"Cheyenne Warriors" - photograph by Edward S. Curtis
Native American Tribes
American Indian TribesThis extensive site lists tribes alphabetically, and provides further links to native languages and famous historical persons and events.
California Indian Tribal Groups
This map shows the historical territories of the various California tribes. Another map shows the location of Federally Recognized California Tribes as of 1996.
Native American Nations
Links to pages "that have either been set up by the nations themselves, or are pages devoted to a particular nation". Alphabetical by tribe.
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Native American Timeline
Pre-Contact Culture Areas
Timeline of Events Relevant to the Norhern Plains Tribes
Tribute to the Oglala Lakota Sioux
The Trail of Tears
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American Historical Images
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IndianVillage.com
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Leonard Peltier
American Indians and Alaska Natives
The Mascot Issue
Native Opinions on Pocahontas
Chief Seattle's Speech
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Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Ishi
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nativeculture.com
History
European Settlements and Indian Tribes, 1750
This map shows who lived where during the early days of the colonization of North America.
Here, the focus is on the major population centers of Native American culture, in Mexico and Central America as well as North America.
"This map shows culture areas of more than 500 tribes of North America before first contact. Clickable dots...bring up overviews written by various American scholars, usually for Indian Studies courses." Very useful.
Images of Plains Indians, such as the Cheyenne warriors pictured above, are instantly recognizable. Learn more about the history of this region, as well as the American national policy which shaped its (many would say) tragic destiny.
Perhaps the most famous of Plains Indian tribes, the Oglala have been popularized in Hollywood movies, notably "Dances With Wolves."
An account of the forced removal of the peaceful Cherokee people from Georgia to Okalahoma in the mid-1800's.
Images
Edward S. Curtis
Curtis photographed Indians of the West and Northwest during the early years of the Twentieth Century. This exhibit, part of the American Memory collection at the US Library of Congress, contains a map of the region which shows the home territories of the tribes. Curtis' photographs are grouped by tribe and culture area as well.
"A comprehensive collection of images of Native American people. The collection is arranged chronologically from the prehistoric period and the Paleo-Indians to 1990 ..."
Art and Stories
Native Stories, Many Truths
An interesting collection of narratives, traditonal stories, and a section containing "...cartoons (and) image sequences that tell Native stories."
This commercial website also provides links to many non-commercial sources (museums, etc.) of images of Native American art, both traditional and contemporary. Click on "American Indian Arts" in the left-hand column.
Issues
Repatriation and Reburial Issues
"Many groups, especially indigenous peoples, have profound concerns about the ethical and respectful treatment of the dead by archaeologists, physical anthropologists and museums. The issue is complicated with concerns ranging from academic freedom to the rights of the dead."
"Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Anishinabe and Lakota Nations, is a father, a grandfather, an artist, a writer, and an Indigenous rights activist. He has spent nearly twenty-six years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Amnesty International considers him a 'political prisoner' who should be 'immediately and unconditionally released.'"
Issues relating to education.
Many Native people believe that the use of Indian "mascots" by sporting teams is racist and demeaning. See some editorial cartoons on the subject.
What? The Walt Disney movie "Pocahontas" isn't historically accurate in every respect? Shocking!
Arguably one of the most famous Native American orations, Chief Seattle's speech has been proven to be the work of a white frontier doctor.
Local Resources
The Oakland Museum of California
This page, from the Ethnographic Collection, features a slide show of North American Indian Art. Visit the museum's History Department for an in-person look at California Indian crafts and costumes.
The museum, on UCB's campus, has a fine collection of California Native American basketry.
The Hearst museum also host an exhibit on Ishi, a Yahi Indian who spent the last years of his life, from 1911 to 1916, in the museum's building in San Francisco, under study by Berkeley anthropologists.
Links
General Indian-Oriented Home Pages
A huge and up-to-date list, arranged alphabetically with brief descriptions. Comprehensive and useful.
Another extensive list of links, organized into three broad categories - Tribes and Nations, Arts and Expression, Learning Teaching and Sharing Information. Also see their section on "Good Questions."
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