Resources

The following are a list of organizations and other resources.

The following are a list of professional resources for educators.

-Bigelow, Bill and Bob Peterson, eds. Rethinking Columbus : The Next 500 Years. Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Rethinking Schools, 1998.

-Hirschfelder, Arlene. Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today. New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1986.

-Hirschfelder, Arlene and Yvonne Beamer. Native Americans Today: Resources and Activities for Educators, Grades 4-8. Englewood, Colorado : Libraries Unlimited, 1999.

-Rochman, Hazel. Against Borders: Promoting Books for a Multicultural World. Chicago : American Library Association, 1993.

-Slapin, Beverly and Doris Seale. Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. Philadelphia : New Society Publishers, 1992.

Series

Caduto, Michael (contributor) and Bruchac, Joseph. Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children. Fulcrum Publishing, 1997. -Keepers of the Night: Native American Stories and Nocturnal Activities for Children. Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities for Children -Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children *teacher guides available

Web Sites

http://Indiancountry.com/ The weekly national newspaper, Indian Country Today, covering national news and events and distributed in all 50 states and in 12 foreign countries, can be accessed online.

http://info.pitt.edu/~/mitten/indians.html This megasite, maintained by Lisa Mitten, a Mohawk urban Indian who is a librarian at the University of Pittsburgh , provides access to the home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations and to other sites that provide solid information about Native people. Topics include Native organizations and urban Indian centers, tribal colleges, Native studies programs, the mascot issue, powwows and festivals, sources for Indian music, businesses, and general Indian-oriented home pages.

http://nativeamericans.aip.cornell.edu Native Americans is the quarterly publication of Akwe:kon Press of the American Indian Program at Cornell University.

http://www.fdl.cc.mn.us/natnet/ The NativeNet page provides an excellent connection to a group of Native Net mailing list as well as list archives.

http://www.nativeweb.org/ NativeWeb exits to utilize the Internet to educate the public about indigenous cultures and issues and to promote communications between indigenous peoples and organizations supporting their goals and efforts.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~antho/reburial/repat.html Deals with the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, case studies, state laws, articles, organizations and bibliographies.

http://www.nativesearch.com links to Native American websites and Tribal websites

http://www.webring.org part of Yahoo – go to web page, click on Cultures and community and type in Native Americans, click on search

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