Pre-Columbian People & Settlements
REsources for all
Early California Photographs: images collected from various museums in California.
"We are Indian" video: produced by the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center.
California Indian Food and Culture Booklet: published in 2003 by University of California Berkeley.
Chumash History: as collected and written by the Santa Ynez Chumash Tribe.
Channel Islands History: resources from academic and documentary partnership that include videos and images.
Saving the Bay - Cultivating an Abundant San Francisco Bay: This video briefly describes how the San Francisco Bay landscape was shaped and influenced by the local tribes, which are known as the Ohlone and the Coast Miwok.
National Museum of the American Indian: Resources galore collected by a well established institution.
Oral Histories: from California Museum on California Indians: The First People.
TEacher Resources
STEM Unit: Indian Tribes and Their Environment. This lesson plan was created by the Education and the Environment Initiative at: http://www.californiaeei.org/curriculum/correlations/commoncore/ Download the pdf lesson plan at: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/eei/UnitDocs/Grade04/421/421Core.pdf
Vast collection of history, videos, photos and references on the Channel Islands and native peoples. The site was designed to provide free, accessible information from experts on the content of eleven tales in the film, custom discussion topics, teacher lesson plans for in-class activities created by teachers for teachers. http://www.teachchannelislands.org/
Searchable lessons and topics from the National Museum of the American Indian portal for teachers. https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/resources.cshtml