A great primary source selection. The site includes the award-winning project American Indians of the Pacific Northwest . These collections are especially strong in Seattle history, architecture, labor and industry, the Klondike Gold Rush, and our natural environment. This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics. These cultures have occupied, and in some cases still live in parts of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Maps are available that show traditional territories or reservation boundaries.
Loads of information here, but I especially liked the essays that describe the means used by government to attempt to eradicate traditional native institutions. All of us are profoundly affected by the landscapes we inhabit. From the land we derive not only our basic food and shelter, but also a sense of who we are as individuals, communities and nations. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards. From the thrill of the dance to the art of the Bonsai, EGG presents intriguing stories from across the country in a dynamic cin ma v rit style.