{"id":1337,"date":"2025-08-22T00:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.hubpages.com\/education\/native-american-presentations-and-field-trip-ideas"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:27:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:27:02","slug":"native-american-powwow-and-field-trip-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/?p=1337","title":{"rendered":"Native American Powwow and Field Trip Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><time datetime=\"2025-08-21T20:27:02-04:00\" title=\"Aug 21, 2025\">Aug 21, 2025<\/time><br \/><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Seminole tribe presentation\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/569bdf05993bb016b70c16b9b90091d4.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seminole tribe presentation<\/p>\n<p>After our 4 part unit study on Native Americans, our culminating activity was a powwow. Each child presented on a different tribe and brought food from that tribe for us to share. I am also including where we went for field trips during this unit. My lessons are geared toward 3rd-4th grade level children and their siblings. These are lessons I created to do with a weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for 2 1\/2 hours and have 17 children between the ages of 1-13. <strong>Use these fun lessons with your class, family, homeschool co-op group, camp, or after school program!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Order of Powwow Events<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"native-american-presentations-and-field-trip-ideas\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/ab2e05b3b696cde0680cc264d24d9d78.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our powwow was our culminating activity for our 4 week hands-on unit on Native Americans. Children dressed as members from various tribes and brought along reports, paintings, house replicas, and more to help them as they presented on their assigned tribe. They also brought food from their tribe. We feasted around a campfire surrounded by our teepee totem poles. When the moon came out, children began telling their &#8220;legends&#8221; (tribal report presentations) followed by a friendship song (our Native American Tribes song).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Feast around the campfire<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Tribe Presentations<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Song<\/li>\n<p><\/ol>\n<h2>Tribe Assignment<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pueblo tribe presentation\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/4bfdb2e221390bc8bb39f9c9c736886f.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pueblo tribe presentation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our evening Powwow will be from 6:30-8:30PM on Friday. Please have each of your children dress up and be prepared to give a report on his\/her tribe. Please also bring a food item similar to something that tribe may have eaten. If you have one child, please bring at least a main dish. If you have multiple children, please bring at least one main dish and the rest can be main dishes, side dishes, bread, or desserts. If desired, you can also make an example of your tribe&#8217;s house and\/or a craft.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>This will be an outdoor event, so please bring camping chairs and\/or blankets.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Tribal Group Options<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nez Perce presentation\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/c1db0c62f9e345e6e878ce1c9c636078.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nez Perce presentation<\/p>\n<p>Each child was assigned one of the below tribes or tribal groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iroquois<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Algonquian<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Cherokee<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Seminole<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Sioux<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Comanche<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Pomo<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Nez Perce<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Tlingit (Northwest Coast)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Inuit\/Eskimo<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Apache<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Pueblo<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Navajo<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Hopi<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Helpful Links for Reports<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Apache Presentation\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/e52a8078b2b3d4a4615cb69c425bfd76.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apache Presentation<\/p>\n<p>The links may be helpful as your children prepare their reports and costumes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/highland.hitcho.com.au\/tog2.htm#week26\">Easy printable Tribe Report form for children to fill out<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nativetech.org\/clothing\/regions\/regions.html\">Drawings of clothing from each tribe<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.native-languages.org\/home.htm\">Information about each tribe<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/award98\/ienhtml\/tribes.html\">Photographs of each tribe<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Food &amp; Recipe Ideas<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Native American Powwow Themed Dinner\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/bc5dc618c58f125f28cfa8f6bd564cf7.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Native American Powwow Themed Dinner<\/p>\n<p>Our menu consisted of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iroquois rice<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Algonquian fruit and nut salad<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Powhatan deer and potato stew<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Wampanoag corn casserole<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Seminole Hominy and Chicken Stew<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Cherokee Pepper Pot Soup<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Seminole Cabbage and Wild Boar (bacon)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Sioux Pemmican<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Pueblo Popcorn<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Apache Sunflower Cakes with Wild Dessert Fruit Jelly<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Nez Perce Salmon with Wild Greens<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Nez Perce Imitation Sweetened Dough Root (marshmallows)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Inuit Sour Dough Bread<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Sweetened Aztec Xocoatl Bars (brownies)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p>Here are some links filled with authentic recipes to inspire you:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocbtracker.com\/ladypixel\/natrec1.html\">Native American Recipes from ocbtracker.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nativetech.org\/recipes\/index.php\">Native Tech: Indigenous Food &amp; Traditional Recipes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food.com\/recipes\/native-american\">Native American Recipes from Food.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nativefood.blogspot.com\/\">Many Recipe Links<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Field Trip Ideas<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mission San Luis in Tallahassee\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/b4889fd915dc8e2245efefc3dc242ef8.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mission San Luis in Tallahassee<\/p>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"native-american-presentations-and-field-trip-ideas\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/de954fb494cbf001906d4f4d3e9d5b63.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During this unit our family took many field trips. We visited our local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themosh.org\/Home.html\">Museum of Science and History<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flmnh.ufl.edu\/\">Museum of Natural History <\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumoffloridahistory.com\/\">State Museum of History<\/a> to see their exhibits on our state&#8217;s Native American Tribes. We also visited our local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionsanluis.org\/\">Spanish mission<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastateparks.org\/lakejacksonmounds\/default.cfm\">Indian Mounds<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/akr\/timu\/\">Historic National Preserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tallahassee:<\/strong> Mission San Luis, Jackson Indian Mounds, &amp; Florida Museum of History (currently closed for renovations)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Gainesville:<\/strong> Museum of Natural History<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Jacksonville:<\/strong> MOSH (currently closed for renovations), Fort Caroline &amp; the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, and the Main Library (which has French prints of Timucua tribal customs on the 3rd floor near the Map Room)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Live Oak:<\/strong> Suwannee Historical Museum<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Native American Tribes Song<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"native-american-presentations-and-field-trip-ideas\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/3cc6e2bd70a749d567f36810b41bb337.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Native American Tribes Song<\/h2>\n<p>After the children gave their individual reports, they sang the Native American Tribes Song that we&#8217;ve been learning during this unit. The youngest children accompanied us on homemade drums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTribes of America\u201d (tune \u201c10 Little Indians\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Woodlands\/<\/p>\n<p>Northeast, Southeast:<\/p>\n<p>Iroquois, Algonquian,<\/p>\n<p>Seminole\/Creek &amp; Cherokee<\/p>\n<p>All lived in the East<\/p>\n<p>Blackfoot, Lakota, Sioux, and Comanche<\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne, Crow, and Pawnee<\/p>\n<p>All hunted buffalo on the plains.<\/p>\n<p>They are the Plains tribes!<\/p>\n<p>On the Plateau-Basin is the Nez Perce<\/p>\n<p>And Sacajawea\u2019s Shoshoni.<\/p>\n<p>Head to the Northwest to find the Haida<\/p>\n<p>And the Inuit.<\/p>\n<p>Pueblo (Hopi and the Zuni),<\/p>\n<p>Apache and Navajo,<\/p>\n<p>Housed in adobe in the desert<\/p>\n<p>Wow, those Southwest tribes!<\/p>\n<p>One little, two little, one-hundred little native tribes,<\/p>\n<p>Covering the expanse of our land,<\/p>\n<p>All created in God\u2019s image<\/p>\n<p>They are Native Americans.<\/p>\n<h2>You could also add a Children&#8217;s Powwow time of dancing<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for the lessons?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Setting up a teepee during Lesson 2: Plains Native American Tribes Lesson\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/b69a31b7ed59964bea661ee2c8e06727.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Setting up a teepee during Lesson 2: Plains Native American Tribes Lesson<\/p>\n<p>Hunt for arrowheads, build teepees, paint totem poles, draw Pueblo chalk drawings, present on specific Native American tribes, and more during this fun four week hands on study of Native Americans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/northeast-and-southeast-native-americans-lesson-plan\">Northeast and Southeast Native Americans Lesson<\/a> &#8211; This is part 1 of a 4 part hands-on unit on Native Americans. Make arrows, cook Three Sisters Stew, go on an \u201carcheological dig\u201d for arrowheads, create Iroquois Bowl games, bead Seminole necklaces, and more!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/plains-tribes-native-americans-lesson-plan\">Plains Native American Tribes Lesson<\/a> &#8211; This is part 2 of a 4 part hands-on unit on Native Americans. Create headdresses and war shields, build a teepee, eat dried \u201cbuffalo\u201d and more!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/northwest-and-plateau-basin-native-american-tribes\">Northwest and Plateau Native American Tribes Lesson<\/a> &#8211; This is part 3 of a 4 part hands-on unit on Native Americans. Decorate parfleches, fry salmon cakes, create totem poles, dramatize a dramatize potlatch ceremony, and more!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/southwest-native-american-tribes-lesson-plan\">Southwest Native American Tribes Lesson<\/a> &#8211; This is part 4 of a 4 part hands-on unit on Native Americans. Make Navajo Fry Bread, draw Pueblo chalk drawings, create Navajo sand paintings and concho-style belts, weave Apache baskets, and more!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/native-american-presentations-and-field-trip-ideas\">Native American Powwow and Field Trip Ideas<\/a> &#8211; After our 4 part unit study on Native Americans, our culminating activity was a powwow. Each child presented on a different tribe and brought food from that tribe for us to share. I am also including where we went for field trips during this unit.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>KONOS Curriculum<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KONOS Volume I\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/89909a648c38b82606aa26627295a9dc.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KONOS Volume I<\/p>\n<h2>Konos Curriculum<\/h2>\n<h3>Would you like to teach this way every day?<\/h3>\n<p>I use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.konos.com\/www\/index.html\">KONOS Curriculum<\/a> as a springboard from which to plan my lessons. It&#8217;s a wonderful curriculum and was created by moms with active boys!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a9 2011 Shannon<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Leave a note &#8211; Let me know you dropped by! Was this lens helpful? Do you have any questions, comments, or additional ideas? Please post here!<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Shannon (author)<\/strong> from Florida on October 23, 2012:<\/p>\n<p>@GregoryMoore: Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gregory Moore<\/strong> from Louisville, KY on October 23, 2012:<\/p>\n<p>What a great idea.  Your kids are very lucky to get fun lessons like this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 21, 2025 Seminole tribe presentation After our 4 part unit study on Native Americans, our culminating activity was a powwow. Each child presented on a different tribe and brought food from that tribe for us to share. I am also including where we went for field trips during this unit. 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