3A. Native Americans
DIRECTIONS: Use the attached organizer to take notes from section A.
A. Native Americans during the American Revolution
- Read pages 62-65 of Fleming, Thomas. "Warriors for the Republic." Everybody's Revolution. New York, Scholastic, 2006.
- "American Indians and the American Revolution" from the National Park Service
- Native Americans in the Revolutionary War from StudyZone
- "Bold In Action: Clark and the Native Americans" Thom, James Alexander, Cobblestone, 01995197, Nov. 2004, Vol. 25, Issue 8, History Reference Center.
DIRECTIONS: Use the attached organizer to take notes from section B.
B. Primary Sources -- Choose ONE from the list below.
- "The War for Independence Through Seneca Eyes: Mary Jemison views the Revolution, 1775-79" from History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web. Also found on iConn.org (with audio support)
- "The Disturbances in America give great trouble to all our Nations": Mohawk Joseph Brant comes to London to see the King, 1776" from History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web.
- " We are told that the Americans have 13 Councils Compos'd of Chiefs and Warriors: The Chickasaws send A Message of Conciliation to Congress, 1783" from History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web.
- "Journals of the Continental Congress -- Speech to the Six Nations; July 13, 1775" from The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library
- Stockbridge Indians' Speech to Congress