Native American nations for kids
Native American nations were the first peoples of North America, and they are still here today. These guides cover the Cherokee, Mohawk, Pawnee and Miami nations. Each one explains where the nation’s homeland is, how its people lived and how they live now. The main guide explains why there is no single Native American way of life. It also looks at which words to use, and why they matter. Some nations are bringing back their own languages, which had almost stopped being spoken.
Play & learn in Native American nations
Guides with games inside: put history in order, match the pairs, spot the myth, then take the final quiz.
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Native American Heritage Month Facts for Kids
- Timeline
- Matching ×2
- True or false
- Quiz ×2
All 11 guides, A to Z
Cherokee Tribe Facts for Kids
The Cherokee are a Native American people whose homeland was in the Appalachian Mountains of the south-eastern United States. In 1821 Sequoyah…
Eastern Woodlands Native Americans for Kids
Eastern Woodlands Native Americans for kids: longhouses and wigwams, the Three Sisters, deerskin clothing, natural resources and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Great Basin Native Americans for Kids
Great Basin Native Americans for kids: the Shoshone, Paiute, Ute and Washoe, willow and tule homes, pine nuts, baskets, natural resources and…
Great Plains Native Americans for Kids
Great Plains Native Americans for kids: tipis and earth lodges, bison as a natural resource, how horses changed life, farming, clothing and…
Miami Tribe Facts for Kids
The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is a federally recognised Native nation whose people call themselves the Myaamia, meaning “the downstream people”. Their…
Mohawk Nation Facts for Kids
Mohawk Nation facts for kids: what Kanien’kehá:ka means, how Clan Mothers choose chiefs, what a wampum belt really records, and the nation…
Native American Facts for Kids
There is no single Native American culture. The United States recognises 575 tribal nations, each with its own government, language and history,…
Native American Heritage Month Facts for Kids
Native American Heritage Month facts for kids: why it is in November, the Native leaders who first asked for it in 1915,…
Pawnee Nation Facts for Kids
The Pawnee are a Plains nation whose homeland was along the rivers of present-day Nebraska and Kansas. They lived in villages of…
Plateau Native Americans for Kids
Plateau Native Americans for kids: the Nez Perce, Yakama and Umatilla, tule-mat longhouses, salmon at Celilo Falls, camas, baskets and the Appaloosa.
Southeast Native Americans for Kids
Southeast Native Americans for kids: the mound builders, the Muscogee, Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw and Chickasaw, chickees, food, clothing and removal.
