Unit 1 · Stage 5

Connecting Your Page to the World

Your page names Minnesota's Tribal nations and tells their stories. Now you will connect it to the wider web with links, so visitors can go straight to each nation's own official website. Play in the editor, or press 👀 Type it with me for a guide. (pause on a highlighted word to see what it does)

1 What are HTML attributes?

So far your tags, like <h1> and <ul>, have done one job each. An attribute is extra information you place inside the opening tag to tell it how to behave. Attributes always follow the pattern attribute="value".

What this code means

<tag attribute="value">: The attribute lives inside the opening tag, after the tag name. It has a name, an equals sign, and a value wrapped in quotation marks.
attribute: The name of the setting you want to change, like href for a link or src for an image.
"value": The setting itself, always inside quotation marks. For a link, the value is the web address you want to open.

💡 You have already met one attribute: lang="en" up in the <html> tag tells browsers the page is in English.

2 The anchor tag

The <a> tag, short for anchor, makes a clickable link. Its most important attribute is href, short for Hypertext Reference, which means "where this link goes."

What this code means

<a> ... </a>: The anchor element. Whatever text you place between the opening and closing tags becomes the blue, clickable link.
href="https://example.com": The address the link points to. When someone clicks, the browser opens this web page.
Click here: The link text people actually see and click. Choose clear words, like the name of a nation, instead of "click here."

🎮 Try it: in the editor, add <a href="https://www.mnhs.org">Minnesota</a> anywhere in the body, then press ▶ Run to see a clickable link appear.

🤔 Quick check before you go on

How many Tribal nations call Minnesota home? Type your answer, then press Submit to unlock the next steps.

3 Add a link to a Tribal nation

Each nation has its own official website. Find your "About the Dakota People" section and, right after the Dakota Today paragraph, add a link to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.

🎯 Respectful linking

When you link to a Tribal nation, send people to that nation's official website, not a third-party source like Wikipedia or a news site. This respects each nation's digital sovereignty and lets them speak for themselves.

🎮 Try it: after the Dakota  for Today, add Learn more: <a href="https://www.shakopeedakota.org">Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community</a>. Press Run, then click the link in the preview.

4 Open the link in a new tab

When you link to another website, it is polite to open it in a new tab so visitors do not leave your page. You do this with the target attribute set to "_blank".

What this code means

target="_blank": Tells the browser to open the link in a brand new tab instead of navigating away from your page.
The underscore in _blank: Part of the required spelling. It signals a fresh, unnamed tab rather than a named frame. Without target, the click replaces your page entirely.

🎮 Try it: update your Shakopee link to <a href="https://www.shakopeedakota.org" target="_blank">Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community</a>. Press Run, then click the link: it now opens in a new tab.

5 Add links for more nations

Here are official web addresses for several Minnesota Tribal nations. Add at least one more link under the Anishinaabe section, and add others if you like. Follow the same pattern each time: Learn more: <a href="URL" target="_blank">Nation Name</a>.

Shakopee Mdewakantonshakopeedakota.org

Red Lake Nationredlakenation.org

White Earth Nationwhiteearth.com

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwellojibwe.org

Fond du Lac Bandfdlrez.com

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwemillelacsband.com

Prairie Island Indian Communityprairieisland.org

🎮 Try it: after the Anishinaabe  for Today, add Learn more: <a href="https://www.redlakenation.org" target="_blank">Red Lake Nation</a>. Press Run.

6 Digital citizenship: link responsibly

Every link you create is a choice about whose voice you amplify. When building pages about Indigenous communities, keep these in mind.

Link to official Tribal nation websites, not Wikipedia or news sites.
Let each nation speak for itself.
Check that your links still work before you publish.
Do not link to content that could misrepresent or stereotype a nation.

🌟 Linking to official sources is a way of showing respect in code. The web connects people, and you decide where those connections lead.

7 Make it your own

Add one more official link under either the Dakota or the Anishinaabe section. Pick a nation from the list above and point href at its official website.

<p>Learn more: <a href="https://www.whiteearth.com" target="_blank">White Earth Nation</a></p>

✓ Finish this stage

To complete Stage 5, your page needs at least two links to official Tribal nation websites. Press Check my work when you are ready. This opens Stage 6 and lets your teacher see that you finished.

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