This lesson plan collection focuses on attitudes and opinions held by Native Americans and European Americans about the United States. The lesson plans are arranged in four sections: (1) "Ancestral Lands" (Debating for Land; Making Treaties and Weaving Wampum; Pipestone Quarry and Westward Expansion: Whose Rock Is It Anyway); (2) "Catlin's Quest" (Inside Catlin's Head; Letters from the Frontier: Reading and Writing Primary Documents; Creating the Past: Understanding Artifacts; Connecting to the Past: Making a Memory Box); (3) "Chiefs and Leaders" (Leadership -- Past and Present: Preliminary Activity; Symbols of Power in Native American Clothing; Cracking Catlin's Code'; Quiz Show! What Were You Thinking? What Did You Say?); and (4) "Western Landscape (Native American Folklore; Mandan Buffalo Dance and You; At Home on the Prairie). Each lesson outlines educational objectives; addresses national history and language arts standards and skills and visual arts standards; suggests interdisciplinary connections and length; notes materials needed; provides content introduction; offers guided practice and independent practice activities and a wrap-up activity; and lists Internet resources. Contains a selection of George Catlin's paintings and a vocabulary list. (BT)