NATIVE AMERICANS

American Indian Heritage Foundation
    Indian-produced and authored Website; the "Indigenous People's Literature" section is useful; site includes Tribal Directory of all federally recognized tribes; not frequently updated.

Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations -
    Writing systems, governments, religions, calendars, political organization, etc. for Maya, Mixtex, Zapote, and Aztec peoples.  Produced by Dr. Kevin Callahan, Anthropologist, U. of Minn.

Circumpolar Peoples
    Arts, culture, education, social issues, women, etc.; a WWW site.

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery 
    A Smithsonian feature accompanying an exhibit; complete with aids for teachers using his material from Native American commentators and mainstream historians and others.

In Kiva and Hogan: Native Peoples of the American West
    A part of the excellent WestWeb site on the history and development of the American West.

Inca Mummies - Secrets of a Lost World - National Geographic

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet: WWW Virtual Library: American Indians
    A portal site to history, art, and much, much more; a key resource. Major Site

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties.  Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler.  Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904; digitized by Oklahoma State University, 1999.  7 vols    A major reference work which was long unavailable and is rare.

Indian Health Service
    Primarily links to other sites, but organized.  Statistics of Indian health issues are grouped into .pdf files.

National Museum of the American Indian
    Newest of the Smithsonian Musuems.

Native American Authors
    Part of the Univ.of Mich. Library School's Internet Public Library, this site offers biographical, bibliographical, and critical sources for American Indian authors.

Native American Religions
    Part of a much larger Internet Sacred Texts Website, this portion has excellent classic collections of sacred writings and also secular stories, and is organized by area and tribe.  Primary source bonanza.

Native Americans and the Environment
    Includes information on Native efforts to take care of the environment or to protest its degradation by others, including the federal government.  Site managed by an environmental anthropologist; maintained by NCSE.

Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
    Technology and art focusing on the Eastern Woodlands.

Native Web
     Includes all kinds of resources, including the Native Tech website above; a great portal site for current information on the Native American scene.

Relations Between the United States and Native Ameicans
    Full text of all treaties from 1789-1887.  Part of the Avalon Site of original primary sources developed at Yale.

Statutes of the U. S. Concerning Native Americans
    A chronological list (1789-1887) from the Avalon Site (see above)

Tales of North American Indians, by Stith Thompson (1929)
    Excellent primary source material assembled and edited by one of the great folklorists of all time.

Virtual Religion Index
    From the index, go to American Studies and choose Native Americans as a gateway to Indian religions.

Voices from the Trading Post
    Looking Back: 1860-2000; Oral History and Interviews; Trade Goods and Services.  Produced by Northern Arizona University and United Indian Traders Association to show the history of the Indian trade in the Southwest.  Includes many photos and a motion picture clip.