Culture Excellent research resource for approaches to culture study. University of California at Santa Barbara

Western Definitions of Culture

Definitions of Native Americans

The Frontier in American History(1920)by Frederick Jackson Turner

ArchTech-Cultural Protection

The Hopi Network Links to Tribal Government Information, Books and Videos, Dissertation Abstracts

Apache Cultural Survival Coalition

An Ethnographic Study of Keetoowah Women

Native American Geneology

Native American Pre-Contact Architecture

Tri-Racial Geneology: Some of the Complications

University of Virginia Library: Native American Culture

US Government (BIA) Definitions of Native America

A Visit to a Hopi Village Hopi art and issues as represented in the Hopi village of Hotevilla

Demography and Population Studies, Database Collections

1990 US Census Report: Native Americans Native American Language Statistics

1990 US Census Report Native American Housing Statistics

1990 US Census Report: Native Americans Native American Socio-Economic Statistics

1990 US Census Report: Native Americans Native American Population Statistics

1990 US Census Report: US Population-Ethnicity, Race, Gender, Income

US Population to Date

Essays on Native American Environmental Issues

Native Environmentalism

AGIS Medical Plants Native American Database

American Indian Ethnobotany

Traditional Native Foods

Native American Star Knowledge

Reading Historical Photographs: The Subject's Influence, The Viewer's Influence, The Photographer's Influence Photographic essay on the subject of Native American stereotypes

Against Stereotypes

American Indians: Stereotypes and Realities

American Indian Women A 19th-century European perspective: Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont, Thomas Cather, Francesco Arese, Frederick Marryat

Ethnic Images in Comics From the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies

History of Proverbial Stereotypes:"The Only Good Indian is a Dead Indian" Scholarly Paper

Native American Vietnam Vets

Representations The postcolonial debate of representation in literature and film

The Shadow Catcher: Edward Sheriff Curtis Creating photographic stereotypes

Stereotypes and Pan-Indianism

Stereotypes of Native Americans

Stereotypes Online

Postmodern Anthropology An essay by Paul Smith, Carnegie Mellon University

A Professional Ethics Report From the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Cultural Property "Real property" versus "intellectual property"

Intellectual Property Issues Issues of language and culture

Photographs from Indian Boarding Schools The issue of cultural property

Intellectual Theft An essay by Myke Johnson

Address to the United Nations by Onondaga Oren Lyons

Buffalo and the Plains Indians: Respect, Reciprocity, Survival

Cultural Preservation: A Comment

Elders and American Indian Culture

Ethics and Spiritual Values

Hopi Katsina: Rainmakers from the Gods A Peabody Museum Exhibition with Text and Photographs

Iroquois Oral Traditions

Iroquois Women:Status and Role

Joe Chasing Horse-Culture Preservation

Lacrosse: An Iroquois Tradition

Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers

Tobacco: Its Sacred Use Source: University of California at Santa Cruz

Wampum Its significance to the Oneida

Native American Philiosophies

Native American Traditions Lakota: Welcoming Back the Thunders

Native American Traditions 2 Traditional Military Societies of the Northern Cheyenne

Native American Traditions 3 Lakota Nation: Proclamation of Continuing Belief

Native Tech "Dedicated to disconnecting the term primitivefrom perceptions of native technology," this site offers a comprehensive selection of instructional pages on Beadwork/ Featherwork/ Pottery/ Leather/ Metalwork/ Quilling/ Stonework/ Weaving as well as related link referals to Native American sites.

Oral Traditions On the importance of oral tradition

Sioux Heritage

Thunder Ceremony

Women Center of All Things Iroquois

Brule

Buffy Saint Marie
Dakota Tamakoce Singers

Following Generations Music

Going South-Mourning Songs

Healing Songs

Joy Harjo and Poetic Justice

Keeping the Music Alive

"Music in a Multicultural Society" J.C. High Eagle (Cherokee/Choctaw) composer, author, musician

Native American Dancing

Native American Music Consortium A grassroots collective of Native American Musicians

Native American Music Resources

Native American National Music Festival

>The Pow-wow: Songs, The Drum, Community, Giveaways, Competition, Regalia, Dance, Cultural Renaissance

Pow-Wow Music and Dance Traditions

Powwow Traditional Dance Styles

R. Carlos Nakai

Renaissance of the Native American Flute

Smithsonian Folkways

The Willard Rhodes Collection: Field Recording of North American Indian Music, 1940-1952 An ethnomusicologist's documentation

Young Singers of Puget Sound

American Indian Art: Definitions, Law, Inclusion Policy

Beadwork Eva McAdams: Shoshone Regalia Maker

To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions Exhibition at the National Museum for the American Indian

Californian Indian Basket Weavers Association Website Perceptions of art and a way of life

Contemporary Expression of Traditional Native American Art

Dorothy Dunn (1903-1991): Teaching Art at the Santa Fe Indian School in the 1930s

Legal Definition of a Native American Artist

Indian Art Symbols An explanation of symbols used in Native American art

Native American Basket Making

All Nations Native Art

Basketry and the Environment The philosophy of basketweaving

Native BasketryA comprehensive page of the art

Pomo Basketry

Indian Artists of the Pacific Northwest

Indian Trade Blankets A history of the trade blanket

The Inter-Tribal Art Gallery

Ledger Drawings Then and NowPlains Indian ledger-book pictographic images and explanation

The Miccosukee: A Visual Commentary

Native American Arts

Native American Indian Art

Petroglyph National Monument Only unit in US National Park System to focus on Native America's rock art heritage

Song to the Creator: Traditional Arts of Native American Women of the Plateau

Textiles, Weavings and Tapestries

Traditional Indian Paintings Links to art galleries in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico

The Illustrating Traveller IBeinecke Library, Yale University: Early Illustrations of North American Indians and commentary

The Illustrating Traveller II

The Illustrating Traveller III

George CatlinEuropean interpretation of the American Indian

Abenaki Indian Center

Chumash Culture Center

California Indian Museum and Culture Center

Hopi Culture Center

The Lenni Lenape Historical Society and Museum of Indian Culture

Makah Cultural and Research Center

The Native Cultures Institute of Baja California (CUNA)

Pueblo Culture Center

San Carlos Apache Culture Center

Tsalagi Culture Center

Detroit Institute of Art: Art of the American Indian Frontier

Heard Museum

Mathers Museum Collections: North American Indian

Museums in the Post-Colonial Era: Making Representations

Eiteljorg Museum of Native America

National Gallery of Art-George Catlin

National Museum of the American Indian

Native American Related Museums on the Internet

Oklahoma Museums Featuring American Indian Material

Peabody Museum

Smithsonian Native American Resources

Southwest Museum

Native American Art and Film

Sundance Festival 98: Native Vision The Native American entries at Sundance Film Festival 1998

The Movies, Race and Ethnicity: Native Americans Media Resources Center, Moffitt Library, University of California at Berkeley

Native Americans in Film and Television

Native American Video Resources on the Internet

Redeye Video: Native American Documentaries Subjects include: Traditions, Community, Giveaways, Culture, Respect, Dance, History, Leadership,Powwows, Pride, Buffalo, Veterans, Wild Rice Harvesting

Video Documentaries on Issues Facing indigenous Peoples University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Listing

Video Titles and Abstracts
  • "Native Americans: The Surprising Silents" An essay by Angela Aleiss for Cinaste

    The Genre

    Stagecoach(1939) Whatthe critics say.

    The Vanishing American (1955)

    The Searchers(1956) What the the critics say.

    How The West Was Won (1962)

    Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

    Little Big Man (1970)

    A Man Called Horse (1970)

    Soldier Blue (1970)

    I Will Fight No More Forever (TV 1975)

    Powwow Highway (1989) What the critics say.

    Crazy Horse and Custer-The Untold Story(1990)

    Dances With Wolves (1990) What the critics say. Dances with Wolves QuickTime video clip and commentary

    Incident at Oglala (1992) What the critics say.Lakota Woman: Seige at Wounded Knee (TV 1994)

    The Last of the Mohicans (1992) What the critics say.

    The Last of the Mohicans (1911)

    The Last of the Mohicans (1920)

    The Last of the Mohicans (1932)

    The Last of the Mohicans (1936)

    Der Letzte Mohikaner (1965) Germany

    L'Ultimo dei Mohicani (1965) Italy

    Ultimul Mohican (1968) Romania "The Last of the Mohicans" (1971) UK

    The Last of the Mohicans (TV,1977)

    Thunderheart (1992) What the critics say. Geronimo (TV 1993)

    Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (TV 1994)

    Last of the Dogmen (1995) What the critics say. Tecumseh-The Last Warrior (TV 1995)

    Crazy Horse (TV 1996)

    Smoke Signals (Phoenix Arizona) (1997) Sherman Alexie's entry at the Sundance Festival 1998