Student Activities

For more than 30 years, Oklahoma
City’s Red Earth has been home to the renowned Deupree Cradleboard Collection, one of the most extensive collections of Native American cradleboards in the southwest United States.

Learn facts, complete activities, and get a deeper understanding of our Tribal cultures. The Oklahoman provides educational resources using a newspaper curriculum supplement.

Learn about the American Indians as farmers. Students will grow a virtual and actual garden to determine the factors affecting plant growth. Learning what each plant looks like, nutrients they provide, how they taste and understand healthy foods.

Totem poles are historical monuments and documents. They displayed origins, lineages, supernatural experiences, exploits and acquisitions. The figures recorded the past, displaying it in the present and preserving it for the future.

Indian Corn or “Calico Corn” is so beautiful and is known for it’s multicoloured kernels. They’re really easy to put together and are the perfect addition to your hands on curriculum.

Learn more about how the Comanche language was used during WWII to relay secret battle messages.