Oklahoma Social Studies USG.C.3.6.C
The Standard
- USG.C.3
- Analyze the fundamental principles of the American republic, as established in the Constitution of the United States of America.
- USG.C.3.6
- Analyze the constitutional and legal status of Tribal governments within the federal system.
Explain how Tribal governments exercise powers of self-government and participate in federal programs through legislation that allows Tribes to contract or compact with the federal government to administer services and programs. Key legislation teachers may reference: Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. This law allows tribes to operate programs that were previously run directly by federal agencies.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USG.C.3.6
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how a Tribal government can use a federal contract or compact to run a service, such as a school or health clinic. They identify who runs the program, where funding comes from, and how this reflects Tribal self-government.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a school previously run by a federal agency, a student can explain what changes when a Tribe takes over its operation. They can explain that the agreement does not create the Tribe’s authority to govern itself.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a federal contract gives Tribes their authority to govern. They may also assume that federal funding means a federal agency still runs the program, or that every Tribe must use these agreements.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A Tribe signs an agreement to run a federally funded health clinic previously run by a federal agency. Who now runs the clinic, and how does this show self-government?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled Tribal government, federal agency, clinic, federal funds, and agreement; have them arrange the cards and draw funding and decision-making arrows.
Ask students to write two sentences on why a Tribe might choose to run a federally funded school instead of leaving it with a federal agency.
Read four short service scenarios aloud; students hold up Tribe or federal agency cards to show who runs each program.
Give students a fictional tribal clinic notice and have them mark who runs the clinic and who provides its federal funds.
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