C. E. Whitehead's

Prairie Ecosystem

Prairie Comeback.  This site from PBS explores how the bison are 
being brought back to the prairie!
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1106/segments/1106-1.htm

Growing Prairie.  Find out about biodiversity on the prairie as you 
grow your own prairie!  From PBS!  QUESTIONS:  (1)  How do you think 
things like prairie animals and prairie fires are related to the 
amount of shade and light plants get on the prairie?  (2) How might 
prairie fires help or harm plant growth?  (3) How long does it take 
the grass to sprout?  What can you find on a prairie besides 
grasses?  How long does it take these to grow or mature after a fire 
do you think?  (4) Finally, much prairie land was converted to farm 
land by settlers during the land rush--what do you think about this?--
is it better to grow farm plants or grass on a prairie?--HINT:  Is 
the prairie dry or moist?--What grows best in this sort of soil?
--and why?
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1106/teaching/teaching.htm

The Lakota of the Great Plains.  Read about the ancient buffalo and 
prairie ecosystem here on the "Great Plains" link!  (Site from the 
Carnegie Museum of Natural History.)
http://www.carnegiemuseum.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/lakota/index.html

The Lakota Sioux Indian Reservation at the Rosebud 
Indian Reservation in South Dakota's SIte.  Learn about Lakota 
culture and famous Lakota chiefs.  Listen to music with quicktime.
http://www.littlesioux.org/indexx.html

The Dustbowl:  Stories, Timelines, and Maps.  Explore the end of the 
traditional prairie ecosystem.  (Site from PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/

Voices from the Dustbowl  An on-line multimedia collection that tells 
the stories of some of the people who lived through the Dustbowl.  
(From the U.S. Government.)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

Photographs of Migrant Mothers During the Dustbowl--by Dorothea Lange-
-originally taken for 
the Farm Security Administration.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/128_migm.html

More on Dorothea Lange--biography and photographs.  (From Documenting 
America).
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html

Photographs of South Dakota Prairie Storms--modern-day storms.  (Part 
of the Prairie Newsletter site at Geocities.com.)
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/2814/pagetwo.htm

The Legend of the Buffalo Dance.  (A traditional Blackfoot story.  
From StonE Producktions and WolfDrum4's collection).  Can    this 
story have any meaning for us today?
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore02.html

The History of the Formation of the Great Plains--with click-on 
maps!  (from North Dakota State University.)
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/govdocs/text/greatplains/text.html

The Great Plains--Key Issues in sustaining the Great Plains (our 
breadbasket!), including water, biodiversity, and others.  This site 
asks how much interferrence by conservationists is too much as well 
as how much farming is too much?
http://iisd.ca/agri/default.htm

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