Description

Overview:

In the center of Wyoming is the seventh largest and fifth most populated Indian Reservation in
the United States: the Wind River Reservation, home of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern
Arapaho tribes. This learning module,"Why Teach Native American History", emphasizes the
value and beauty in Native American Culture and the importance for all people to understand the
history of American. In the module it is discussed that the two tribes have a long history in
Wyoming and were, in fact, long here before Wyoming became a state. Tribal members featured
in the module relay that it is important for people to understand who they are as tribal people and
that they are not all just clumped together in one tribe.

Subject:

Ethnic Studies

Level:

Middle School

Material Type:

Module

Provider:

Wyoming PBS

Date Added:

08/19/2019