Native American Indian Resources From Chico High School Library

Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
At California State University, Chico, just across the street from CHS.
California's Lost Tribes
A four part series of articles from the Sacramento Bee, which examines the situation of Native Americans in California. Includes photographs from the series as well.
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
One of the most thorough and well-organized collections of links to Native American Indian Internet resources available. Covers cultural, artistic, political, social and other varied aspects relating to Native American Indians.
Indigenous Peoples' Literature
Includes the following full-text sections: The Americas, Artists, Columbus-1492, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, Famous Documents, Famous Quotes, Great Chiefs & Leaders, Indigenous Nations of North America, Mother Earth Prayers, Music, Poetry, Stories, Writers/Speakers, Writings of Native Youth.
Native Web
Large collection of links to Web resources related to Native Peoples. Search or browse by Subject, Nations, Geographic Region, Documant, or several other ways. International in scope; not limited to the Americas. Nations index is especially good as a starting place for research.
Native American Sites on the WWW
This page's "goal is to provide access to home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations, and to other sites that provide solid information about American Indians." Well-organized and easy to use.
The Oneida Indian Nation
The Oneida Indian Nation, one of the original members of the Iroquois Confederacy, enjoys a unique role in America's history having supported the Colonies in the struggle for independence from England. The Nation exists as a sovereign political unit which predates the Constitution of the United States. (Includes links to other tribes and American Indian resources.)
A History of the European/Indian contact on the Northwest Coast.
A number of full-text, first-person stories of historic contacts between Europeans and the people who were originally living there.
Center for World indigenous Studies
The Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) is an independent, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples. The Center fosters better understanding between peoples through the publication and distribution of literature written and voiced by leading contributors from Fourth World nations. An important goal of CWIS is to establish cooperation between nations and to democratize relations between nations and between nations and states.
National Museum of the American Indian
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. Established by an Act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.
Native American Resource Page
American Indian resources gathered by The U.S. Office of Technology Assessment. Includes a report for the U.S. Senate on Telecommunications Technology and Native Americans.
Aboriginal Super Information Hwy.
This WWW Page is the basis of a cross-Canada information system for Aboriginal people.
Indian Schools, Colleges, Tribes
These web pages are running on the Fond du Lac Tribal Community college web server. Fond du Lac is an Ojibwe or Anishnabe (Original People) Nation that was miscalled "Chippewa" for many years.
The California Indian Library Collections
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.

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Updated by the C.H.S. Library Webster: 6-4-98
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