Native American Studies

Links & General Resources
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National Museum of the American Indian
New museum opened September 2004.
Sections include: Visitor Info ; Exhibitions [including Online Exhibitions] ; Events ; Outreach ; Education ; Collections.
- Smithsonian

NativeWeb
"Our indexed and searchable database contains hundreds of links concerning Native, Aboriginal, and Indigenous internet resources on all seven continents."
Includes a Resource Center and a Community Center

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Aboriginal Links: Canada and US
Especially good for Treaties, Fishing Rights, Forestry, and political issues.
By Bill Henderson

American Indian College Fund

American Indian History and Related Issues
"This world wide site is a developing site supervised by Professor Troy Johnson and is dedicated to the presentation of unique artwork, photographs, video and sound recordings which accurately reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience in North America and has been expanded to include Indian people of Central America and Mexico."
American Indian Studies Program, California State University

American Indian Resources Index
"A library of Native American literature, culture, education, history, issues and language."
By Will Karkavelas, Faculty of Language and Culture, Osaka University

American Indian Women
Sections include: Bibliographies/Databases ; Biographical Sources ; Encyclopedias ; Museums & Historical Sites ; Networking Tools ; Primary Sources.
From American Women's History: A Research Guide
By Ken Middleton, Reference Librarian, Middle Tennessee State University

American Truths
"Dramatic audio presentations quoting historic documents that contrast the values, beliefs, and behaviors of indigenous and immigrant cultures, and reveal the roots of today's controversies."

Center for the Study of the First Americans
"The Center will continue with its established publication, research, and outreach programs at Texas A&M as well as initiate new projects and programs."
Sections include: Membership ; Faculty & Staff ; Facilities ; Research ; Education ; Publications ; Symposiums & Conferences ; CSFA Library ; Breaking News ; New Technology ; First American Studies ; Archaeology Trips & Digs.
- Texas A&M Dept. of Anthropology

Cornell University Library - Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections

• Vanished Worlds, Enduring People
  Cornell University Library's Native American Collection
  Companion website to the exhibition held October 2005 - June 2006.
  "...the first public exhibition of the collection at Cornell, highlights the great range and depth of the Native American Collection and reaffirms Cornellís commitment to dialogue and learning centered on native cultures."
  Sections include: Maya Ruins ; Illustrated Works ; A Transatlantic World ; Continuing Encounters ; European Encroachment, Native Resistance ; Language and Education ; The Written Word ; Anthropologists & Native Americans ; Northeast ; Slideshow to Powwow

First Nation Information Project
A well designed and extensive site

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
A large meta-index of general and academic sites. Topics include Culture, History, Language, Electronic Texts, Bibliographies, Indices, WWW Virtual Libraries, Museums, Archaeology, and a lot more.
By Karen M. Strom

The Indian Fur Trade
"The Fur Trapper site is for the collecting and sharing of information on the effects of the fur trade on the American Indians. Much of the history from the late seventeen hundreds to eighteen forty reflects the prejudices of the times rather than factual information on the Fur Trade and its effects on the Plains, Rocky Mountain, and Canadian Indian Cultures."
Maintained by O.N. Eddins

In Kiva and Hogan: Native Peoples of the American West
This extensive page includes primary texts, secondary texts, tribal homepages, archives, teaching resources, images, and links to other Internet sites
By Catherine Lavender, Department of History, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York

Lakota na Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin
...a joint project by Martin Broken Leg at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, and Raymond Bucko, S.J. at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY...The authors of this page hope to make this site both a location for a multiplicity of voices from various communities, native, scholarly as well as other groups, and to provide an ongoing dialogue on contemporary issues

National Congress of American Indians

National Museum of the American Indian
New museum opened September 2004.
Sections include: Visitor Info ; Exhibitions [including Online Exhibitions] ; Events ; Outreach ; Education ; Collections.
- Smithsonian

National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places

• National American Indian Heritage Month
  "this site showcases historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units that recognize the events and lifeways, the designs and achievements of American Indians. Join the National Register in paying powerful tribute to the spirit of American Indians, and their contributions to our history.

Native American Authors - (dead link)
"This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented. The website will continue to expand, adding additional authors, books and web resources."
- From the Internet Public Library

Native American Geometry
Major sections include: Foundations ; Anthropology ; Designs ; Education
By Chris Hardaker

Native American Sites
"My goal is to provide access to home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations, and to other sites that provide solid information about American Indians."
Maintained by Lisa Mitten

Native American Women on the Web
Multi-Purposes Sites on Native Americans
Compiled by the University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian

Native Americans and the Environment
Major sections include: Introduction to the Issues ; Bibliography ; Internet Resources ; Cases Studies.

Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History - (dead link)
Major sections include: Native Americans and the Land ; Wilderness and American Identity ; The Use of the Land.
"Essays by leading scholars offering: content overviews ; discussion guidance ; bibliographies ; online resources ; primary sources ; printable images."
- From TeacherServe, National Humanities Center

Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas

• Learning Aids - (dead link)
  "We currently have information on published and "semi-published" teaching and general reference materials for the following North American Indian languages or groups of languages."

This Week in North American Indian History
Maintained by Phil Konstantin 

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