Anthropology: Native American Resources
Please note that the Smithsonian Institution has several Internet sites that deal with Native American issues. Links to these sites appear in Anthropology: Smithsonian Institution Resources, the topmost heading listed under Anthropology Branch Links, in the frame on the left.
- Native American Sites
A comprehensive collection of links to Native American sites on the Internet, compiled and organized by Lisa Mitten, a Native American librarian.
- Native Web
Although representing indigenous peoples throughout the world, this site has numerous links to Internet sites related to Native Americans. Monthly updates of newly added pages are provided.
- American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection
Developed by the University of Washington Libraries, this site provides a sizeable digital collection of original photographs and documents relating to Native American cultures of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Digitized documents include maps, treaties, reports, and scholarly articles, all of which are complemented by essays on particular tribes and cross-cultural topics.
- American Indian Society of Washington, DC
The homepage of the pan-tribal organization of American Indians in the area of Washington, DC gives information about the society's officers and staff, goals, social activities, and upcoming events.
- Early Canadiana Online (ECO)/Notre Mémoire en Ligne
Produced by Canadiana.org, ECO is a searchable full text collection of primary materials documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the early 20th century. The collection includes many dictionaries, grammars, and vocabulary lists of Native languages, besides travel accounts, missionaries' reports, and other imprints related to American Indians. Its excellent search engine facilitates retrieval of desired materials. Free access to documents is not available for the entire collection.
- SODA: Southern Oregon Digital Archives
Produced by the Southern Oregon University Library, SODA contains the Bioregion Collection, covering the bioregion of Southern Oregon Klamath-Siskiyou, and the First Nations Collection, consisting of documents, books, and articles pertaining to the region's native inhabitants. One can search the collections for particular authors and titles.
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
Made available through the Digital Library of Georgia, a segment of that state's online Galileo system, this searchable and browsable site provides access to hundreds of digitized documents and images concerning the Native American peoples of the southeastern United States. To access the database, display the Galileo homepage and type Native American Documents in the dialog box labeled Find a Database by Name. Click on the Go button. Then log in as Guest. Next click on the Databases A - Z tab. Scroll down to Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842. Clicking on this link will bring up a page that allows browsing or searching for titles of pertinent documents and images.
- The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press, the Center for Great Plains Studies, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Electronic Text Center, this website gives online access to the celebrated Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals, edited by Gary E. Moulton. Though the project is now only in its beginning stages, it aims to make available the entire text of the journals -- almost 5000 pages. Besides the text the website features images as well as audio files of readings of passages from the journals.
- American Indian Health
The National Library of Medicine's information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Native Americans provides links to tribal information, health topics, traditional healing, environmental health, government websites, publications research, healthcare access, and other related websites.
- Indian Health Service (IHS)
The website of the IHS, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides information about health and health care of Native Americans.
