Cross-Curricular Connections

The narrator of “Ta-Na-E-Ka” is one of the Kaw, a native people that used to live along the Kansas River. Before European settlers arrived, this country was populated by many, many different native peoples. Click on the link below to learn about some of these native cultures.

http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078609836/student_view0/unit1/chapter1/student_web_activities.html

People have long wondered how Native American people came to North America. One theory is that, thousands and thousands of years ago, populations of people came to Native America from Asia through present-day Alaska. Click on the link below to read about the link between some Native American languages and languages in Asia.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080326-language-link.html