Native American Authors Online
Storytellers: Native American Authors Online, by Karen Strom
Poetics and Politics--online transcriptions of a 1992 series at the University of Arizona, organized by Larry Evers and Ofelia Zepeda, which brought 13 acclaimed American Indian writers to campus.
Words & Place: Native Literature from the American Southwest--a powerful online video collection of Navajo and Laguna songs, Yaqui deer songs, Hopi philosophy, Apache and Hopi trickster tales, as well as conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko and Vine Deloria Jr.
American Indians in Children's Literature, which critically discusses American Indians in children's books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society-at-large, is a valuable and insightful blog authored by Debbie Reese (Nambe Pueblo) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Native American
Cultures, Nations, Peoples
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet, by Karen Strom
Native Languages of the Americas: Preserving and Promoting American Indian Languages
Treaties, Mascots, and Current Issues
Indian Country Today, an online version of an important Native news source
False Promises: The Lost Land of the Wenatchi is a website designed to complement a timely documentary film. The photos page has some excellent historical materials.
STAR: Students and Teachers Against Racism is a website promoting cultural and historical awareness of Native Americans.
National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media
"Current Mascot News" from the Native American House at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Should Andrew Jackson be Removed from the $20 Bill? Because of the devastations of Jackson's Removal policy, some American Indians have argued that he should not be honored by appearing on US currency.
The National Indian Law Library--an online set of legal resources, part of the Native American Rights Fund.
Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was an AIM activist who was murdered in 1975 (1976?) in South Dakota.
Both Joy Harjo--"For Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Whose Spirit Is Present Here and in the Dappled Stars"--and Sherman Alexie--"Dreaming Anna Mae"--have written poems about her. Learn more about Anna Mae at the Anna Mae Archive and the Justice for Anna Mae and Ray site (which includes a helpful timeline).
Museums and Online exhibits
Museums at Prophetstown, Inc. (see the link for the "Woodland Indian Settlement")--located in Battle Ground, IN
The Eiteljorg Museum--located in Indianapolis, includes both Western and Native art
National Museum of the American Indian (see information for both locations--NYC and Washington DC)
"American Indians and the Natural World," from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Plains Indian Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project
"Images of Native Americans" from 1590 to 1996--an informative exhibit from the Bancroft Library at UC-Berkeley
AIROS Native Radio Network--listen to live broadcasts (using RealOne Player), or select a specific podcast.
This page was last updated on 20 August 2008. Direct questions/comments to Nancy J. Peterson.