U.S. History 2015-2016: Fast Facts: Native Americans

As we wrapped up first quarter in the U.S. History classroom we were given a challenge: research on a topic that interests you about Native Americans for less than an hour and then write a quick summary about it. We could pick any topic from stereotypes, to car names, to controversy, to culture, to fashion. Anything we wanted but we had to show where we got our information from and write a blog that was worthy of a grade because, what's not to love about another easy A in the grade book to give your average that extra boost.

I decided I would pick a few tribes and compare their differences and similarities. Turns out there are at least 526 federally recognized tribes in the U.S. and many more that we have yet to find. I went to Mrs. Lawson with my findings and she suggested I pick two vastly different tribes and go from there. I decided I wanted to pick a western tribe (since we just completed a unit on the west) and then I would pick a region completely opposite of that. I found out that there are several hundred tribes in Alaska and I don't know how much opposite of the west than that. For my tribe of the west I chose to get the scoop on the Dakota Indians. I ended up picking an Alaskan tribe known as the Inupiaq (Inuit) tribe. Below I have made a chart that compares and contrasts the two tribes based on the research I have completed.