• TravelOK.com | Oklahoma’s Indian culture and history
• OETA|PBS Learning Media - Native American Collection

Additional Sources

• American Indian Resource Center - Tulsa City-County Library
• Oklahoma Council of Social Studies
• George Catlin Indian Gallery
• Gilcrease Museum Collection of Native American Art
• National Museum of the American Indian
• The Jacobson House Native Art Center
• Oklahoma Timeline (usgennet.org)
• Life in the Indian Territory, history and pictures (Oklahoma Territorial Museum)
• Library of Congress - Indian Removal Act

Oklahoma Academic Standards for the Social Studies Documents

• Oklahoma Academic Standards
• Oklahoma Academic Standards for the Social Studies, Pre-Kindergarten-12
• Implementation Guide for the Oklahoma Academic Standards for the Social Studies

Oklahoma Indian Tribe Education Websites

For further information the following online resources are available:

• Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
  History
• Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town
• Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
  History and culture
• Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
  History, culture, language
• Cherokee Nation
  • Official site of the Cherokee Nation; government; culture, history, maps
  • Cherokee; language technology and links
  • Cherokee Language Lesson activities
• Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
  Government and culture
• Chickasaw Nation, The
  • Chickasaw Cultural Center; interactive museum, theater, classes;
  • Chickasaw Interactive website
    History, language w/ audio; educational games & activities; recipes
• Choctaw Nation, The
  • School of Choctaw Language - lessons, vocabulary, galleries
  • Choctaw Code Talkers
  • Choctaw legends
  • Choctaw Nation Cultural Services
  • Choctaw Nation Cinema
  • Chahta Foundation
• Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma
  Language, language conversation, dictionary, language for children, language games, stories
• Comanche Nation, Oklahoma
  Constitution, culture
  • Comanche Language - language, sounds and alphabet, history, bands, timeline
  • Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center - exhibitions, collections, videos, gallery, language
• Delaware Nation, Oklahoma
  History and timeline (excellent video)
• Delaware Tribe of Indians
• Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
• Euchee (Yuchi) Tribe of Indians
• Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
• Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
  Grammar, language, Treaty of 1854
• Kaw Nation, Oklahoma
  Cultural history, Artist, Artifacts, Smithsonian Museum
  • Online home of the Kanza Language
• Kialegee Tribal Town
• Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
• Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Kiowa Kids, resources for kids
• Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
  History, culture, frequently asked questions
• Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, The
  History
• Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The
  History, language; Museum & Cultural Center
  • Muscogee (Creek) Constitution
  • Mvskoke History Powerpoint
• Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma
  History, culture, language and activities
• Osage Nation, The
  • Osage Nation Tribal Museum
• Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
  History
• Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
  History, government
• Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
  History, tribal government
• Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
  History; photo album
• Quapaw Tribe of Indians, The
  Culture, history, language, museum
  • Quapaw; online language lessons
• Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma
  • Sauk Language
• Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, The
  Culture, history, language lessons
• Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
  Culture, history
• Shawnee Tribe
  History
• Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
  Town; history
• Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
  Government, constitution, history, culture
• United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
  History, language, culture; government, constitution
  • History Activities for children; including Sequoyah and Keetoowah Cherokee Syllabary
• Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Keechi, Waco and Tawakonie), Oklahoma
  Culture, history, language
• Wyandotte Nation
  Culture, treaties, history, myths, language, photos, maps

OETA/PBS Learning Media Native American Collection

Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center