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Sites in this category provide specific information and editorial comment on the history of Native American tribes, nations, and regions, from prehistory to the present.

Subcategories

• Indian Wars
• Prehistory
• The Code Talkers of World War II
• Trail of Tears
• Wounded Knee

Resources in This Category

• A Brief History of Oklahoma

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oknowata/OklaHist.htm
  A series of articles dealing with all aspects of the state's history, including the prehistoric native tribes, as well as those who were compelled to migrate and settle the Indian Territory.

• American Indian Kids

  http://minnow.net/
  Historical look at Native Americans for kids, ages 6-10. Emphasizes Indian family and community life.

• American Indian Policy Center

  http://www.airpi.org/
  Provides government leaders, policy makers, and the public with accurate information about the legal and political history of American Indian nations, and the contemporary situation for American Indians.

• American Truths

  http://www.americantruths.com/
  Dramatic audio presentations quoting historic documents that contrast the values, beliefs, and behaviors of indigenous and immigrant cultures, and reveal the roots of today's controversies.

• Ancient American

  http://www.ancientamerican.com/
  Archeology of the Americas Before Columbus. Magazine dedicated to prehistory artifacts and petrogliphs of the American Continent. A public forum for certified experts and nonprofessionals alike.

• Black Indians, Black West

  http://www.williamlkatz.com/Essays/
  Essays about the historical interactions of African Americans and Native Americans, and their rarely acknowledged contributions to the nation's story.

• Carlisle Indian Industrial School

  http://home.epix.net/~landis/
  Respectfully honors those students and their descendants who lived the experiment, celebrates with those who prospered from it, and grieves with those whose lives were diminished by it.

• Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux History

  http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/acc85015.html
  Series of articles, with timeline, about the eastern Montana reservation. Includes an annotated roster of Sioux and Cheyenne participants in the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

• H-AmIndian: New Media for Native Studies

  http://www.h-net.org/~amind/
  H-Net discussion group dedicated to American Indian history and culture. Features archive, reviews, links to related lists, and subscription information.

• History of the Northwest Coast

  http://www.hallman.org/indian/.www.html
  Significant events and history of the people of the northwest, from 1774 to present day. Includes journal entries from fur traders, Indian prophets, and ethnographers.

• Indian Occupation of Mother Bedford

  http://www.motherbedford.com/Indian1.htm
  History of indigenous peoples of south central Pennsylvania.

• Interactive Museum of the American Indian

  http://www.lostworlds.org/
  LostWorlds.org explores the great Native American civilizations that existed before the arrival of Europeans. Includes videos, 3D computer reconstructions, and virtual tours of archaeological sites, and photo galleries.

• Mound and Effigy Building Cultures of North America

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sewis/mound_index.htm
  Provides a single point summary of online resources for all those interested in native American cultures, with an emphasis on mounds and archaeological sites.

• Native American Conquest

  http://e-student.net/
  These articles, written for teens, serve as a guide through North America before its Indian cities were destroyed by foreign diseases.

• Native American Indian Genealogy Heritage

  http://www.angelfire.com/la/brantley/
  Collection of literary and historical excerpts and observations.

• Native American Religion in Early America

  http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/natrel.htm
  Essay with teaching suggestions from a scholar in American religious history. In "Divining America: Religion and the National Culture" from the National Humanities Center.

• Native Americans

  http://www.swulinski.com/travels/NativeAmericans.html
  Photographs of Anasazi, Cherokee, and Alaska native sites with historical commentary.

• Native Americans and the Land

  http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian.htm
  Collection of essays, including the effects of removal on American Indian tribes to what is now Oklahoma, and the near extinction of the American bison.

• Paths to Living History

  http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history.html
  North American Indian and Indigenous People: A collection of historical documents, essays, and articles on various topics of Native American history.

• Paugaussett Indians

  http://history.digitalzones.com/
  Collection of articles on the history and culture of the Connecticut Indians, from 1630 to the close of the Indian Wars.

• Rocky Mountain and Plains Indian Fur Trade

  http://www.mountainsofstone.com/
  The impact of European explorers, fur traders, and mountain men on native people.

• Southwest Web Ring

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/southwest/
  Essays related to southwestern Native American history, pre-history, and contemporary issues. Includes photo galleries of ancient southwest ruins.

• The Te-Moak Shoshone

  http://www.angelfire.com/nv/temokeshoshone/
  Commemoration of the 1863 signing of the Ruby Valley Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the Western Shoshone Indians and the United States Government. Includes a speech made by Chief Frank Te-Moke Sr (1903-1994) in 1965 and a link to the original treaty.

• The Wampum Chronicles

  http://www.wampumchronicles.com/
  New research into Mohawk history, based on historical documentation, secondary sources, and Mohawk oral tradition.

• Town Creek Indian Mound

  http://www.nchistoricsites.org/town/town.htm
  Information and historic site resources for the Pee Dee Culture at Town Creek, a regional expression of South Appalachian Mississippian Tradition, A.D. 1200-1400.

• Trail Tribes: A History With Tribal Perspective

  http://www.trailtribes.org/
  Culture and history of tribes encountered by Lewis and Clark including Shoshone, Lakota, Blackfoot and Mandan.

• Utah American Indian Digital Archive

  http://utahindians.org/
  Articles, documents, photos and maps for many Utah tribes, including Shoshone, Goshute and Paiute.

• Voices from the Trading Post

  http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/exhibits/traders/
  Oral history interviews with over fifty Indian traders of the southwest United States. Contains slide shows, with a focus on Navajo, Hopi, Zuni reservations, culture, and artifacts.

• Voices: Tribute to Native American Heritage

  http://madisonvoices.com/americanindian/
  Feature on Native American history from the Madison Voices newspaper.

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