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Alaskan Native Knowledge Network

http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/

"The Alaskan Native Knowledge Network is designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaaska Natives have aquired through cumulative experience over millennia."

Author: Alaskan Native Knowledge Network (fyankn@uaf.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection (AIPNW)

http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/index.html

"This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics. These cultures have occupied, and in some cases still live in parts of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Maps are available that show traditional territories or reservation boundaries. The essays include bibliographies and links to related text and images as well as study questions that K-12 teachers may use as they develop curricula in their schools."

Author: University of Washington Libraries

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Keywords: American Indians; Northwest Coast; Plateau; Tlingit; Tsimshian; Coeur d'Alene; Lushootseed; Makah; Nez Perce; Chief Seattle; Chief Joseph; totem pole

The Arapaho Tribe

http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us/transmiss/congress/arapaho.html

This page has historical information on the Arapaho Tribe and their allies.

Author: Omaha Public Library (webmaster@omaha.lib.ne.us)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Arapaho

California Indian Library Collections

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc/brochure/brochure.html

"The California Indian Library Collections (CILC) was funded with the aim of returning unique cultural materials to California's Native Americans and making the collections available to all citizens through their local libraries. Archived sound recordings, photographs, and textual materials (such as books, journal articles, unpublished manuscripts and field notes, many of which were gathered by Berkeley researchers in the early years of this century) have been duplicated and installed in twenty-one northern and central California libraries. Each county collection contains materials specific to the tribes within that county."This site includes links to tribal bibliographies and a gallery of baskets of Indians of northern and central California.

Author: University of California, Berkeley

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Native American; Baskets; Tribes; California

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

http://www.choctawnation.com/

This site contains information on programs, events, history and governance of the Choctaw Nation.

Author: Choctaw Nation (cn.webmaster@redriverok.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Choctaw

Citizen Potawatomi Nation

http://www.potawatomi.org/

This is a site dedicated to the history and current status of the Potawatomi Tribe. There are also contacts for the various heads of tribal organizations

Author: Stephen Nolen (Webmaster@Potawatomi.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Potawatomi

Colonists and Native Americans

http://history.hanover.edu/17th/native.htm

This Website offers historical documents: "Texts and Archives:First Thanksgiving Proclamation (MS State)/ Secondary Sources/ New Meet Old Americans (Knowledge Adventure)/ History of Jamestowne (Jamestowne Society)/ The Real Pocahontas by Jessica Ronky (Times)/ The Chicora Indians (Pride Net)// Resources: Pride Net: Native American Resources/ Native American Legal Resources (WisBar)/" "Texts and Documents" This Website is a part of the Texts and Documents project at Hanover College.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Historical Documents

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Native Americans; American Indians; Documents; Archives; Colonies; Jamestown; Thanksgiving; Pacahontas; Chicorea Indians; Legal Resources

First Nations Histories

http://www.dickshovel.com/www.html

The First Nations Histories site lists the Indian tribes of North America and gives a brief history of each. By clicking on the names of the tribes, you can read about the tribe in detail, including population, division, location, language, culture, and the history of the tribe. Browse alphabetically or geographically.

Author: Jordan S. Dill (jsd@dickshovel.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Keywords: Native Americans

The Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States

http://users.aol.com:80/Donh523/navapage/index.html

This site includes pictures, history, and explanations of over 60 Native American flags. There is also an article on the increasing use of flags among Native tribes. Scroll down the page to get to the list of flags available.

Author: Don Healy (donh523@aol.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Reference--Geography--Flags

Keywords: Native American; American Indian; flag; flags;

Historical Maps of the United States

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html

Here you can find historical maps of the United States concerning Native American tribes, exploration, settlement, and territorial growth dating back to the 16th Century.

Author: The Perry-Castaņeda Library (www@lib.utexas.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Maps

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Keywords: American History

The History of the Cherokee

http://pages.tca.net/martikw/

Here you can find historical information, images, maps, and geneology relating to the Cherokee Nation. It also has a comprehnsive list of books, newspapers, and Internet links concerning Cherokee History.

Author: Ken Martin (martikw@phoenix.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Maps

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Native American History; American History; American West

Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains

http://libmuse.msu.montana.edu:4000/NAD/nad.home

"Images of the Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains is a searchable online photograph database created with grant support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant Program. The digital collection was created in consultation with Native Americans, educators, librarians, and historians. The collection consists primarily of images, but includes some text to give context. Most of the images are photographs, but there are also stereographs, ledger drawings, and other sketches."

Author: Montana State University, Bozeman (elainep@montana.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Keywords: Photographs; Crow; Cheyenne; Blackfeet; Salish; Flathead; Kutenai; Chippewa-Cree; Assiniboine; Nez Perce; Shoshone; Sioux; Gros Ventres; Atsina

Indigenous Peoples' Literature

http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/natlit2a.htm

This site includes various categories of Native Literature, listed by Nation, geographic location, type of literature (prayers, poetry, stories, famous documents, etc.), Native Youth, and other headings.

Author: Glenn Welker (nativelit@earthlink.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Arts & Humanities--Literature

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Native; nation; prayer

Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is a seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Historical Documents

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Indians; Treaties; executive; order; law

Mi'kmaq Net

http://www.mikmaq.net/

A site dedicated to the history and culture of the Mi'kmaq Nation of Atlantic Canada and northern New England. Subjects on the site include: Territory, Government, Bands, History, Culture, Spirituality, Legends, Language, Issues, and Treaties.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Canada; New England

Muscogee Creek Nation

http://www.ocevnet.org/creek.html

Includes information about history, current events (festivals) and important people and events. Also has links to other Native American sites and information.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Creek

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

http://www.si.edu/nmai/

"The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans." This site presents the museum's collections, exhibitions, and provides additional Internet-based information about Native Americans.

Author: Smithsonian Institution (webmaster@si.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Keywords: American Indian; Exhibition; Natural History

Native American Documents Project

http://www.csusm.edu/projects/nadp/nadp.htm

"The Native American Documents Project is working to makedocuments about the history of federal policy concerning nativepeoples more readily available. There are three sets of data at this site: -Indexed Published Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Indian Commissioners for 1871, and two appendices to theboard's report. These reports touch on most aspects of Indian policy at that time, and are intended to be the beginning of a complete set of published documents from the 1870s. -ten tables of quantitative data, with explanatory material, about the results of allotment, in the Allotment Data collection.   -111 indexed documents in the Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation collection, most from the 19th century, with explanatory material and a map.

Author: E.A.Schwartz (schwartz@san_marcos.csusm.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Native American; Indian Affairs; Allotment; Federal Policy

Native American Indian Resources (NAIR)

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html

Very comprehensive resource with links to major native american authored sites. Including: stories, herbal knowledge, art, astronomy, first nations, native schools, food, and a large page linking to other native sites on the web.

Author: Paula Giese (pgiese@gold.tc.umn.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--Canada

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Native Americans; Aboriginal

Native American Tlingit Culture and Links

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/4513/

"The Tlingit people have a rich culture and history. Historically a matrilineal, clan oriented society, the Tlingit people maintain a tradition of art and dance as they head into the next millennium."

Author: Troy Ivie (ivie9323@uidaho.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Tlingit; Alaska; Alaskan Native

Native Sense: Indian Law, Facts and Resources

http://nativesense.com/

"This web site has answers to common questions about federal Indian law, includes little-known facts about Native Americans/American Indians and provides a wide variety of Native American links." This Website offers teachers excellent teaching materials about Native American culture, such as Native contribution and common misconception.

Author: James McCanna (macklaw@aa.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Law, Government & Political Science--Law

Social Sciences--Anthropology

Keywords: Native American; American Indians; Curriculum; Education; Genealogy; Statistics; Children; Misconception

NativeTech - Native American Technology and Art

http://www.nativetech.org

"NativeTech is an educational web site that covers topics of Native American technology and emphasizes the Eastern Woodlands region. The web site is organized into categories of Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, and Weaving & Cordage. I provide simple instructional information about how some of these materials are used by Natives. More importantly, I provide detailed background on the history and development of these kinds of Native technologies, showing both the change and continuity from pre-contact times to the present. NativeTech is dedicated to disconnecting the term 'primitive' from peoples' perceptions of Native American technology and art."

Author: Tara Prindle (tprindle@nativetech.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Anthropology

Social Sciences--Archaeology

Keywords: Native American; Tools; Artifacts; Crafts

The Official Site of the Pinoleville Band of Pomo Indians

http://www.pinoleville.org/

This site contains information on the Pinoleville Band of Pomo Indians, the Pomo Indians, and Californian Indians in general. Information on contacts and history and culture

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Pomo; California

Oneida Indian Nation - Oneida Nation Homelands

http://www.oneida-nation.net/

This site has information on the Oneida Tribe, its current status and history. Includes annual reports and employment information.

Author: Dan Umstead (umstead@oneida-nation.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Native Americans

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Oneida

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