Designed for secondary students and dealing with the concept of ethnicity in an urban setting, this microcourse on the American Indian presents general information on American Indians and an in-depth study of Indians within the Chicago, Illinois area. Included in this curriculum guide are: seven specific behavioral objectives; course content (some of the Indians settling north of the Rio Grande, including the Iroquois, Cherokee, Plains, and Hopi Indians; the Indian community in Chicago; changes in the culture of the American Indian; and treaties, legislation, and organizations affecting the Indian); teacher information (Indians north of the Rio Grande, the Iroquois' League of United Five Nations, war at the end of the League of the Iroquois, the Cherokee in the southwest, the Indian Removal Bill, the Plains Indians, the horse, the bison, the Horse Creek Council, Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee, the Hopi arts and crafts, the Hopi rituals and ceremonies, the Indian community in Chicago, the American Indian Center in Chicago, the Native American Committee, the Dawes Act, the Snyder Act and the Wheeler-Howard Act, the U.S. "termination" policy, and noted American Indians); student activities (e.g., "explain the ceremony of the Sun Dance", "make a map of early America and locate major Indian tribes", "visit the American Indian Center and conduct an interview," etc.); and bibliography (31 books cited for teachers, 24 books cited for students, and 16 periodical citations). (JC)