Grade Range: K-8Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, WorksheetsDate Posted: 6/10/2008
In this activity, students will learn about the culture of the Native American people of the Great Plains as they create their own buffalo hide paintings using a printable buffalo hide outline. Inspired by the Indians of the Great Plains, they will draw pictures of things that represent important events in their lives and their family's history, or draw a hide with a geometric design. The choice is up to them! This activity is included in the interactive website Tracking the Buffalo: Stories From a Buffalo Hide Painting.
Hands-on learning, Museum education
The man in this painting, holding an apparition of the baby Jesus, appears to be a saint. Known a...
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A Native American folk tale of the connection between humans and the buffalo nation.
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