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Lists
- Provides addresses.
- Provides links to federal offices of the government of the United States that relate to Native American affairs. 7-99
- Provides a very comprehensive set of resources, organized by subject.
- Provides 7 sources on Native American genealogy.
- Provides sources of information on the cultures of Native Americans.
- Provides information on the language and culture of dozens of Native American tribes and nations.
- Provides links to Native American information, stories, and history. 2-00
- Provides close to 100 resources on Native Americans, listed in alphabetic order. 11-99
- Provides over two dozen carefully annotated resources.
- Provides information on Native American languages, legends, genealogy, organizations, and more. 2-00
- Provides 5 carefully selected links.
- Provides comprehensive and well organized resources on the Navaho Indian, especially concerning beliefs.
- Provides links to Native American resources, including a special emphasis on Tlingit and Haida communities.
Materials
- Provides a test of attitudes regarding age, race, gender and self-esteem. Created by Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji. Your responses are measured by your speed of associations. Most of us do have biases (preferences) that may conflict with our values. Biases can work invisibly and give us a tendency to treat others unfairly (with prejudice). By uncovering our biases, we can combat our prejudices more effectively.
Multimedia
News
- Provides Native American news and historical information through a newsletter for youth. 1-00
Papers
- Provides a listing of contacts for Native American organizations in northwestern United States. 7-99
- "If for no other reason, the Algonkin would be famous because their name has been used for the largest native language group in North America." 2-00
- Provides 3-d views of the Kiva, structures for meetings of the ancient Anasazi Native Americans.
- Provides a description of ancient Native American cultures of southwestern USA, such as the Anasazi, Mongollon and Hohokam.
- Provides lists of Indigenous Peoples and their locations on maps.
- "One thing that is known about the Beothuk was their love of the color red." 2-00
- Provides eyewitness accounts of life and circumstances of the education of Native American children in boarding schools. 10-99
- Provides the original speech of 1854 by Chief Seattle, agreeing to live on a reservation.
- Provides a version of the 1854 statement attibuted to Chief Seattle. This version, although popular, was apparently an elaboration of the original speech and was written in part by Ted Perry in the 1970's for a movie.
- Provides suggestions for making the education of Native American children congruent with their culture and thereby reducing their drop out rate. 7-99
- Provides a research based case for the fact that languages, Native American languages in particular, are perishing at an accelerated rate. 11-99
- Provides contact information for BIA offices, by region. 2-00
- Examines the beliefs and life styles of four American Indian tribes of the United States, including the Hopi. "Though all of these peoples have chosen different pathways and strategies for making a life in their various environments, one similar concept is voiced by all--that a reciprocal connection exists between people and the rest of the world."
- Provides statements of LaDuke at the World Conference on Women in Bejing in 1995.
- "Simply put, the Iroquois were the most important native group in North American history..." 2-00
- Examines the beliefs and life styles of four American Indian tribes of the United States, including the Iroquois. "Though all of these peoples have chosen different pathways and strategies for making a life in their various environments, one similar concept is voiced by all--that a reciprocal connection exists between people and the rest of the world."
- "Years after the leading tribes with the famous names were gone, the Kickapoo were still in the midst of the struggle to preserve native America." 2-00
- Also See Sioux below.
- Examines the beliefs and life styles of four American Indian tribes of the United States, including the Lakota. "Though all of these peoples have chosen different pathways and strategies for making a life in their various environments, one similar concept is voiced by all--that a reciprocal connection exists between people and the rest of the world."
- "When James Fenimore Cooper wrote 'Last of the Mohicans' in 1826 he made the Mahican famous." 2-00
- "Contact with Europeans probably occurred at an early date, perhaps as soon as John Cabot in 1497... " 2-00
- "The Metoac had the misfortune to occupy Long Island which was regarded as the source of the best wampum in the Northeast." 2-00
- "The first known contact was made in 1497 by John Cabot who took three Micmac with him when he returned to England." 2-00
- "Mohegan means wolf. So does Mahican, but these are the names of two distinct Algonquin tribes..." 2-00
- "Montagnais considered porcupine a delicacy." 2-00
- Provides an excellent description of tribes and nations. It is the source for many other Native American resources in this section. 2-00
- Provides statements from Winona LaDuke about "White" views of the environment compared to the Native views. She also discusses the difference between Native Activists and Environmentalists.
- Provides information by subject or by keyword.
- Provides research and historical information on Native American culture and wars. 2-00
- "Probably their most interesting feature was their reputation among other tribes for the spiritual power of their shamans." 2-00
- "Each group was ruled by its own sachem, but there was very little political organization beyond the village or band level." 2-00
- Provides 14 legends involving animals.
- Provides information on the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of government.
- Provides articles by date.
- Searches for articles on the Osage.
- "Actually, migration was rare until settlement displaced the eastern tribes and began a chain reaction of movement to the west." 2-00
- Provides a description of markings and meanings of the ancient Plains Indians of the United States.
- Also See Lakota above.
- "The Susquehannock have been called noble and heroic." 2-00
- Provides an article about the well preserved fish traps used by the Tlingit 4,000 years ago. This type of trap has been found nowhere else in the world.
- Examines the beliefs and life styles of four American Indian tribes of the United States, including the Tlingit. "Though all of these peoples have chosen different pathways and strategies for making a life in their various environments, one similar concept is voiced by all--that a reciprocal connection exists between people and the rest of the world."
- Searchable.
- Provides exerpts from the oral history of the Wampanoag, as well as information about their current status. 3-00
- "Their clothing was fringed buckskin, which the Winnebago frequently decorated with beautiful designs created from porcupine quills, feathers and beads..." 2-00
Projects
- Provides teachers with an opportunity to mentor Native American classrooms through email contact. 10-99
Purchase Resources
- Provides fonts for various Native American languages.