Kansas Tribal Tribune News

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Kansas Tribal Tribune News
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• US History Grant 2006

By Larry Tinsley
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The 9 Tribes of Kansas

• Objective Students will write a newspaper
  article depicting each tribes customs, art,
  food, and housing. Students will use the internet
  to gather their information. 7th grade benchmark
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• Student compares and contrasts nomadic and
  sedentary tribes in Kansas (e.g., food, housing,
  art, customs) Students also research the 9 tribes
  of Kansas and determine which was nomadic and
  which was sedentary.

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ESL Objectives in English

• Identify where the tribes are on the map by using
  words such as to the left, above. below, to the
  right, in the center, next to, etc...
• Understand that some Indians wandered (nomadic)
  and set up homes and others farmed the land
  (sedentary)
• Know that not all tribes were alike Be ready to
  give an oral report in English comparing and
  contrasting two different tribes.

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Indian Index

• Cheyenne
• Arapaho
• Apache
• Kiowa
• Comanche
• Wichita
• Pawnee
• Kansa
• Osage

• Web-based Research
• Support conclusions
• Cultural similarities
• Locate original homelands
• Create a newspaper article that clearly defines
  the objectives

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Cheyenne Warriors
www.sonofthesouth.net
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Arapaho Woman Son
www.axel-jacob.de/mother1,html
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Apache Indians
www.csulb.edu
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Kiowa Indian Child
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Comanche Mama Baby
www.firstpeople.us
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Chief of Wichita Indians
www.texasindians.com/wichita.htm
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Pawnee Men
www.nativeamericans.com
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Kansa Indian Dance
www.issac-mccoy.com
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Osage Buffalo Hunt
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Indian Territory Map Locator for the 9 Tribes

www.whitemoonraven.com/articles/plainmap.html
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Click on the links to find out about the Indians
of the Plains.

• Explore the Indian Tribes and their culture
• http//www.42explore2.com/native4.htm
• b. Explore the histories of any tribe
• http//www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html
• c. Mapping the whereabouts of the Plains Indians
• http//www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum20Info/Nati
  ve-Americans/index.html
• d. Native Languages Facts for Kids
• http//www.native-languages.org/kids.htm

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Important Vocabulary Words to Know

• Nomadic A person with no fixed residence who
  roams about .
• Sedentary Remaining or living in one area.
• Customs A practice followed by people of a
  particular group .
• Tribes families, clans, or other groups who
  share a common ancestry.

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Sample News Article 1

• Our real name is siksika which refers to the
  dark color of moccasins we wore (Who). We
  originally lived in Montana and Alberta. (Where)
  Women were in charge of the cooking and cleaning
  and women owned the homes which were made of
  buffalo hide and called tipis. (Objective) We
  could pack our homes and move in less than an
  hour. (Nomadic)) Our men were the hunters and
  only men could become chiefs however, both men
  and women could do artwork, tell stories, or play
  music or make medicine. Our main food was
  buffalo, but we also ate berries and small
  animals. (Objective question)

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News Article 1 Continued

• We used long bows to kill the buffalo or drove
  them off cliffs. Women, who were widows, could
  also be warriors. We are famous for our fine
  quill embroidery and beadwork. (Objective) We
  believed that Earth was created by an Old Man
  who came from the south and made the mountains,
  prairies, and forests as well as the birds and
  animals. Women came first from clay and then she
  had a child which became man. These are the
  beliefs and customs of the _____________________
  Indians.
• Answer Blackfoot

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Key Components of a Newspaper Article

• A. Who Name of tribe
• B. What things they did
• C. Where region of the country
• D. How What was special about the tribe?
• E. Finally Were they nomadic or sedentary and
  why?
• F. Other objective questions

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Activities

• Students are to finish writing a newspaper
  article describing in complete detail the other 9
  tribes
• Articles will show whether tribe was nomadic or
  sedentary, what was used for housing, food, and
  art. Students will also show in the article a
  custom that was followed and use the web sites
  for their research. Use news article as a sample
  or be creative and use your own ideas.
• Try to locate the individual tribes on the map by
  using the Tribal Map Locator website on slide 10.

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Pronunciation Guide for ELL Learners

• 1. Pronunciation po-'nE, pä- Pawnee
• 2. Pronunciation shI-'an, -'en - Cheyenne
• 3. Pronunciation k-'man-chE Comanche
• 4. Pronunciation 'kI--"wo, -"wä,- Kiowa
• 5. Pronunciation O-'sAj, - Osage
• 6. Pronunciation 'wi-ch-"to Wichita
• 7. Pronunciation -'pa-chE - Apache

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Websites for ELL Learners

• Las Tribus Nativas de Norteamérica
• http//personal.readysoft.es/jmcasaempere/twoframe
  s.htm
• Los Indios de las Llanuras
• http//www.cavall.net/tribus/grandesllanuras.html
• Los Nombres de Las Tribus
• http//www.osoblanco.scouthuelva.com/indios/nombre
  s.htm

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Objectivos y Asignaciones

• Los estudiantes deben acabar el escribir de
  un artículo periodídistico acerca de las 9
  tribus. Los estudiantes deben decir si la tribu
  era nómada o sedentaría. Diga qué fue utilizado
  para la cubierta, qué tipo de alimento comieron,
  y describen ejemplos de su arte. Utilice los
  sitios de Web para su investigación y escriba en
  su mejor español.
• También, trate de localizar las tribus
  individuales en el localizador del mapa en la
  diapositiva 13.

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Más objectivos y Asignaciones

• Sea listo para informe oral en inglés demonstrar
  en un mapa exacto donde estaba cada tribu por lo
  que se refiere a cada una.. Utilice las palabras
  como al lado, a la izquierda, a la derecha,
  abajo, para indicar la dirección.

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Have You Mastered the Benchmark?

• 1. List the tribes that were nomadic and tell
  why.
• 2. List the tribes that were sedentary and tell
  why.
• 3. Can you describe type of housing, food, art,
  and some cultural similarities and differences of
  the tribes
• 4. Can you find their original homeland on a map?
• When you feel that you understand the benchmarks
  and standards completely, take the test! 80 or
  higher is mastery!
  

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Final Assessment

• Students will take a test by reading other
  student articles describing each tribe and will
  tell whether tribes were sedentary or nomadic.
• Students will identify the 9 tribes by reading
  sample articles written by other students and
  placing the names of the 9 tribes on a blank map
  like the one in slide 10.