Online Learning Resources (all ages)

Use and enjoy this sampling of online materials developed by the Arizona State Museum related to the Indigenous peoples of the U.S. Southwest and northwest Mexico. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel for videos of presentations by archaeologists, historians, and Native artists. Some are organized into playlists for easier access.

AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY

Muse2You! virtual exhibit tours about O'odham, Western Apache, and Yaqui (for grades 3-6).

Maps of ancient and modern-day Indigenous groups in Arizona.
Students can identify the 22 federally recognized tribes of Arizona today and look at the cultural groupings of Indigenous peoples in Arizona 700 years ago (1300 CE).

Paths of Life Introductory Video.

Paths of Life Virtual Reality Tour.

Photos of Yaqui People from the Edward Spicer Collection.

Photos of Maricopa People by Daniel Boone Linderman.

Photos of Tohono O’odham People by Rosamond Spicer.

Photos of Tohono O’odham People by Helga Teiwes.

Photos from the Wetherill Family Collection.

Selected Photos from the Forman Hanna Collection at Arizona State Museum

Yaqui Musical Instrument Lotería Game
Students will become familiar with musical instruments used for Yaqui celebrations and ceremonies. Download boards and cards for this tri-lingual (Yaqui, English, Spanish) “bingo” game. Included are fully colored boards and cards, as well as a set that can be colored once downloaded. There is also a PDF giving the history of lotería and instructions for playing the game.

Yaqui Masks from ASM’s James S. Griffith Collection
Includes reference materials and images on the history, symbolism, and how Yaqui and Mayo masks are made.

AMERICAN INDIAN ART

HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE

It’s Up 2 You!, a digital comic book
Students will learn about making healthy choices for living through the lives of these comic book characters. They can read the comic book in English or listen to the characters speaking Tohono O’odham, Spanish, or English.

Tohono O'odham Saguaro Harvesting with Stella Tucker

Tohono O’odham Community Action Y.O.U.T.H. on Health, Family and Community

Traditional Tohoho O'odham Foodways

The Resiliency of Hopi Agriculture: 2,000 Years of Planting – English closed captioned

The Resiliency of Hopi Agriculture: 2,000 Years of Planting – English with Spanish subtitles (La longevidad de la agricultura de los Hopis)

IDENTITY

Dressed to Express: Exploring Dress, Culture and Identity in American Indian Objects and Dress Curriculum Module
By doing the activities in this unit, students build research, observation, and analysis skills, as well as develop respect for different people’s expressions of and ownership of identity. The exercises focus on three contemporary Indigenous artists’ works that reflect their cultural identity and the environment where they live.

Photo ID: Portraits by Native Youth
An online exhibit that asks students to consider how we construct identity. They will learn about how Native peoples have been represented historically by non-Native photographers, such as Edward S. Curtis, and will see contemporary photographs by Native youth. More recently photography has been used as a social justice tool by youth and other groups to establish and express their own identities. Students will be invited to create their own portraits in response to the exhibit.

MEXICAN INDIGENOUS TEXTILE TRADITIONS

Indigenous Mexican Textile Weavers from ASM’s Cordry Collection
Become familiar with Indigenous Mexican textiles and tools used by the weavers through these historic photographs from the Donald B. Cordry Collection.

What Would Frida Wear?
Learn about Indigenous Mexican textiles that were often worn by the iconic Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Students will enjoy dressing Frida in traditional huipils and quechquemitls.

Introduction and Brief Biography About Mexican Textiles Download a Frida Paper Doll and Clothing

MEXICAN REVOLUTION

The Mexican Revolution and Beyond (videos from a 2009 symposium)

Honorable Juan Manuel Calderón-Jaimes, Consul of Mexico (Tucson), discusses the exhibit, Mexico, the Revolution and Beyond: The Casasola Archives, 1900-1940. In Spanish.

Ten Days That Shook the World—The First Time: The Casasola Archives and the First Social Revolution by Dr. William Beezley

Reading Casasolas Photographs as Visual Documents by Cass Fey

Documenting the Mexican Revolution: Casasola and Corridos by Dr. Celestino Fernandez with Guillermo Saenz

The Mexican Revolution: 1810, 1910, 2010? by Dr. Roberto Cintli Rodríguez

MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION HISTORY

Explore Border Walls using Visual Literacy and Creative Writing Activities

Hopi Clan Migrations: Coming to and Leaving Homol'ovi (7 min 15 sec)
Hopi elders tell stories about early Hopi clan migrations into and out of Homol’ovi, a site along the Little Colorado River occupied from (1260-1400 AD). Many clans at Hopi today trace their roots to these migrations. Learn More

U.S. Immigration

U.S. Immigration: Linking Past to Present Video: Students will learn about the history of U.S. immigration policies from colonial times to 2016.

Timeline: An annotated timeline of immigration policies from colonial times to 2016

Discussion Guide: Use this discussion guide to facilitate a class discussion related to the video or for writing assignments. Also included are links to organizations working on issues related to immigration and migration.

Protecting Tribal Lands and Sacred Places: A presentation by the Honorable Ned Norris, Jr., Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation, part of Arizona State Museum's 2020 "Border Barriers: History and Impact" series of talks about the history and impact of border barriers on people and the environment.

Massive Fortification of the U.S. Border: A Modern History: Todd Miller, journalist/writer, addresses the U.S. border wall's history and border-enforcement practices, and discusses how these have affected the U.S./Mexico divide.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Living Document (videos from a 2014 symposium)

Between Our Lands: War, Negotiation and Purchase Perspectives of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Its Effects on the Yaqui People by Daniel Vega and Anabel Galindo

Culturas Fronterizas: Border Zones and Hybrid Identities by Dr. Enrique Lamadrid

The Aftermath of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Land Adjudication, Citizenship and Immigration, a discussion by Dr. L.M. Garcia y Griego

Abya Yala and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo—The Scars of Colonization by Tupac Enrique Acosta

Concluding Remarks by Dr. Michael Brescia

ARCHAEOLOGY, general

American Treasures at the Arizona State Museum

Ancestral Pueblo Flutes from Broken Flute Cave

Early Southwest Archaeology at Point of Pines

Excavations at Homolovi State Park

Experimental Archaeology at Homol'ovi: Fire Investigation

Mission Guevavi Field School 2015 with Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman

Mission Guevavi Fieldschool 2015

Repatriation at ASM with Dr. John McClelland

Repatriation is about Relationships

The Medallion Papers: a series of 39 publications issued between 1928-1950 by the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation

The National Impact of the Stanley J. Olsen Laboratory of Zooarchaeology

Online Learning Resources (all ages)

AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY

AMERICAN INDIAN ART

American Indian Artists, In Their Own Words

American Indian Basketry

American Indian Painting

American Indian Pottery

Navajo Weaving