Welcome to the 4th Grade Research Page!

For our first research project, we will be seeking answers to the questions you developed with your KWL charts. What did you say you wanted to learn? This is the page where you can go find those answers. At the end of the project, we will complete those charts to include the "L" for what you learned.

Native Americans fancy dancing at the Ellensburg Rodeo, September 1945.

Here's the DigDeepTemplate.ppt for you to use as a guide for your research.

Before you start your research, we need to practice a few skills:
Citations
Notetaking

Databases you can use

• American Indian History Database
• American Indian Experience

Primary Sources

• Digital Collections: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
• Washington Indian Maps

Sites for Native American information

• Pacific Northwest Coastal Indians
• Lewis and Clark - The Native Americans - PBS Series Provides information about 16 of the nearly 50 tribes that Lewis and Clark encountered during their journey to the west.
• First Americans - Native American Indian Studies for Grade Schoolers This site looks at the traditional customs of five tribes: the Tlingit, Dine, Lakota, Muscogee and Iroquois.
• American Indians and the Natural World North, South, East, West: American Indians and the Natural World examines the belief systems, philosophies, and practical knowledge that guide Indian peoples' interactions with the natural world.
• Geographic Overview of Native American Nations Find out the names of individual tribes according to their geographic location at this site.
• Reference Resources - Native Americans An extensive listing of sites from KidInfo.com.
• American Indians of the Northwest
• Native People of Washington State
• Reading if Fundamental's Native American Month Celebration page
• Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe - History and Culture pages

Shelters

• Homes of the Past - ROM Explore an Iroquoian longhouse at this site.
• Native American Shelters View pictures and read information about Native American shelters from each geographic region at this museum site.

Food

• NativeTech: Native American Food and Recipes Looking for an authentic Native American recipe? You'll find it at this site. You can even sort by geographical region.
• Native American Foods

Clothing

• NativeTech: REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF NATIVE AMERICAN CLOTHING This page provides illustrations of authentic Native American clothing, organized by cultural region.
• Identity by Design: tradition, change, and celebration in Native women's clothing.

Art

• Pacific Northwest Native American Art: A Visual Galllery Enjoy the beauty and learn about the basic shapes, colors and form of Pacific Northwest Native American art at this virtual gallery.
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Native American Resources View Native American resources from these online Smithsonian Institution exhibits.

Games

• NativeTech: - GAMES AND TOYS Play some online games at this site.
• Native American Games Learn how to play an authentic Native American game.

Pathfinders for Native American information

• Native Americans
• Ohio Native Americans (includes many sites not about Ohio)
• Native American Pathfinder

Husky crew and Indian canoe race, La Conner, November 29, 1941

Photos courtesy of Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry. Used with permission.