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Saskatchewan Indian Federated College

Department of Indian Education

First Nations and Metis Curriculum Units -

Series II

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Dwellings

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                                               First Nation's Dwelling's

More Websites to visit for information about First Nation's Dwelling's:

General Websites:

http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/deca/cultural/i_land.htm
(Description of the uses of the environment to survive)

http://www.cmnh.org/education/teacher-guides/indians.html
(Lesson Plan on the Differing Lifestyles of the North American Indian)

Pacific Northwest First Nation's Longhouse:

http://web20.mindlink.net/stolo/culture.htm#dwel
(A description of a Northwest Community)


Plain's First Nation's Tipi:

http://curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/lakota.html
(Description of a Lakota Tipi)

http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/deca/cultural/b_buff.htm
(Uses of the buffalo)

http://www.nps.gov/jeff/mowe-tipi.htm
(A description of a Tipi)

http://esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us/districts/papio-lavista/parkview/sioux.html
( Description of the Sioux people)

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/lakota/index.html
(Description of the Lakota People)


Eastern Woodland First Nation's Dwellings:

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/3EasternWoodlandIndians.htm
( A unit on Eastern Woodlands Indians)

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/iroquois/index.html
(Description of the Iroquois community)

http://www.angelfire.com/nc/Englishproject/Shelter.html
Description of the Eastern Woodland Longhouse and the Wigwam)

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/LS/4/sstudies/colonial/4r/4r09.htm
(Description of the Oneida people)

http://www.rom.on.ca/digs/longhouse/longglossary.html#palisade
(Description of the longhouse)

http://www.rom.on.ca/digs/longhouse/longintro.html
(Description of the longhouse)


Igloos: Inuit Dwellings:

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/grosmorne/history/history_chap1.html
(Description of the Inuit People)




 

Resources & Materials

Creative Teaching Press(1990) , North American Indians. Theme Series.: Cypress, CA: Creative Teaching Press, Inc., .

Lavine, S.A (1975)., The Houses the Indians Built. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company.,.

Ridington, J.R (1982).,  People of the Longhouse. How the Iroquoian Tribes Lived. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre Ltd,.

 Shemie, B., (1993). Houses of wood, Houses of hide and earth, Houses of snow, skin and bones and Houses of bark.: Montreal, Quebec: Tundra Books, ..

Siska Smith, H., (1992). People of the Ice. How the Inuit Lived.: Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, ..