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Research Guides: Native American Studies

Comprehensive Web Pages
Special Topics
Northwestern California
Humboldt State University Resources
Publishers/Distributors
See also: Articles and Databases: Native American Studies
            HSU Library Collections on North American Indians
            Sources on North American Indians in the HSU Library
            Native American Children's Literature in the Classroom: An Annotated Bibliography

Comprehensive Web Pages

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
Karen Strom maintains this extensive site. Do read the Frequently Asked Questions!
Lisa Mitten's Home Page
This is an extremely well-maintained directory of Indian resources. Sections include: Information on Individual Native Nations; Native Organizations and Urban Indian Centers; Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs, and Indian Education; Languages; The Mascot Issue; Native Media (organizations, journals and newspapers, radio and television); Powwows and Festivals; Sources for Indian Music; Native Arts Organizations and Individuals (artists, performers, celebrities, actors, actresses, storytellers, authors, activists); Indians in the Military; Native Businesses; and General Indian-Oriented Home Pages.
NativeWeb
Many people contribute to this project whose purpose is "to provide a cyber-place for Earth's indigenous peoples."
H-AMINDIAN
This major electronic forum also includes tables of contents of journals and information about new books and articles.

Special Topics

American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
A compilation of demographic information and tables prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau. See also this related Census Bureau page: American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Data and Links.
American Indian Health
"An information portal for and about the health of Native Peoples of the U.S." - from the National Library of Medicine.
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
An outstanding example of a digital collection from the University of Washington.
Anthropology Library
The UC Berkeley site is an excellent introduction to Berkeley's various collections, including the Hearst Museum.
Arctic Studies Center
This comprehensive site is devoted to the study of northern people, their history and environment.
ArizonaNativeNet
“ArizonaNativeNet is a virtual university outreach and distance learning telecommunications center devoted to the higher educational needs of Native Nations in Arizona, the United States and the world through the utilization of the worldwide web and the knowledge-based and technical resources and expertise of the University of Arizona.”  The Law and Multimedia sections are especially well developed.
California Indian Basketweavers Association
Fulltext of their newsletter is here.
California Indian Legal Services
In addition to the “Links” on this page, see also Law Library of Congress: Indians of North America, National Indian Law Library, and USAdotgov: For Tribal Governments and Native Americans
California Indian Storytelling Association
CISA is "dedicated to the preservation, perpetuation, enlivening and promotion of Indian story and storytelling."
California Studies Program
Check the California Studies Projects for the California Indian Conference, Hoopa Tribal Museum, and Contaminated Museum Collections and NAGPRA.
Carlisle Indian School
A thoughtful approach to a difficult subject.
Chumash Life
This Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History exhibit is an excellent curriculum example.
Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian
This digital exhibition is from Northwestern University Library. See also Campfire Stories with George Catlin.
If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything
The project "aims to assist Indian communities with increasing literacy skills, while preserving Native American identity through a transferable model of a school-year-long reading promotion program."
Indianz.com
"Quality news, information, and entertainment from a Native American perspective." See also Indian Country Today.
Line in the Sand
Cultural property rights issues is the topic of this site.
NADB
The National Archeological DataBase provides access to the gray literature on archeological sites in the U.S. as well as to NAGPRA texts and information.
Native American Documents Project
"This is a demonstration project showing one way in which documents about the history of federal policy concerning native peoples might be more readily available." Includes text of the Dawes Act, etc.
Native American Public Telecommunications
"Empowering, Educating and Entertaining through Native Media." Also see the Hoopa-based California Indian Radio Project and Shenandoah Films, a Eureka-based distributor of educational videos and DVDs.
Native Health Database
This database of articles can be searched by tribe name as well as by topic.
News from Native California
Events, news, and some articles from the journal are online and there is both a subject index and a list of authors and titles for volumes 1-10.
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Check their frequent news releases and newsletter.
Seventh Generation Fund
Find out about their initiatives.
Society for California Archaeology
Newsletters and more are online.
SSILA
Visit the homepage of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) which is a major source for information on Indian languages and language issues. See also: Teaching Indigenous Languages, which includes fulltext documents and many links.
Treaty Rights and the Great Lakes Fishery
This site is an exhibit at the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University.

Northwestern California

Blue Lake Rancheria
The casino website has only a brief statement about the Rancheria.
California Academy of Sciences
Searching the CAS Anthropology Collection database by culture name yields 62 images with descriptions for Yurok, 18 for Hupa, 13 for Karuk, etc.
California Athabaskan Languages & Cultures
An eclectic site with much potential; strongest on Cahto and other Eel River languages.
California Indian Baskets
This is a commercial site for buying and selling Northern California baskets but it also includes many historical photos and information.
Calisphere - A World of Digital Resources
Search this new front-end to the Online Archive of California for local tribes; includes HSU's Ericson collection.
Dorothy Hill Collection
Although the collection is strongest in Maidu, there is also a significant amount of Hupa and Yurok material.
Elk Valley Rancheria
This official webpage includes audio and slide shows.
Finding Aids
Most of these collections have information on northwestern California indians.
Four Directions Institute: California Indians
The pages for local tribes contain information from the Native American Historical Data Base by Larry T.B. Sunderland. Each tribal page also includes an eclectic set of links.
Hoopa Valley Tribe
This is the official website of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. It is an extremely rich site - keep looking to find text of many of the primary documents regarding the history of the tribe as well as current Trinitiy and Klamath water issues.
Karuk Tribe of California
Read issues of the newsletter on this official tribal website.
Live Your Language Alliance
Their mission is "to bring together the language people, advocates, programs, and governments of the local tribes in order to form an alliance that will support language restoration and revitalization efforts."
Northern California Indian Development Council
This non-profit corporation has since 1976 represented American Indian community organizations in northwestern California. It also hosts the Karuk Language Website and Bill Bright's Linguistic Homepage.
Ntsayka Ikanum
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde have created a wonderful online introduction to their history and culture with this virtual exhibit.
Original Voices
Curriculum activities are linked to this Indigenous Northwestern Gold Rush Exhibit.
Research Guides: Humboldt County/Klamath Bioregion
HSU Library resource pages in one convenient list.
Round Valley Native Indian Tribes
Check the reservation history and also scroll down this page for other Round Valley resources.
Sandspit
Learn about Harry Roberts, read parts of the book, and enjoy the photo gallery.
Smith River Rancheria
A growing amount of historical information is included on this official tribal website.
Southern Oregon Digital Archives
SODA includes fulltext of many U.S., state, and local documents in three collections: Southern Oregon History; Bioregion (i.e., Klamath-Siskiyou); and First Nations/Tribal Collection (including Karuk, Hupa, Yurok, Tolowa, Wiyot).
Southwest Oregon Research Project
The most recent article about this archival collection is in American Indian Culture & Research Journal.
Trinidad Rancheria
This site includes brief information about the Rancheria and links to the casino.
Tsnungwe Council
Background on the Tsnungwe Tribe including a list of place names (last updated 2001).
Wiyot Tribe
Read about the Indian Island Cultural & Environmental Restoration Project on this official Wiyot page.
Yurok Language Project
The goal of this NSF-funded project is "to provide the most comprehensive grammatical description of Yurok possible while also contributing to the tribal language revitalization project."
Yurok Tribe Home Page
This is the official Yurok page. The Culture link provides historical information about the tribe and current issues of the tribal newsletter are online. See also the new YurokVoices.com.

Humboldt State University Resources

American Indian Civics Project
G-O Road Controversy: American Indian Religion and Public Land
Historical and Contemporary Relationship between the U.S. Government and American Indians
The Legacy of Lewis and Clark: from the perspective of those who met the corp of discovery
CICD
INRSEP
ITEPP
Joe Giovannetti
Native American Studies Professor Joe Giovannetti's homepage includes Tolowa Ancestral Images.
Native American Studies
Ron Johnson
Art Professor Ron Johnson's Native American Tribal Arts Review includes images of Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk tribal art. The introduction and many images from the exhibition catalog, Her Mind Made Up, Weaving Caps the Indian Way, are included.

Publishers/Distributors

Coyote Press
In-print and out-of-print offerings focusing on California and especially strong on archaeology.
Heyday Books
In addition to News from Native California, Heyday publishes books about California Indians.
Louis Collins Books
An excellent site for locating out-of-print titles.
Naturegraph Publishers
Native American books have always been an emphasis of this Happy Camp publisher.
Oyate
Oyate is the place to go to find appropriate Native American materials for children.
Pacific Western Traders
Pacific Western Traders opened in 1971 and is a major focus for Californian tribal arts, both as a gallery and a resource center. The map of tribal areas of California comes from PWT.