Native American Web Links

General Sources
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection (UW site)
University of Washington Library and Library of Congress have combined to put together a site with hundreds of photographs and documents. Arrangement is by topic and you may browse through the photograph collection. American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (Lib. of Cong. American Memories)
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.

Canada's Digital Collection: Aboriginal Peoples.

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
Categories of information on all topics related to Native American culture and life, past and present are listed in table format, making it easy to access native American resources on the Internet from this Web site. The index provides links to information on museums, artists, archaeology, legal resources, music, personal home pages of Native Americans, and bibliographies.

Native Tech
Features a host of articles and special features on themes of clothing to housing to food of the Eastern Woodlands peoples.

NativeWeb
NativeWeb's indexed and searchable database contains hundreds of links related to Native, aboriginal, and indigenous Internet resources from all parts of the world. This Web site provides a comprehensive collection of information organized according to subject categories, geographic regions, cultural groups, literature, language, journals, and organizations. Information is also available regarding news, events, announcements, and job listings.

Cherokee

The Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation's official Web site provides information on treaties, government legislation and policies, in addition to tribal culture and history.

Trail of Tears
As a north Georgia history site, Trail of Tears gives the facts leading up to the forced removal of the Cherokee in the winter of 1838-1839 and the legend of the Cherokee Rose, now the official flower of the state of Georgia.

Cheyenne

Eagle Wing: A Northern Cheyenne Web site
When the Cheyenne were subdued in the late 1800's, they were sequestered on a reservation in Oklahoma. The northern branch of the Cheyenne longed for their homeland in the north, and despite armed conflict, they were led by Sweet Medicine Chief to Montana, where they eventually secured a separate reservation. Today the Cheyenne Nation is divided between Montana and Oklahoma, but it remains one people tied by traditional beliefs, culture, language, and relations.

Hopi

Hopi Basketry
In this special online version of a preventation on Hopi basketry, students are able to find out more about the various Hopi symbols. Color images show close-ups of the intricate designs. The representation includes sections on History and meaning and Manufacture and Decoration.

Hopi Information Network
Five hundred years ago, the Hopi built adobe homes on mesas, 600-foot-high windswept cliffs in northern Arizona. Today there are 11 villages on the Hopi reservation, 350 miles north of Phoenix. Find out more about the Hopis today as they struggle to maintain their culture and way of life.

Iroquois Confederacy

Oneida Indian Nation
The Oneida, (People of the Standing Stone) Nation is one of the original members of the Iroquois Confederacy. This sovereign Indian nation, located in Central New York, helped George Washington's troop at Valley Forge. Find out more about the Pollu Cooper Shawl and how it is linked to the Revolutionary War, as well as other cultural information.

Pueblo

Pueblo Indians
Pueblo Indian Watercolors: Learning by Looking is a National Museum of American Art online teaching guide and lesson. All images of Pueblo Indian watercolors are from the museum's collection, and biographies of the artists are provided.

Seminole

The Seminole Tribe of Florida
To find out more about the Seminole of Florida, red the FAQ's. Information's available about the Seminole tribe education, tourism, hunting adventures and safaris, ...

Wampanoag

Wampanoag-People of the Dawn
The Library at Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum depicting 17th century Plymouth, Massachusetts, offers some great essays on the life of the Wampanoag Nation.

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