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American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
"This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These resources illustrate many aspects of life and work, including housing, clothing, crafts, transportation, education, and employment. The materials are drawn from the extensive collections of the University of Washington Libraries, the Cheney Cowles Museum/Eastern Washington State Historical Society in Spokane, and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle."
- University of Washington Libraries & American Memory, Library of Congress

Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
"...is the oldest and largest anthropology museum in the region and brings to life the culture history of the Greater Southwest, from the mammoth hunters to the present, through many ongoing research projects. The museum's rich and varied collections are among the most significant resources in the nation for the study of Southwest anthropology."

California Indian Heritage
Sections include: In the News ; Putting a Face on the Past ; Historic Timeline ; Tribal Groups ; Directory of California Tribes ; Links
- Official Website of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer.

Camping with the Sioux
Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
"The following text is based on two journals kept by Alice Fletcher during a six-week venture into Plains Indian territory in 1881."
- National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

  • American Indians and the Natural World
    "Through exploration of four different visions of living in and with the natural worldóthose of the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast, the Hopi of the Southwest, the Iroquois of the Northeast, and the Lakota of the PlainsóNorth, South, East, West: American Indians and the Natural World examines the belief systems, philosophies, and practical knowledge that guide Indian peoples' interactions with the natural world."

Center for Columbia River History

  • Columbia Basin Native Fisheries
    "...you can retrieve profiles of the indigenous groups in the Columbia Basin that were included in the Northwest Power Planning Council Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1980. This list does not represent all of the indigenous groups of the basin, past or present...takes you the documents that provide the foundation for Indian fishing rights such as treaties and court cases in both the U.S. and Canada."
    • Boldt Decision (1974)
      Allocated 50 percent of the annual catch to treaty tribes.

[Chaco] Exploratorium: Ancient Observatories

  • Chaco Canyon
    Sections include: Canyon ; Observation ; Seasons & Alignments ; Time ; Resources ; Teacher's Guide.

[Chaco] Traditions of the Sun : Explore the World's Ancient Observatories
"We invite you to explore this site, to learn about the ancestral Native Americans in New Mexico and the ancient Maya in the Yucatan, while gaining a better understanding of the active Sun, and its importance to themóand, to us."

Columbia River History
A Changing Columbia Basin, 1770-Present"
Sections include: The Columbia Basin in 1770 ; The Columbia Basin in 1940 ; The Columbia Basin Now ; Other Salmon Links.
"This information is available as a free Oregon Sea Grant publication"

Computers in Libraries

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR)
"The Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla people make up the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Since time immemorial, we have lived on the Columbia River Plateau. Specifically, our homeland is the area now known as northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington."

Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
Sections include: American Indians ; Black Americans ; Chinese Americans ; Japanese Americans ; Mexican Americans.
- Office of Historic Preservation, California Dept. of Parks and Recreation

Fort Collins Public Library - Local History Archive

  • Native Americans
    "This paper will provide a framework for human occupancy of the area currently designated 'Larimer County, Colorado' by indigenous peoples from prehistory until dispossession in 1878."

[Georgia] Atlanta History Center

  • Lesson Plans: Native Lands: Indians and Georgia Curriculum
    "...explored three Native American societies that rose and fell on what became Georgia -the Mississippian, Creek and Cherokee.Containing detailed lesson plans, primary documents, worksheets andintroductory information for each section, the following curriculagive students the opportunity to learn more about these societies."

History of the Cherokee
Topics include History, Images & Maps, Genealogy, Books & Newspapers, and Related Links.
Maintained by Ken Martin

A History of the NW Coast
Includes articles, images and maps
By Bruce Hallman

Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
"Images of the Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains is a searchable online photograph database...Images were digitized and drawn from the library collections of three of the Montana State University campuses ( Bozeman, Billings, and Havre), the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, and Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Montana...The digital collection was created in consultation with Native Americans, educators, librarians, and historians. The overall organization of the database is by tribe, including: Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, Salish (Flathead), Kutenai, Chippewa-Cree, Gros Ventres (Atsina), and Assiniboine. 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."

Indigenous Language Institute
"...collaborates with indigenous communities to revitalize and perpetuate the languages and culture of the original inhabitants of the Americas."

  • Endangered Languages Database - (dead link)
    "This summary report includes one hundred and nine (109) language researchers reporting on 151 languages/dialects. Language researchers responded to our survey from Australia (3), Belize (1), Canada (8), China (1), Denmark (2), England (5), Germany (2), Hong Kong (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (5), Scotland (1), Spain (1), Venezuela (1), and the rest from the United States (75)."
    Linguistic Society of America / Committee on Endangered Languages & their Preservation.
  • Native Languages Revitalization Resource Directory - (dead link)
    "Here you will find information about Native language programs and practitioners, publications, organizations, and a variety of resources for those involved in, or interested in starting, a language revitalization program."

[Iroquois] University of Oklahoma Law Center - Native American Legal Resources
Maintained by Marilyn K. Nicely

Kennewick Man - See Anthropology - Kennewick Man

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."

PBS NOVA - Mystery of the First Americans
"The film documents the discovery and ensuing controversy over the Kennewick Man, a well-preserved, 9,000-year-old human skeleton found in Washington State in 1996."
Sections include: Does Race Exist ; Meet Kennewick Man ; Claims for the Remains ; The Dating Game ; Resources.

University of New Mexico School of Law Library - American Indian Law
"These web pages are designed to assist the researcher in obtaining appropriate resources dealing with Native American law. Brief descriptions of the contents of each resource will guide the researcher in selecting material."
Sections include: Federal Materials ; Federal Agencies ; Tribal Materials ; Native American Organizations ; Law School Native American Websites ; Law Reviews & Other Publications ; Sandia Pueblo Land Controversy ; International Indigenous Issues.

Inupiat

Inupiat of Arctic Alaska
By Norman Chance

Lakota

Lakota na Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin
Lakota Dakota Information Home Page
"This page deals with Lakota and Dakota peoples. These distinct but related groups are sometimes referred to as Sioux or Siouan peoples. This page does not represent an officially sanctioned voice for any of these peoples either as individuals or as corporate groups."
By Marin Broken Leg, Augustana College and Raymond Bucko, S.J., Creighton University.

Tribal Law Journal
- University of New Mexico School of Law

Lumbee

Lumbee Tribe
The Official Website

Lummi Nation

Totem Pole Will Carry Blessings to New York
"Lummi master carvers have crafted a healing totem pole they will take across the country this month, with ceremonial stops along the way to seek healing prayers, blessings and songs of elders from at least 25 tribes. The pole will then be given in New York to the families of victims of the terrorist attacks."
- Seattle Times, August 3, 2002

[Makah] The Makah Nation

[Makah] NativeReligion.org
"Under the auspices of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University, to which Michael McNally is a Research Affiliate, this site explores the intersection between law, religion, and Native American traditions in historic and recent cases -- many of them pending -- where Native American communities have sought protection for 'sacred' lands, practices, objects, and human remains that are arguably, if not solely or plainly, matters of religious freedom."

[Makah] Pacific Northwest Quarterly
"...is the leading scholarly journal devoted to the history and culture of the northwestern United States, Alaska, and western Canada."
Selected articles available online.

[Mississippi] Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
"Wonders of Geometric Precision, the earthworks of the lower Mississippi were centers of life long before the Europeans arrived in America. As was the river itself. The alluvial soil of its banks yielded a bounty of beans, squash, and corn to foster burgeoning communities. Over the Mississippiís waters, from near and far, came prized pearls, copper, and mica."
- National Park Service Archeology Program

[Mississippi] Indian Mounds of Mississippi
"This guide to the publicly owned, visitor-accessible American Indian Mound sites of Mississippi provides a compact source of information on these impressive landmarks of the ancient past."
- National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service

Nebraska Indian Community College

Pacific Northwest Coastal Indians (K-6)
"What made the Puget Sound Indian tribes "rich" in ancient times? Why were woven mats so important? How did totem poles get started? What's a Potlatch? Find out here!"
From Daily Life in Ancient Times by Lin and Don Donn

PBS - P.O.V. - Boomtown (July 2, 2002)
By Bryan Gunnar Cole
"In Washington State, there are 26 Indian tribes-All of them trading in fireworks. Boomtown follows the Suquamish tribe during firework season-A chaotic five-week sales period-While exploring life, liberty, and the politics of Indian sovereignty in America."
Sections include: Discover More ; Get Involved ; Inspired By ; Behind the Lens ; Talking Back ; Classroom ; About the Film.

Plimoth-on-Web
Plimoth Plantation : The Living History Museum of 17th-Century Plymouth.

  • The Plimoth Plantation Museum
    Sections include: Plimoth Plantation, Inc. ; 1627 Pilgrim Village ; Hobbamock's Wampanoag Indian Homesite ; Mayflower II ; Archaeology at Plimoth Plantation.

Salmon: Spirit of the Land and Sea
"Join the One World Journeys team along with nature photographer Natalie Fobes, author Susan Zwinger, conservationists Ian and Karen McAllister aboard the Explorer as we travel the coastal waters of Alaska and British Columbia."
Sections include: Live Journey ; Saga of the Salmon ; Eco-Gallery ; People of the Salmon ; Learn and Explore.
Presented by One World Journeys

[Navaho] Tribal Law Journal
- University of New Mexico School of Law

[Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen] Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation
The First People of the Monterey Bay Area, California
Sections include: Our Nations Name ; Our Indigenous Homelands ; Our History Since European Contact ; Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation Today ; Our Annual Gathering.

SCIway - South Carolina's Information Highway - History & Genealogy

  • South Carolina Indians
    Sections include: General Information ; Tribes ; Geography ; History ; Language ; Place Names ; Resources.

Suquamish Tribe - Chief Seattle

Suquamish Tribe
Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington
"...Reservation is located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. Situated on the waterfront across the Puget Sound from Seattle, the reservation is home to the Suquamish people, a fishing tribe whose leader was Chief Seattle, after whom the city took its name."

Google Directory > Native Americans > Chief Seattle - (dead link)

Chief Seattle and Chief Joseph: From Indians to Icons
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

"Chief Seattle's 1854 Oration" - ver. 1
"There is a great deal of controversy surrounding Chief Seattle's speech of 1854. There are many sources of information, various versions of the speech, and debates over its very existence. Please see the links at the end of the speech. Version 1 (below) appeared in the Seattle Sunday Star on Oct. 29, 1887, in a column by Dr. Henry A. Smith."

To Requestors of Chief Seattle's "Ecology" Speech
A brief description of the four versions of the famous speech
"From Washington/Northwest Collections, Washington State Library"
Washington State Library, Olympia, Washington letterhead (1993) ; Nancy Zussy, State Library.

[Tlingit] Tlingit National Anthem - Alaska Natives Online
 "Alaska Native and American Indian anthems, flags, history, art, celebrities, culture, dance, storytelling, photographs, music, languages, writers, radio, and media. Alaska Natives Online, tourist attractions. Alaska Native and American
Indian issues, internet resources."

Tribal Maps
EPA Region 9 [Southwest]

Traders: Voices from the Trading Post
 A wonderful multimedia history of Indian traders primarily on the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni reservations.
The highlight is their on-going collection of oral history interviews.
Cline Library Special Collections and Archives, Northern Arizona University

[Tse-whit-zen] Seattle Times - Unearthing Tse-whit-zen
4-Part Special Report, May 22 - May 25, 2005.
"The [Washington] state Department of Transportation uncovered Tse-whit-zen in August 2003, while building a dry dock on the Port Angeles waterfront. After spending about $60 million ó and finding 335 intact skeletons ó the state abandoned the project. The future of the site is unknown."
Part 1: A Culture Emerges ; Part 2: Spirit of Pestilence ; Part 3: A Costly Mistake ; Part 4: Rebirth of a Culture. Sections include: Introduction ; Epilogue ; Study Guide ; Resources ; Multimedia.
Free registration may be required.

The United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP)
"Home Page of the UCTP Affiliated Taino, Carib and Arawak Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Islands and the United States."

University of Wyoming - American Heritage Center

  • Richard Throssel: Photographer of the Crows
    "Most of the photographs taken by Throssel depict the Crow, or Apsaroke, as they referred to themselves, from 1905-1910...Throssel showed Crow life from the perspective of a near-insider. He documented a broad range of cultural displays, providing a record of context and change for the Crow's adaptation to reservation life. Many of the works convey spontaneity, with the subjects seemingly unaware of the camera."

Washington State University - Digital Collections

Water Politics and the History of the Fort McDowell Indian Community
Essay by James Q. Jacobs, Adjunct Faculty, Central Arizona College

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