Native Americans

Find out about the people who first lived in the United States, their history and traditions.

Resources in this category:

A Journey to a New Land
http://www.sfu.museum/journey/en/home1.php

How did people first travel to the Americas 12,000 years ago? Did they cross the Bering Land Bridge or come in boats down the Pacific Coast? Ponder this and learn about the ice age and some animals that are now extinct.

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Hawaii Looking Back
http://starbulletin.com/specials/millennium/

Short history of Hawai`i; originally appeared in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1999.

Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

Learn about the history behind one of America's greatest expedition. Lead the expedition through an interactive story, read about the Native American tribes who inhabited the area before the arrival of Lewis and Clark, and read journals written by the Corps of Discovery as they made their way into the wild west!

Myths and Legends of the Sioux
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html

This the online version of a book published in 1916 which gathered Native American myths and legends of the Sioux. The compiler, Marie L. McLaughlin, was a woman "of one-fourth Sioux blood" who was "born and reared in an Indian community".

Native American Indian Resources
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html

This helpful site lists over 300 websites that relate to Native American culture. The author also describes them so you'll know which ones will be most helpful to you.