New perspectives on Native American
history, cultures, and contemporary lives
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Native Knowledge 360° is the National Museum of the American Indian's national initiative to inspire and promote improvement of teaching and learning about American Indians.
Children in a classroom. Photo by Alex Jamison.

ABOUT NATIVE KNOWLEDGE 360°
Native Knowledge 360° provides educators and students with new perspectives on Native American history, cultures, and contemporary lives.
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President Calvin Coolidge with Native delegation, 1925. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS
Essential Understandings about American Indians is a framework that offers new possibilities for creating student learning experiences.
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Pacific Northwest History and Cultures: Why Do the Foods We Eat Matter?

Discover how Native Nations of the Pacific Northwest protect and sustain salmon, water, and homelands in this online lesson.

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Northern Plains History and Cultures: How Do Native People and Nations Experience Belonging?

This online lesson explores four case studies to learn more about the significance that homelands, kinship systems, and nationhood hold for Native Peoples of the Northern Plains.

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The Pacific Northwest Fish Wars: What Kinds of Actions Can Lead to Justice?

Learn about an important campaign to secure the treaty rights and sovereignty of Native Nations of the Pacific Northwest in this online lesson.

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Northern Plains Treaties: Is a Treaty Intended to Be Forever?

This online lesson explores the intentions, motivations, and outcomes of two treaties made between Native Nations of the Northern Plains and the United States: the 1851 Horse Creek Treaty and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.

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