Native American Resources
Tribal Governments
Tribal Government Listing:
- From State and local governments on the net: an alphabetical listing of tribal government web
pages, organizations, and links.
http://www.usa.gov/Government/Tribal_Sites/index.shtml
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Decennial Census:
- This is decennial census publications and accompanying links on tribal governments from the
1990 census, with limited publications from Census 2000.
http://www.census.gov/main/www/tribalgov.html
Agencies / Organizations
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs:
- This link includes membership information, legislation, and live broadcasts of hearings.
http://indian.senate.gov/public/
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US Department of Health and Human
S
ervices
- Publications, grants, programs, policy, and state and local contacts for Native
Americans.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/aian/
Division of Tribal Services: a compilation of publications, announcements, regulations, and
other links.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AIAN/02_Consultation.asp
Resource Guides
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Guide to Sources on Native Americans:
- From the Education and Social Science Library, University of Illinois. Provides searching
tips, abstracts for useful guides, indexes, and directories, and statistical and online resources.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/NativeAmGui.htm
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Native Americans: Recommended Books and Resources:
- Includes a listing of fiction, non-fiction, professional resources, and web links related to
Native Americans.
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAbooks.html
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Native American Documents Project:
- This site is from California State University, San Marcos. Indexes published reports of
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Commissioners for 1871. Includes
quantitative tables on Allotment data. Indexes 111 documents from the Rogue River War and
Siletz Reservation, mostly from the nineteenth century.
http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm
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Digital Librarian - Native American Resources:
- This is a variety of alphabetically arranged resources for and about Native Americans.
http://www.digital-librarian.com/nativeamericans.html
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World Wide Web Virtual Library:
- American Indian full text resources; some literature, some government documents, much
miscellaneous.
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAetext.html
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Virtual Shelflist: HE20.300:
- This page is a list of electronic government documents from the Department of Human and Health
Services, and contains information important to Native Americans.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/SuDocList.htm#he
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Native American Resource Guide, UC Berkeley:
- This site offers links to electronic information maintained by the University of California at
Berkeley. Contained here are links to bibliographic directories, handbooks, law information,
statistic and Census data, federal documents, Californian documents, and Internet
resources.
http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/nas.htm
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Canadian Indigenous Peoples Guide:
- Purdue University offers information about Canada's government and its many agencies dealing
with Indian affairs, which reflects Canada's historic and contemporary relationship with its
indigenous inhabitants.
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/canind.html
Services
Government Funding for Tribal Libraries:
- Below are links to government funding sources for North American Indian tribal libraries.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/govtfund.html
Population
Geographic Area Programs:
- Here are a list of American Indian and Alaska Native programs from the 2000 Census.
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/aian/aian.html
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General Facts from the Census:
- Contained here are numerous links to information and facts about Native Americans and Alaska
Natives.
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/aminhot1.html
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American Indian and Alaska Native Population Information:
- This census site offers information on projections, estimates, and characteristics by tribe and
language.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/indian.html
History and Culture
Smithsonian Native American History and Culture:
- Contained here are a number of resources and information from exhibits, photos, documents, and
a great list of recommended readings.
http://americanindian.si.edu/
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Navajo Code Talker Site:
- This is a great website that offers in-depth information on the Navajo code talkers from World
War II. Historical information, code glossaries, medals, articles, photos, awards, and
biographical information on the code talkers is listed here.
http://www.lapahie.com/NavajoCodeTalker.cfm
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National Library of Medicine "If Only You Knew" Exhibit:
- This site from the National Library of Medicine features information, photos, links, and
biographical information on the history of the health of Native Americans.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_01.html
Law
American Indian Law Review Index:
- This is an electronic index to the American Indian Law Review.
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http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr/ind.html
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University of Colorado - Native American Treaties and other Information:
- This is government information offered through the University of Colorado at Boulder's
website. They offer some electronic versions of treaties, links to information and resources,
and a list of print resources. Many of these print resources can be found in the UIUC library
system.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/us/native.htm
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Kapplers Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties: I1.107:
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Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is an
historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders
pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.
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http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
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American Indian Law:
- The Purdue University Library has many publications containing laws and regulations relevant to
American Indians. This guide will discuss federal laws, regulations, and court cases.
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http://www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/amindlaw.html
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American Indians and Legal Law:
- This is a list of electronic and print-format resources created by our own Gov Docs staff and
designed to facilitate research on Native Americans and the US legal system, past and present. The
emphasis is on government documents and information sources, although a few other relevant
publications are included.
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http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/classes/hist298a.htm
Miscellaneous Statistics and Topical Pages
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Business:
- This is economic and business information provided by the US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/
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EPA American Indian Environmental
Issues:
- The American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) coordinates the Agency-wide effort to
strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on
building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs. AIEO oversees development
and implementation of the Agency's Indian Policy and strives to ensure that all EPA Headquarters
and Regional Offices implement their parts of the Agency's Indian Program in a manner consistent
with Administration policy to work with Tribes on a government-to-government basis and EPA's trust
responsibility to protect Tribal health and environments.
http://www.epa.gov/indian/
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The Indigenous Women's Network, our future our responsibility: statement by Winona
LaDuke
- Winona LaDuke is Co-Chair of the Indigenous Women's Network, Program Director of the
Environmental Program at the Seventh Generation Fund, and this is the speech she gave at the United
Nations Fourth world Conference on Women in Beijing, China, on August 31 1995. She addresses the
challenges faced by women, as well as the fundamental rights women have.
http://indigenouswomen.org/
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