Stage 7: Your Complete Website

UNIT

STEP 1

Look How Far You've Come

Your code editor starts with everything you've built across all 7 stages. Take a moment to scroll through it and appreciate what you created.

In this final stage, we'll add two professional finishing touches and do a digital citizenship review before celebrating.

STEP 2

Add a Meta Description

The <meta> tag lives in the <head> and gives search engines a description of your page. It appears as the summary text under your page title in search results.

👉 Add this INSIDE your <head> tag, after <title>: <meta name="description" content="A webpage about North Dakota's 4 sovereign Tribal nations — the Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Three Affiliated Tribes (MHA Nation), and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.">

🔍 Why This Matters

A good meta description helps people find your page — and tells them it's about Native nations before they even click. That's how web developers shape what the world sees.

STEP 3

Write HTML Comments

Comments are notes you write inside your code that don't show on the page. They help you and other developers understand what different parts of the code do.

👉 HTML comment syntax:

👉 Add a comment above each major section: 
<h2>Sioux and Dakota Nations</h2>


<h2>MHA Nation and Anishinaabe</h2>

STEP 4

Digital Citizenship Check

Before you finish, do a quick review:

Are all Tribal nation names spelled correctly?
Are all links going to official Tribal nation websites?
Is the information accurate and respectful?
Did you represent each nation fairly — not as a museum piece, but as living, present-day communities?
Would someone from a Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock, MHA Nation, or Turtle Mountain community feel respected reading your page?

🌐 Digital Citizenship in Practice

Building websites about other people's communities is a responsibility. The way you structure, title, and link your content shapes how others see those communities. You just practiced being a responsible web developer.

STEP 5

Skills You've Earned in Unit 1

<!DOCTYPE html>

<title>

<meta>

<p>

Nested lists

target="_blank"

HTML attributes

STEP 6

You Built This

🎉 Unit 1 Complete!

You learned HTML while learning about North Dakota's 4 sovereign Tribal nations — the Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, MHA Nation, and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. That's coding and cultural knowledge — both matter.

→ Up Next: Unit 2 — This Is Me In Tech

In Unit 2, you'll use CSS to create your own digital identity profile — and learn how your cultural background makes you a unique voice in tech.

📁 Save Your Work

Copy all the code from the editor and save it in a file called Tribes-ND.html on your computer. That's a real webpage you made!

Code Editor

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>North Dakota's Tribal Nations</title>
    
</head>
<body>
    <h1>North Dakota's 4 Tribal Nations</h1>

<h2>Sioux and Dakota Nations</h2>
    <p><strong>Two sovereign Sioux and Dakota nations</strong> call North Dakota home.</p>
    <ul>
        <li>Spirit Lake Nation <ul><li>Ramsey, Benson & Nelson Counties</li></ul></li>
        <li>Standing Rock Sioux Tribe <ul><li>Sioux & Morton Counties</li></ul></li>
    </ul>

<hr>

<h2>MHA Nation and Anishinaabe</h2>
    <p>North Dakota is also home to the <strong>Three Affiliated Tribes</strong> and the <strong>Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa</strong>.</p>
    <ul>
        <li>Three Affiliated Tribes (MHA Nation) <ul><li>Fort Berthold Reservation, Western ND</li></ul></li>
        <li>Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians <ul><li>Rolette County</li></ul></li>
    </ul>

<hr>

<h2>About the Sioux and Dakota Nations</h2>
    <h3>Their History</h3>
    <p>The Spirit Lake Nation and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are Dakota and Lakota peoples who have lived in the Northern Plains since time immemorial.</p>
    <h3>Today</h3>
    <p>Both nations continue to govern their own lands and work to protect their treaty rights and sovereignty.</p>
    <p>Learn more: <a href="https://www.spiritlakenation.com" target="_blank">Spirit Lake Nation</a></p>

<hr>

<h2>About the MHA Nation</h2>
    <h3>Three Peoples, One Nation</h3>
    <p>The <em>Mandan</em>, <em>Hidatsa</em>, and <em>Arikara</em> are three distinct peoples united as the MHA Nation at Fort Berthold Reservation.</p>
    <h3>Today</h3>
    <p>The MHA Nation governs Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota.</p>
    <p>Learn more: <a href="https://www.mhanation.com" target="_blank">MHA Nation - Three Affiliated Tribes</a></p>
    <h4>Spotlight: Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa</h4>
    <p>The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians are Anishinaabe people in Rolette County. Home to a significant <em>Michif</em>-speaking population, Turtle Mountain Community College has served students there since 1972.</p>
    <p>Learn more: <a href="https://www.tmbci.net" target="_blank">Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa</a></p>

<hr>

<h2>Quick Facts</h2>
    <p>North Dakota's 4 Tribal nations represent:<br>
    2 Sioux and Dakota nations in the east<br>
    1 MHA Nation in the west<br>
    1 Anishinaabe nation in the north</p>
    <ol>
        <li>North Dakota has 4 federally recognized Tribal nations.</li>
        <li>ND nations represent Sioux, MHA, and Anishinaabe peoples.</li>
        <li>The MHA Nation includes Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples.</li>
        <li>Each nation is sovereign - they have their own government.</li>
    </ol>

<hr>
    <p><em>Page created by: Your Name Here</em></p>
</body>
</html>

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