Traveling Resource Trunks

My Heritage

4. Celebrate Your Heritage - Find a way to celebrate your heritage.

My Heritage

5. From Yesterday to Today - Make a toy, cook a special dish, or learn a game, song or dance that one of your ancestors might have enjoyed.

Elective 10 - American Indian Lore

a) Read a book or tell a story about American Indians, past or present.
c) Make traditional American Indian clothing.
d) Make a traditional item or instrument that American Indians used to make their lives easier.
e) Make a model of a traditional American Indian house.

a) This trunk contains expository and fictional books about Native American life in addition to objects and information for creating your own stories about Native American life on the Great Plains. A tipi story starter worksheet is included.
c) Lessons in the "Clothing and Crafts" section will provide information. A moccasin pattern is included.
d) The entire trunk provides information. Patterns are included for a moccasin, parfleche, and tipi model while instructions and information are given for other crafts.
e) Lessons in the "Homes" section will provide information and a pattern for making a paper tipi model.

Elective 24 - American Indian Life

a) Find the name of the American Indian nation that lives or has lived where you live now. Learn about these people.
b) Learn, make equipment for, and play two American Indian or other Native American games.
c) Learn what the American Indian people in your area (or another area) used for shelter before contact with the Europeans.

a) Introductory Lesson - An Overview of Native Americans in Kansas
b) Games Lesson
c) Lessons in the "Housing" section of the trunk.

Archaeology Badge

11a. Research American Indians who live or once lived in your area. Find out about traditional lifeways, dwellings, clothing styles, arts and crafts, and methods of food gathering, preparation, and storage. Describe what you would expect to find at an archaeological site for these people.

Entire Trunk

Indian Lore
1. Give the history of one American Indian tribe, group, or nation that lives or has lived near you.
2a. Make an item of clothing.
2b. Made and decorate three items.
2c. Make an authentic model of a dwelling.
2d. Visit a museum to see Indian artifacts.
3a. Learn three games.
3b. Learn and show how food was traditionally cooked or prepared.
3c. Demonstrate how a tribe traditionally hunted.

This trunk includes information on Indian tribes that lived in Kansas historically. Lessons included in the trunk focus on five themes - housing, food, clothing & crafts, spiritualism, and the American buffalo. Historic photographs, objects, activities, and more provide information to learn about the Native American people who have lived in Kansas. The trunk includes recipes; games; reproductions of tools and equipment; historic photographs; patterns for making a moccasin, tipi model and parfleche; books; video; and more.