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School Library Media Center Native American page. You will find
bibliographies, directories to pages of individual tribes, history and
historical documents, periodicals and general links. The ISLMC is a
preview site for teachers, librarians, students and parents.
You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. The
following sites have useful information on Native
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See Also: Virginia's Indians, The Cherokees, Native American Authors
Bibliographies
Selected
Bibliography on Native American Writers and Their Writings
A Wallace library guide
Native Americans. Bibliography.
Juvenile Books
Native
Americans. Bibliography.
Young Adult Books
Fiction; biography; poetry;
drama by and about Native Americans.
A
Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-12
From Smithsonian Institution Anthropology Outreach
Office.
Index of
Native American Bibliography Resources on the Internet
Excellent index from Hanksville
Welcome to Hanksville.
Bibliography
Bibliography of books for those who desire to begin
to build an understanding
of Native American cultures
Bibliography.
Society, Culture and History
A professional bibliography of
general
references and traditional
environmental
knowledge from Native Americans.
Bibliography.
NativeWeb.
Use search engine. Creek Indians and other
bibliographies.
Native
American Book Centre
An excellent source of books by and
about Native
Americans; criticism;
fiction; science, etc.
Native
American, Publications for Children
From Smithsonian. Recommended books, periodicals and other
materials for children
Voices and
Visions. Annotated Bibliography
From Saddleback College
Smithsonian.
Recommended Books on Native American Literature
Anthologies, criticism. For other lists, see NMAI FAQs.
Space down to find
many reading lists
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Directories
American Indian
Tribal Directory
Locate federally recognized tribes by tribe,
by state and by
city/state.
NativeWeb
Wealth of information; see the Nations Index for
individual tribes
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Online
Documents & E-Texts
Native
American Electronic Text Resources
Online etexts, essays,
poetry, fiction, etc.
Native American
Documents Project
Documents about federal policies concerning native
peoples
Includes documents of Bureau of Indian Affairs,1871;
Allotment Data;
Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation Collection
Oneida Nation Treaties
Project
Reproductions of various treaties between the Iroquois
Confederacy
and the U. S. government
Indian Law
: An Overview
From Corenll.
Sayings
of Chief Joseph [Nez Perce]
Also Chief
Joseph Biography, from PBS. New
Perspectives on the American West
Internet Law
Library. Indian Nations and Tribes
Extensive collection of links; treaties, constitutions,
legislation,
court decisions
The
Avalon Project : Treaties Between the United States and Native
Americans
Women
in America: Indian Women
Accounts by de Tocqueville, de Beaumont, Cather, Arese and
Marryat
on the status of Indian women in traditional culture
Internet Law Library.
Indian Nations and Tribes
Large number of documents. Searchable database at Internet Law Library
USGenWeb
Archives : Indian Treaties
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Author Pages
Indians of North
American--Biography
Internet links to homepages, lesson plans and other info on
Native American
authors such
as Michael Dorris, Leslie Silko, N. Scott Momaday &
Louise
Erdrich.
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Study & Teaching
British Columbia
(BC) Education-Aboriginal Education: First Nation
Core curriculum, K12. For main page, seeBC Education-Aboriginal
Education
ERIC Digests
A Talk
Concerning First Beginnings: Teaching Native American Oral
Literature
From Heath's Teaching the American
Literatures
Dene
People; Native American curriculum. K6
Developed by members of the
Dene people of the North Western Territories
in Canada. Excellent
resource for teachers. See also: Teacher Resource
Manual.
Other materials are in development. Search Community Learning Network.
Keyword: Dene for updates.
Internet
Sites on Native Americans. Correlated with Virginia's SOLs
Links to Inuits
[Eskimos],
Mayans, and
Others for American History Curriculum.
Making
Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books
From Montgomery County Public Schools, K12. Literature and
links
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History
On
This Date in North "American Indian" History
Lists over 3,000 events which happened to or affected the
indigenous
peoples of North America.
First
Nations Histories
Brief histories of native american peoples.
Canada's
Digital Collections
Extensive resources from SchoolNet.
Canada's
SchoolNet
First Nations, Digital Collections (above), other
resources.
Living
Culture and History of California Indians
Map; teacher resources; California Indian groups; Yurok;
Pomo;
Miwok; Ohlone; Yokuts; Chumash
Cherokee Indians Pages
A page of links, including history, images and maps,
legends
Kansas
One Room School House Project
Kansas native people; many Native
American tribal links. Also has
cowboys, forts, railroads and other
historical information.
History of the
Northwest Coast Indians
Provides online access to historical
documents
relating to the history
of Indians
of the Northwest Coast. Includes firsthand account
of the James Cook
Expedition.
Oneida
Indian Nation
History, treaties, "Three Sisters Cookbook"
Tlingit National
Anthem: Alaska Natives Online
Includes Tlingit culture & history; current American
Indian issues, Alaskan
Summer Tourist attractions & links. Site has variable
"pop-ups"
Virginia Indians
Powhatans, Chesapeakes, Monacans, Manahoacs, Cherokees,
Nanticokes, Melungeons; Jamestown; Pocahontas
Library of Congress.
American Memory Collection
Use the search function. Many reproductions of
pictures
History of Native
Americans in West Virginia (WV)
Early cultures, Mound Builders, prehistory of the Kanawha
Valley,
clashes with European settlers, American Indians in the U. S.
Census for West Virginia (1860-1990)
Tribal
Index
Gateway to information concerning approximately 80 western
Native
American tribes, visited and photographed by Edward Sheriff
Curtis
from 1890 to 1930.
Native American Technology
and Art
Clothing, metalwork, beadwork, more
Indigenous
Peoples' Literature
Indigenous Peoples of Mexico; Mexican stories; Famous
Documents (North America); Great Chiefs and Leaders (Sioux,
Lakota, etc); Indigenous Nations Home Pages; Other
Information
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General Links
Native American Home
Pages
Page by Lisa Mitten, University of Pittsburgh
First Nations in Canada
The people and their cultures; culture areas (Woodland,
Plains, Pacific Coast, etc.)
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian: Native American Resources
Links; exhibits; bibliographies; lesson plans
National Museum of the
American Indian
From Smithsonian.
Native
Americans
Legends, society, faces, places, art, religion, wisdom of
Cherokee,
Apache, Navajo, Cheyenne, Pueblo, Sioux, Blackfoot
Natigve
Americans - Women's History
Internet links from About.com
Native Web
Includes literature; subject categories;
geographic regions; nations/peoples;
languages; education; bibliographies;
historical materials; other WWW,
search capability.
Galaxy's
Native
American Links
Academic organizations, articles, collections,
directories, guides, periodicals.
Duster's
Native American
Excellent professional reference. Includes art;
resources; home pages
of various
tribes; spirituality; on-line resources; and other
topics.
Native People
Links for tribes; arts; literature; language; culture
Native Americans at
Princeton
Links to major Internet sites, organizations, art,
literature, issues, other resources.
Native Tech
Arts as
beadwork, pottery; essays & articles; poetry and
stories.
Digital
Librarian: Native American Resources
Large collection of links on Native American sites
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Periodicals
Indian
Country Today
America's largest Indian newspaper.
Cherokee
Messenger
Newsletter of the Cherokee Cultural Society of Houston.
Includes excerpts.
Native Americas;
Journal of Indigenous Studies
From Cornell. By subscription
only. Contains tables of contents for past issues.
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