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Wisconsin First Nations Booklist K–2

Discover books for teaching and learning about the American Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Consult the Tribal Lands Map to explore whose tribal lands and ...

| Grades K–2
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Wisconsin First Nations Booklist 3–5

Discover books for teaching and learning about the American Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Consult the Tribal Lands Map to explore whose tribal lands and ...

| Grades 3-5
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Wisconsin First Nations Booklist 6–8

Discover books for teaching and learning about the American Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Consult the Tribal Lands Map to explore whose tribal lands and ...

| Grades 6-8
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Wisconsin First Nations Booklist 9–12

Discover books for teaching and learning about the American Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Consult the Tribal Lands Map to explore whose tribal lands and ...

| Grades 9–12
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Wisconsin First Nations Booklist Educators

Discover books for teaching and learning about the American Indian Nations of Wisconsin. Consult the Tribal Lands Map to explore whose tribal lands and ...

| Educators

Wounded Warriors

The people of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin have fought to protect their homeland for generations. In this documentary, learn how members of ...

| Grades 9-12

Ma’iingan: Brother Wolf

With insight from Ojibwe elders, biologists, and artist Rabbett Before Horses Strickland—this film captures enduring spiritual connections with Brother Wolf, the lasting bonds and ...

| Grades 9-12

University Place, The Story of Act 31

J P Leary, Associate Professor of First Nations Studies at UW-Green Bay, discusses the history behind Act 31, the 1989 Wisconsin law which requires ...

| Educators
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Tribal Histories, Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican History

By the rapids of the Red River, Kimberly Vele tells of Mohican life in the Hudson Valley of New York before their move to ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe History

In this program, educator and former tribal chairman Rick St. Germaine tells of the Ojibwe band’s history. Recorded in the natural settings of the ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Mole Lake Ojibwe History

In this episode, tribal elder Fred Ackley shares stories of the Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Recorded in the natural settings of ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, St. Croix Ojibwe History

In this episode, Mitchell La Sarge and Wanda McFaggen tell stories of St. Croix Ojibwe history. Recorded in the natural settings of the regions ...

| Grades 9-12

Way of the Warrior

Exploring the warrior ethic among Native Americans, this documentary also reveals how Native communities have traditionally viewed their warriors and why, during the 20th ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Potawatomi History

At Devil’s Lake, elders Jim Thunder and Mike Alloway, Sr. share the oral tradition of the Potawatomi people. At a time when their language ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Oneida History

From the flowing waters of Duck Creek, elder Randy Cornelius shares the oral tradition of the Oneida people, including their creation story, and explains ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Ojibwe Music

Eddie Benton-Benai describes the roles that instruments such as the shaker, flute and drum play in Ojibwe life. Tribal members perform traditional music. Also ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Red Cliff Ojibwe History

By the shore of Lake Superior, Marvin DeFoe and Andrew Gokee share stories of the Red Cliff Ojibwe. They tell of a history that ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Menominee History

Along the banks of the Wolf River, tribal elder and preservationist David Grignon tells the oral tradition of the Menominee people. Grignon shares not ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe History

On the bank of Crawling Stone Lake, Ernie St. Germaine shares stories handed down by the Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe. He tells of the ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Ho-Chunk History

By the banks of the Lemonweir River in what for ages had been Ho-Chunk territory, Andy Thundercloud shares the oral tradition of his people. ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Bad River Ojibwe History

By the Kagagon and Bad Rivers, Mary Bigboy, Thomas O’Connor Sr. and Robert Powless Sr. share stories of the Bad River Ojibwe, from their ...

| Grades 9-12

Tribal Histories, Brothertown History

On the shore of Lake Winnebago, Joan Schadewald tells how the Brothertown Indians unknowingly gave up their tribal recognition status and have been working ...

| Grades 9-12