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The Pawnee Treaties of 1833 and 1857: Why Do Some Treaties Fail?
This online resource provides Native perspectives, images, documents, and other sources to understand the difficult choices and consequences the Pawnee Nation faced when entering into treaty negotiations with the United States. What do these details and circumstances reveal about the intentions and outcomes of treaties between tribal nations and the U.S.?
How to Use
This resource utilizes the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) for a student-centered inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning. In addressing the compelling question, Why do some treaties fail?, students work through a series of supporting questions, formative performance tasks, and featured sources to construct an argument supported by evidence.
While this resource is designed to be a cohesive inquiry, teachers may opt to utilize the supporting questions and tasks in ways that best fit the needs of their students and/or time constraints.
For teaching instructions:
In this Resource
- Supporting Question One: What Happened Before, During, and After the 1833 Treaty with the Pawnee?
- Supporting Question Two: How Did Coercion and Assimilation Lead to the Failure of the 1857 Treaty with the Pawnee?
- Summative Task: Why Do Some Treaties Fail?
- Contemporary Connections: Pawnee Indian Veteran’s Homecoming Powwow
Resources from the National Museum of American Indian
Consider these online resources from the National Museum of the American Indian to enrich your learning experience around this topic:
For related teaching resources, explore these Native Knowledge 360° Resources.
For Classroom Use
Type: Online Resource
Format: Inquiry Design Model (IDM)
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Subject: History/Social Studies
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