Native American History

Resources in this category:

Alaskan Native Knowledge Network
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/

"The Alaskan Native Knowledge Network is 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 Alaaska Natives have aquired through cumulative experience over millennia."

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress: Omaha Indian Music
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/omhhtml/

"Omaha Indian Music features traditional Omaha music from the 1890s and 1980s. The multiformat ethnographic field collection contains 44 wax cylinder recordings collected by Francis La Flesche and Alice Cunningham Fletcher between 1895 and 1897, 323 songs and speeches from the 1983 Omaha harvest celebration pow-wow , and 25 songs and speeches from the 1985 Hethu'shka Society concert at the Library of Congress. Segments from interviews with members of the Omaha tribe conducted in 1983 and 1999 provide contextual information for the songs and speeches included in the collection. Supplementing the collection are black-and-white and color photographs taken during the 1983 pow-wow and the 1985 concert, as well as research materials that include fieldnotes and tape logs pertaining to the pow-wow."

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/index.html

"This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics. These cultures have occupied, and in some cases still live in parts of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Maps are available that show traditional territories or reservation boundaries. The essays include bibliographies and links to related text and images as well as study questions that K-12 teachers may use as they develop curricula in their schools."

The Arapaho Tribe
http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us/transmiss/congress/arapaho.html

This page has historical information on the Arapaho Tribe and their allies.

California Indian Library Collections
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc/bibs/toc.html

"The California Indian Library Collections (CILC) was funded with the aim of returning unique cultural materials to California's Native Americans and making the collections available to all citizens through their local libraries. Archived sound recordings, photographs, and textual materials (such as books, journal articles, unpublished manuscripts and field notes, many of which were gathered by Berkeley researchers in the early years of this century) have been duplicated and installed in twenty-one northern and central California libraries. Each county collection contains materials specific to the tribes within that county." This site includes links to tribal bibliographies and a gallery of baskets of Indians of northern and central California.

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
http://www.choctawnation.com/

This site contains information on programs, events, history and governance of the Choctaw Nation.

Citizen Potawatomi Nation
http://www.potawatomi.org/

This is a site dedicated to the history and current status of the Potawatomi Tribe. There are also contacts for the various heads of tribal organizations

Colonists and Native Americans
http://history.hanover.edu/project.html#17

This Website offers historical documents: "Texts and Archives: First Thanksgiving Proclamation (MS State)/ Secondary Sources/ New Meet Old Americans (Knowledge Adventure)/ History of Jamestowne (Jamestowne Society)/ The Real Pocahontas by Jessica Ronky (Times)/ The Chicora Indians (Pride Net)// Resources: Pride Net: Native American Resources/ Native American Legal Resources (WisBar)/" "Texts and Documents" This Website is a part of the Texts and Documents project at Hanover College.

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/index.html

Twenty volumes of photogravure images of native North Americans produced by Edward Sheriff Curtis between 1907 and 1930. Accompanied by narrative text.

First Nations Histories
http://www.dickshovel.com/www.html

The First Nations Histories site lists the Indian tribes of North America and gives a brief history of each. By clicking on the names of the tribes, you can read about the tribe in detail, including population, division, location, language, culture, and the history of the tribe. Browse alphabetically or geographically.

The Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States
http://users.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/

Pictures, history, and explanations of over 60 Native American flags. There is also an article on the increasing use of flags among Native tribes. Scroll down the page to get to the list of flags available.

Historical Maps of the United States
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html

Here you can find historical maps of the United States concerning Native American tribes, exploration, settlement, and territorial growth dating back to the 16th Century.

The History of the Cherokee
http://cherokeehistory.com/index.html

Here you can find historical information, images, maps, and genealogy relating to the Cherokee Nation. It also has a comprehensive list of books, newspapers, and Internet links concerning Cherokee History.

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.

Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
http://www.lib.montana.edu/digital/nadb/

"Images of the Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains is a searchable online photograph database created with grant support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant Program. The digital collection was created in consultation with Native Americans, educators, librarians, and historians. The collection consists primarily of images, but includes some text to give context. Most of the images are photographs, but there are also stereographs, ledger drawings, and other sketches."

Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is a seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.

Land Use History of the Colorado Plateau
http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/index.htm

Environmental history; summary of a vast body of research from multiple disciplines in an easily accessible format.

Muscogee Creek Nation
http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/

Official site of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. Includes information about history, current events (festivals) and important people and events. Also has links to other Native American sites and information.

National Congress of American Indians
http://www.ncai.org/

The National Congress of American Indians was founded in 1944 and is the oldest and largest tribal government organization in the United States. Users can find information on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and a broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal governments.

National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

"The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans." This site presents the museum's collections, exhibitions, and provides additional Internet-based information about Native Americans.

Native American Documents Project
http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm

"The Native American Documents Project is working to make documents about the history of federal policy concerning native peoples more readily available. There are three sets of data at this site: - Indexed Published Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Indian Commissioners for 1871, and two appendices to the board's report. These reports touch on most aspects of Indian policy at that time, and are intended to be the beginning of a complete set of published documents fromt the 1870s. - Ten tables of quantitative data, with explanatory material, about the results of allotment, in the Allotment Data collection. - 111 indexed documents in the Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation collection, most from the 19th century, with explanatory material and a map."

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

Very comprehensive resource with links to major native american authored sites. Including: stories, herbal knowledge, art, astronomy, first nations, native schools, food, and a large page linking to other native sites on the web.

NativeTech - Native American Technology and Art
http://www.nativetech.org

"NativeTech is an educational web site that covers topics of Native American technology and emphasizes the Eastern Woodlands region. The web site is organized into categories of Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Stonework & Tools, and Weaving & Cordage. I provide simple instructional information about how some of these materials are used by Natives. More importantly, I provide detailed background on the history and development of these kinds of Native technologies, showing both the change and continuity from pre-contact times to the present. NativeTech is dedicated to disconnecting the term 'primitive' from peoples' perceptions of Native American technology and art."

Ohwejagehka Iroquois Earth Songs
http://www.ohwejagehka.com/songs.htm

A discussion of the social songs of the Iroquois community complete with recorded examples. Examples include the Standing Quiver, the Moccasin Dance, and the Smoke Dance.

Oneida Indian Nation - Oneida Nation Homelands
http://www.oneida-nation.net/

This site has information on the Oneida Tribe, its current status and history. Includes annual reports and employment information.

Trailtribes.org: history with a tribal perspective
http://www.trailtribes.org/index.html

This site looks at the culture of Native American tribes along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers as told from the perspective of various Native American tribes along the path. This site was created by the University of Montana Lifelong Learning Program. This site includes digital video of current native residents telling their ancestors’ stories, digital representations of historical maps, and socio-historical information about the tribes.