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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
The Lone Ranger
This image portrays the fictional Native American character, Tonto, in the 1930s radio show and 1970s television adaption, "The Lone Ranger."
![1950s film still from The Lone Ranger.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/LoneRanger_FH24271.jpg?h=c17ae58b&itok=H4AKnQtV)
Le Lone Ranger
Tonto, personnage fictif autochtone de l’émission The Lone Ranger, émission radio des années 1930 devenue émission télévisée dans les années 1950, représente bien les stéréotypes négatifs dans la culture populaire nord-américaine à l’égard des Peuples Autochtones.
![1950s film still from The Lone Ranger.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/LoneRanger_FH24271.jpg?h=c17ae58b&itok=H4AKnQtV)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Residential school survivor Joe George of the Tselei-Waututh First Nation (right) and elder Marie George embrace at a proceeding of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2013.
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La Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada
Joe George, Survivant des pensionnats et membre de la Première nation Tselei-Waututh (à droite) et l’aînée Marie George s’embrassent en 2013 lors d’un événement de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation du Canada.
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Kahnawà:ke Pow Wow
The Mohawk nation of Kahnawà:ke holds an annual pow wow on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec each July. Pow wows are open to all and celebrate the traditional dances, songs, and crafts of Indigenous cultures.
![Two people from the Mohawk nation of Kahawake in traditional Mohawk dress.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MohawkNationPowWow_FH24264.jpg?h=52ebdbec&itok=wMampUkR)
Pow-Wow Kahnawàke
La Nation Mohawk de Kahnawàke, au Québec, organise au mois de juillet un pow-wow annuel sur la rive sud du fleuve Saint-Laurent. Les pow-wow sont ouverts au public et on y célèbre les danses, les chansons et l’artisanat traditionnels des Peuples Autochtones.
![Two people from the Mohawk nation of Kahawake in traditional Mohawk dress.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MohawkNationPowWow_FH24264.jpg?h=52ebdbec&itok=wMampUkR)
Métis Dancer
Métis dancer Jeanette Kotowich from the Cree Metis nation during a performance from the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver.
![A woman in a blue dress with a colorful waist-sash is dancing for a group of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MetisDancer_FH24265.jpg?h=33252b2e&itok=ON1y5HiC)
Danseur Métis
La danseuse métisse Jeanette Kotowich de la nation métisse crie lors d'un spectacle du Coastal First Nations Dance Festival au Musée d'anthropologie de Vancouver.
![A woman in a blue dress with a colorful waist-sash is dancing for a group of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/MetisDancer_FH24265.jpg?h=33252b2e&itok=ON1y5HiC)
Enfants inuits à Cape Dorset
Cinq enfants inuits à Cape Dorset dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, 1958. Dans la culture inuite, les noms constituent un lien puissant avec la famille et la communauté.
![Young boys sitting on snow wearing hooded coats lined with fur and boots.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/11_Inuit_children_Medium_res.jpg?h=a1996e9a&itok=CcJGfAav)
Cross Lake Indian Residential School
Although government funded, the residential schools were operated by churches, with clergymen and women serving most teaching and administrative roles. This photo was taken at Cross Lake Indian Residential School in Manitoba, 1940.
![A nun stands in the back of a classroom, and children are posed sitting at desks with their hands folded.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1940_CrossLakeIndianResidentialSchool_FH24275.jpg?h=a20ec326&itok=iaf787eD)
Pensionnat autochtone de Cross Lake
Même si le gouvernement les finançait, les pensionnats autochtones étaient opérés par les églises et les membres du clergé remplissaient la plupart des fonctions pédagogiques et administratives. Cette photo fut prise au pensionnat autochtone de Cross Lake au Manitoba en 1940.
![A nun stands in the back of a classroom, and children are posed sitting at desks with their hands folded.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1940_CrossLakeIndianResidentialSchool_FH24275.jpg?h=a20ec326&itok=iaf787eD)