Below is a list of resources to look at. This page, along with the website, will evolve over time. Write us with ideas for interesting links and information we can add to the website.

Native American Heritage Events - All Year Round:
  1. Smithsonian Education, Washington, D.C.
  2. Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
  3. Red Nation, Los Angeles, CA
  4. Reach The Rez Tour, Indian Country, U.S.A.
  5. Check your local newspapers for events in your area!


Teaching Resources:
- Smithsonian's American Indian Resources
- VIDEOS Coming!
Stay tuned for video interviews of tribal leaders.
Kids' Resources
- "Jana's Kids"
- UNITY - United National Indian Tribal Youth
- Cherokee Nation Kid's Corner

Links of Interest

Businesses & Organizations
NCAI – National Congress of American Indians
NCAIED – National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
NIGA – National Indian Gaming Association

Cultures & Lifestyle
Art & Museums:
IAIA – Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
SWAIA – Southwestern Association of Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
NMAI – Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Entertainment:
Here's a short list of some Native American entertainers you may have heard of...
Wes Studi, Val Kilmer, Irene Bedard, Graham Greene, Rodney Grant, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, Eric Schweig, Adam Beach, Tommy Lee Jones, John Trudell, Tantoo Cardinal
Fashion:
- Rez Dog Clothing Company
- Tribal Tagz Clothing
- All Native
- Two Worlds Clothing
Film:
- Smoke Signals – Written by Sherman Alexie, Directed by Chris Eyre
- Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)
- Coyote Waits
- Powwow Highway
- The Doe Boy
- Native Networks - Smithsonian (list of Native American films shown during NMAI's festivals)
- Thunderheart
Languages:
Native Language Site
Literature (books & authors):
- M. Scott Momaday
- Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d’Alene)
- Louise Erdrich
- Vine Deloria, Jr.
- More coming...
Music:
NAMA – Native American Music Association
The Nammy's (list of contemporary artists and song clips)
Photography:
- Edward S. Curtis
- Gwendolen Cates
- Andrea Modica
Sports & Traditional Games:
Coming soon!

Education
- AISES - American Indian Science & Engineering Society
- AISES K-12 Programs
- NCAI Youth
- AIHEC - American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- NIEA – National Indian Education Association
- The Institute for Tribal Government
- HPAIED – Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development

Health, Well-Being & Spirit
- UNITY - United National Indian Tribal Youth
- AICRC - American Indian Child Resource Center
- National Native American Families Together Parent Center

Famous Names, Famous Faces
Leaders: Contemporary
  1. Ron His-Horse-Is-Thunder (Hunkpapa Lakota) – Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, ND
    Great-great-great-grandson of Sitting Bull
  2. Chad Smith (Cherokee) – Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK
  3. Philip Martin (Choctaw) – Tribal Chief, Mississippi Choctaw, Choctaw, MS
  4. Jim Gray (Osage) – Chief, Osage Nation, OK
  5. Joe Shirley (Diné, Navajo) – President, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ
  6. Gerald L. Danforth (Oneida) - Chairman, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Oneida, WI
Leaders: Historical
  1. Sitting Bull – "Tatanka-Iyotanka" (Hunkpapa Lakota) - 1831-1890
  2. John Ross – Principal Chief (Cherokee) – 1790-1866
  3. Chief Joseph - "Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt" (Nez Percé) – 1840-1904
  4. Red Cloud - "Makhpiya-Luta" (Oglala/Brulé) – 1822-1909
  5. Tecumseh (Shawnee) - 1768-1813

News & Media Sources: By and About Native Americans
- Native Youth Magazine
- News From Indian Country
- Indianz.com
- Native American Times
- Native Peoples Magazine
- Red Ink Magazine
- Indian Country Today

Radio & Television Programs: By and About Native Americans
- Native American Public Telecommunications
- KNBA Radio (Koahnic Broadcast Corporation), Anchorage, AK
- Native America Calling
- AIROS

Sovereignty & Government
Coming soon!

Tribes
Native American Nations

Other Links of Interest
Hanksville.org

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