RCC Research Guides: Native American Information &amp; Resources: Get Involved

Recognize Indigenous Rights

Some History and Information on Land Acknowledgments

Why is Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Important?
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement and the Work of Decolonization
How Can Cities Meaningfully Support Indigenous Communities?
Moving Beyond the Performative in our Acknowledgments

Become an Activist

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Organizations

American Indian Movement (A.I.M.)
National Congress of American Indians
Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Since 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has provided legal assistance to Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation. NARF has successfully asserted and defended the most important rights of Indians and tribes in hundreds of major cases, and has achieved significant results in such critical areas as tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, natural resource protection, and Indian education.
National Indian Law Library (NILL) The National Indian Law Library (NILL) of the Native American Rights Fund is a law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. NILL maintains a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources and assists people with their Indian law-related research needs. You can find some of our most popular resources below.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Dedicated to helping missing and murdered American Indian women and their families and create awareness of the mmiw problems in this country. (Note: Facebook, website, http://mmiwusa.org, not secure at this time)
Native Hope Native Hope exists to address the injustice done to Native Americans. We dismantle barriers through storytelling and impactful programs to bring healing and inspire hope.
Indianz Native American news, information and entertainment. Wholly-owned and operated by Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe.
Earth Justice The Earth Justice organization, assists The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Litigation on the Dakota Access Pipeline.

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Images & Artifacts

Native American Activism: 1960s to Present The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in classrooms across the country. For more than ten years, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.
No Dakota Access Pipeline Standing Rock Water Protectors, #NoDAPL Archive
Call to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline 24 members of Congress, 27 Tribes and Tribal organizations, and 19 state governments submit briefs supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s fight against the pipeline
Indigenous Women Have Been Disappearing for Generations. Politicians Are Finally Starting to Notice. Newsletter article from The Intercept by Alleen Brown May 31 2018.