Native American Group Projects

In class, your table group will be assigned one of the following Native American customs or traditions to research.   You will research your custom with your group using the links below.

1.  RAIN DANCE

Links:

http://www.native-net.org/na/native-american-rain-dance.html

http://www.nativedance.ca/rain-dance/

http://articles.mcall.com/1999-07-29/features/3265989_1_rain-dance-native-americans-ceremonies

2.  Dream Catcher

Links:

http://www.dream-catchers.org/

http://hubpages.com/hub/History-and-Tradition-of-the-Dream-Catcher

http://www.soultones.com/dream.html

3.  Medicine Man

Links:

http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-culture/medicine-man.htm

http://nativeamericanantiquity.blogspot.com/2012/05/becoming-cherokee-medicine-man.html

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Medicine_man.html

4.  Pow Wow

http://www.indians.org/articles/powwow.html

http://oied.ncsu.edu/MSA/?page_id=16181

http://www.powwows.com/2011/10/30/history-of-the-powwow/

5.  Great Spirit

http://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-culture/great-spirit.htm

http://www.starstuffs.com/prayers/gspirit.htm

http://are.as.wvu.edu/ruvolo.htm

6.  Buffalo

http://www.indians.org/articles/american-buffalo.html

http://www.shamanicjourney.com/article/6221/buffalobison_power_animal_symbol_of_abundance

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-buffalo-spirit-of-a-nation/a-symbol-of-strength/2185/