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Optional Field Trip
Find the location of a Native American Indian site in your area. You can identify native American communities in Florida by first taking a look at the Miccosukee Web Site and the Seminole Tribal Web Site. If possible, take a guided tour in a Native American community. If you are unable to do this, then do a virtual tour of Native cultural. You might begin this trip at Native American Public Telecommunications. You might also be able to access one of several Florida Seminole Library sites, to research the questions below. There is a Native American Online developed by fourth graders in Tallahassee that can tell you about the ancient Apalachee people of North Florida. Likewise, you might find this site on Historical Florida Indians helpful. Finally, you might find Native-American.Com to be a useful resource. Regardless of how you proceed on your tour, be prepared to address the questions below. You may substitute another region's Native American population for your own.
Use the topics below as guidelines to fulfill the objectives of the field experience. We realize it may not be possible to meet everyone of them at every place
- Name and describe the native American Indians that originally occupied your region.
- How did the natives use the natural resources? How is this the same or different than how the resources are used today?
- Have the original natives survived to the present time? If so, where are they now, how do they live?
- Name and describe the archeological sites relating to the original natives.
- How did the natives shape the environment? How did the environment shape them?
- Describe how local people have worked with scientists, public officials, and agencies to acquire and protect this historic and ecologically significant area as an educational/research center.
- In your opinion, do you think the native Americans had a sustainable relationship with their environment? How would you describe their "sense of place?"