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Grade Twelve Benchmarks

• Identify characteristics of American Indian tribes and other cultural groups in Montana.

• Explain the history, culture and current status of American Indian tribes in Montana and the United States.

• Recognize that people view and report historical events differently

• Identify and describe ways families, groups, tribes and communities influence the individual’s daily life and personal choices.

• Identify examples of individual struggles and their influence and contributions (e.g., Sitting Bull, Louis Riel, Chief Plenty Coups, Evelyn Cameron, Helen Keller, Mohandis Ghandi, Rosa Parks).

• Recognize local, state, tribal and federal governments and identify representative leaders at these levels (e.g., mayor, governor, chairperson, president).

• Identify major responsibilities of local, state, tribal and federal government.