Teacher Resources - Web Sites
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A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, For K-12
This bibliography was compiled by P. Ann Kaupp, Head of the Department of Anthropology's Outreach Office at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Fiona Burnett, while an intern in the Museum Studies Program at George Washington University, Maureen Malloy, now Coordinator of Public Programs at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, and Cheryl Wilson, presently editor in the Publications Office of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).
Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is the largest statewide Native organization in Alaska. Its membership includes 178 villages (both federally-recognized tribes and village corporations), 13 regional Native corporations and 12 regional nonprofit and tribal consortiums that contract and run federal and state programs. AFN is governed by a 37-member Board, which is elected by its membership at the annual convention held each October. The mission of AFN is to enhance and promote the cultural, economic and political voice of the entire Alaska Native community.
Alaska Native Heritage Center
The Alaska Native Heritage Center is a gathering place that celebrates, perpetuates and shares Alaska Native cultures. Since opening in 1999, the Center has become Alaska's premier interactive cultural destination.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN) is an AKRSI partner designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia.
Amauta Series
Native American History with some background about Indian Education
American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund awards scholarship to tribal college students.
American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)
The American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) is a national, nonprofit organization which nurtures building of community by bridging science and technology with traditional Native values. Through its educational programs, AISES provides opportunities for American Indians and Alaska Natives to pursue studies in science, engineering, and technology arenas.
Avalon Project
Relations Between The United States and Native Americans
Code Talk
Code Talk is a federal inter-agency Native American web site designed specifically to deliver electronic information from government agencies and other organizations to Native American communities.
Cradleboard Teaching Project
Cradleboard provides lesson plans, free resources and an excellent curriculum that is live and interactive. Children learn with and through their long-distance peers using new technology alongside standard tools.
Cyndi's List
A portal page of Native American web resources.
Heard Museum
The Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, is a private, non-profit museum founded in 1929. The mission and philosophy of the Heard Museum is to educate the public about the heritage and the living cultures and arts of Native peoples, with an emphasis on the peoples of the Southwest.
Indian Education.org
Examples of Culturally Relevant Materials.
Internet Public Library - Native American Authors
This web site provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal web sites.
KidsDomain.com
Holiday fun with crafts, recipes, printables, games and activity suggestions for your family to enjoy.
Native Americans in Children's Literature
Native Americans have been featured in numerous volumes of children's literature. Some have been authored by non-indigenous writers, while others have been written or contributed to by native authors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Native American Sites On The Internet
All of the sites listed were active as of November 2, 2005. The evaluation is by the AVA Center staff according to the amount of information given, the general appearance of the site and its potential use in the classroom.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
The National Congress of American Indians was founded in 1944 and is the oldest and largest tribal government organization in the United States. NCAI serves as a forum for consensus-based policy development among its membership of over 250 tribal governments from every region of the country. NCAI's mission is to inform the public and the federal government on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and a broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal governments.
National Indian Education Association
The National Indian Education Association, the oldest and largest Indian education representing American Indian, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian educators and students.
National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
Native American Images
Native American Images is a web "magazine" devoted to the images of Native American People, Places and Land. It is intended to inform you, inspire you, entertain you. If you are a student of Native American Studies, hopefully Native American Images will be a useful resource to you.
Native Americans - Internet Resources
Welcome to the Internet 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 Americans.
Native American Resources on Language
A directory of web resources on Native American Language.
Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide.
Native Peoples of North America
Cambridge library provides an overview of on-line sources of information for kids.
Native Tribes of U.S. and Canada
A list of federally recognized tribes.
Navajo Code Talkers
Find more information about the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. View the Congressional Medal of Honor given to the original twenty-nine Navajo Code Talkers.
Not 'Indians,' Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
There were literally hundreds of Native American tribes and there still are. All of those tribes have their own traditions and their own customs. Many had their own language. To say that a certain word, recipe, or custom is "Indian" is incorrect.
Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance
The office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program's purpose is to serve eligible Navajo people and provide them the opportunity to achieve their educational goals. This opportunity is provided as a privilege with the intent that recipients, upon graduation, will return to the Navajo Nation to apply their learning to benefit the continuing development of the Navajo Nation.
On This Date in North American Indian History
This site archives thousands of historical events which happened to or affected the indigenous peoples of North America.
San Juan School District Media Center
An amazing resource of curriculum material centered around Indian Education. You can order books in both English and Navajo, calendars, cultural videos, educational programs and kit, and more.
TeacherVision
TeacherVision is dedicated to helping teachers save time. Find 12,000+ pages of classroom-ready lesson plans, printables, and resources.
Women of the West Museum - Chipeta (1843-1924)
An information page on Chipeta the wife of Chief Ouray of the Ute tribe.
WWW Virtual Library - Native American
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
