This guide was produced with support from the Henry Nias Foundation, Inc.
The guide was developed by the Education Department and the National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology.
Produced by: Sharon Simpson
Written by: Heather Nielsen and Sharon Simpson
Project Team: Paisley Gregg, Roberto Borrero, Teddy Yoshikami, Edith González de Scollard, Donna Sethi, Karen Kane, and John Snavely.
Thanks to: Stanley Freed, Peter Whiteley, David Hurst-Thomas, Laila Williamson, Lori Pendleton, Stephanie Betancourt, Paul Betancourt, Devorah Romanek,and Johanna Gorelick.
Designed by: Amanda Kavanagh, Ark Design
Photo Credits: Cover - clockwise from top right
Penobscot Indians - five generations, Maine circa 1909, American Museum of Natural History; Mohawk ironworkers Brad Bonaparte and Andy Jacobs, ŠJeffrey Jay Foxx/NYC;Pharoahs-Montauk Indians, AMNH; Mohawk Singers and Dancers, photo courtesy of Jerry Thundercloud McDonald; Tasha Thompson, Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center; Ahkwesáhne students, AMNH; Grand Chief Joe Tokwiro Nor, Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center.
Key Concepts - Top: Robin Delaronde, Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center
Bottom: Penobscot Indians, AMNH
Background - first page
top: Mohawk Elders, Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center; middle: Ahkwesáhne student, AMNH; bottom: Alex Mayo, Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center
Background - second page
left: Eli Skinner, Onondago, AMNH; right: Penobscot basketry, AMNH; bottom: Matthew Etienne Craftsman, Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center
Map page:
Hall photos, R. Mickens, AMNH; Iroquois flag, AMNH
Back cover
top: Ahkwesáhne students, AMNH; bottom left to right: Ahkwesáhne student, AMNH; Penobscot woman, AMNH; Christine Loft, Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center
Special thanks to everyone at the Ahkwesáhne Freedom School, to Linda Coombs and the Plimoth Plantation, and to the Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Cultural Center.













