Native American Dance, Music and Culture Lessons and Videos
Here are five lessons with worksheets covering Native American Dance, Music and Culture. Supporting content includes dance videos, song sound files, maps, pictures, notes, and detailed descriptions of tribal clothing and cultures in North America. These learning materials are targeted at grades 4–8 and will greatly enhance the students’ understanding and knowledge of these important cultural topics for Native Americans. Files are in pdf format, unless otherwise specified. For additional Native American learning and teaching materials, please see Traditional Native Art Lessons with Supplements, Grades 2-6 and American Indian Perspectives on Thanksgiving, Grades 4-8.
Native American Lessons and Worksheets
- Native Trails Guide and Lesson
- Buffalo Hide Historian Student Worksheets and Teacher Guide
- The Many Ways to Rainy Mountain Lesson
- Native American Dolls Lesson
- Native Americans Today Lesson
Supporting and Supplement Materials
- About The Hoop Dance
- Buffalo Hide Painting Explanations
- Buffalo Paintings
- California Intermountain Indian Culture
- California, Northwest Coast and Sub-Arctic Regions Clothing
- Eastern Woodland Culture
- Exploring Native Americans
- Exploring Native Americans Teacher Notes
- Great Basin and Plateau Regions Clothing
- Great Lakes Region Clothing
- Great Lakes Region Clothing 2
- Indian Homes
- Native American Culture Map
- Native Trails Eagle and Hunting Dances.mp4 (video. 20.3mb)
- Native Trails Hoop Dance.mp4 (video, 12.1mb)
- Native Trails Hoop Dancer.mp4 (video, 27.0mb)
- Native Trails Men’s Fancy Dance 1.mp4 (video, 7.9mb)
- Native Trails Men’s Fancy Dance 2.mp4 (video, 12.8mb)
- Native Trails Men’s Fancy Dance 3.mp4 (video, 25.3)
- Native Trails Snake Dance & Buffalo Dance 1.mp4 (video, 34.0mb)
- Native Trails Snake Dance & Buffalo Dance 2.mp4 (video, 37.5mb)
- Native Trails Women’s Traditional Dance Northern.mp4 (video, 18.6mb)
- Native Trails Women’s Traditional Dance Southern.mp4 (video, 20.4mb)
- Native Trails Women’s Traditional Dance.mp4 (video, 18.2mb)
- Northeast Region – Iroquois Tribes Clothing
- Northeast Region – Mid-Atlantic Tribes Clothing
- Northeast Region – Northern New England Tribes Clothing
- Northeast Region – Northern Tribes Clothing
- Northeast Region – Southern New England Tribes Clothing
- Northwest Indian Culture
- Plains Indian Culture
- Plains Region Clothing
- Prairie Region Clothing
- Southeast Region Clothing
- Southwest Indian Culture
- Southwest Region Clothing
- Stories of the Plains People
- What is a Native American Pow Wow
- Xavier Quijas Yxayotl
Native American Drums and Songs:
- Native American Drums and Songs.zip – unzip and click on html file
- Native American Drums and Songs.html
- Kiowa-Desert-Storm-Veterans-Song.wav (sound file)
- Native-American-Drum.jpg (picture)
- Native-American-Drums-and-Songs.jpg (picture)
- Ponca-Flag-Song.wav (sound file)
- Sac-n-Fox-Flag-Song.wav (sound file)
- Southern-Intertribal-Song.wav (sound file)
- Southern-Quitting-Song.wav (sound file)
- Southern-Straight-Dance-Trick-Song.wav (sound file)
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