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Montana: Stories of the Land
Companion Website and Online Teacher's Guide
Chapter 3 - From Dog Days to Horse Warriors
Chapter 1 - Montana: Where the Land Writes History
Chapter 2 - People of the Dog Days
Chapter 3 - From Dog Days to Horse Warriors
Chapter 4 - Newcomers Explore the Region
Chapter 5 - Beaver, Bison, and Black Robes
Chapter 6 - Montana's Gold and Silver Boom
Chapter 7 - Two Worlds Collide
Chapter 8 - Livestock and the Open Range
Chapter 9 - Railroads Link Montana to the Nation
Chapter 10 - Politics and the Copper Kings
Chapter 11 - The Early Reservation Years
Chapter 12 - Logging in the "High Lonesome"
Chapter 13 - Homesteading This Dry Land
Chapter 14 - Towns Have Lives, Too
Chapter 15 - Progressive Montana
Chapter 16 - Montana and World War I
Chapter 17 - Montanans on the Move
Chapter 18 - The Great Depression Transforms Montana
Chapter 19 - World War II in Montana
Chapter 20 - Building a New Montana
Chapter 21 - A People's Constitution
Chapter 22 - Living in a New Montana
Online textbook: Chapter 3
Worksheet 1: The Five Themes of Geography
Worksheet 2: Indian Territories
For Educators: Resources
Interesting Links
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Learn more about Montana tribes by watching a short (eight minute) movie, "Introducing the First Nations of Montana to the World."
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Learn more about the Blackfeet at "Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life" from the Glenbow Museum of Calgary, Alberta.
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Discover some quick facts about the Cree.
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Find the Crow Tribal History Project, information about Crow place names, and other information at the Little Bighorn College Library website. (Use the "Crow Resources" dropdown menu at the top of the page.)
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Learn more about the Gros Ventre.
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Visit the "Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture," created by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research.
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Hear and learn words spoken in the following languages: Cheyenne, Dakota (Sioux) or Nakona (Assiniboine), and Salish.
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Hear from Montana tribal historians, including Robert Four Star (Assiniboine) and Barney Old Coyote (Crow).
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Explore this interactive activity: "Tracking the Buffalo: Stories From a Buffalo Hide Painting."
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Check out this online exhibit from the National Museum of the American Indian: A Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures.
