Native American Sources

Purpose of this page: To provide links to high quality Native American sources on the Web.  Rather than provide an extensive list of sites, this page selects a few high quality sites that serve as good starting points for research and that lead deeper into Native American resources on the Web.

Contents:  [ Evaluating Native American Sources ] 
[ General Information & Links to Many Nations ] 
[ Native Americans & South Dakota ]
[ News: Indian Country Today & Lakota Times]

Evaluating Native American Sources

Techniques for Evaluating American Indian Web Sites, by Elaine M. Cubbins, MA-IRLS -- purpose of this Web page is to provide some guidelines useful for evaluating and identifying Web sites that contain accurate information and that are not exploitative of American Indians. [10/30/2003]

Selective Bibliography and Guide for "I" IS NOT FOR INDIAN: THE PORTRAYAL OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Program of the ALA/OLOS Subcommittee for Library Services to American Indian People American Indian Library Association, Atlanta, June 29, 1991. Compiled by Naomi Caldwell-Wood, President, AILA & Lisa A. Mitten, Secretary, AILA -- a bibliography and suggestions for evaluating books about Native Americans. Aimed at librarians but useful for anyone concerned with selecting good books about Native Americans for young people. [10/30/2003]

General Information and Links to Many Nations

Native American Sites, by Lisa Mitten (University of Pittsburgh) -- contents include "information on individual Native nations; Native organizations and urban Indian centers;  tribal colleges, Native studies programs, and Indian education languages; the mascot issue;  Native media - organizations, journals and newspapers, radio and television; powwows and festivals; Native music and arts organizations and individuals - singers, drums, artists, performers, celebrities, actors, actresses, storytellers, authors, activists; Native businesses; and general Indian-oriented home pages."  [10/30/2003]

American Indian History and Related Issues -- "dedicated to the presentation of unique artwork, photographs, video and sound recordings which accurately reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience in North America and has been expanded to include Indian people of Central America and Mexico." [10/30/2003]

Native Web: Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World -- "NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about native or Indigenous nations, peoples and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving native peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate native use of this technology." [10/30/2003]

Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project -- "This Project is a cooperative effort among the University of Oklahoma Law Center, the National Indian Law Library (NILL), and Native American tribes providing access to the Constitutions, Tribal Codes, and other legal documents." [10/30/2003]

Indigenous Nations: Sites of Interest, by Gina Matesic (published in C&RL News, January 2004) -- "This column contains a selective list of resources that cover international and regional resources. The term indigenous peoples is used inclusively, and is intended to respectfully encompass First Nations, Aboriginal, Indian, Inuit, and other people throughout the world." [10/28/2004]

Native Americans & South Dakota

Lakota na Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin (Lakota Dakota Information Home Page), by Martin Broken Leg (Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD) and Raymond Bucko, S.J. (Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY) -- Contents include bibliographic resources; electronic texts; demography; legal concerns; history;  treaties; official tribal sites; maps; higher education; Native language acquisition; primary and secondary education; cultural centers and museums; radio stations; Wounded Knee occupation  25th anniversary; music and musicians; other sites; and things named for the Lakota. [10/30/2003]

News

Indian Country Today -- "America's leading Indian news source."   The on-line version of Indian Country Today does not include the full content, but the complete print edition is in the Mundt Library.  To find articles in the  print issues, search its index online in the South Dakota Library Network