RCC Research Guides: Native American Information &amp; Resources: Websites & Readings

Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month
National Endowment for the Humanities: Native American Heritage Month
Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian American Indian images, names, and stories infuse American history and contemporary life. Pervasive, powerful, at times demeaning, the images, names, and stories reveal the deep connection between Americans and American Indians as well as how Indians have been embedded in unexpected ways in the history, pop culture, and identity of the United States.
Smithsonian Events

Institute of American Indian Arts At IAIA, the spirit and vision of Native American and Alaska Native people is a first priority. Founded on October 1, 1962, the Institute of American Indian Arts offers academic excellence to both Native and non-Native populations. Our goal is empowerment through education, economic self-sufficiency and expression and enhancement of artistic and cultural traditions.
Indians of North America: Selected Resources from the Library of Congress, he purpose of this guide is to present researchers with selected sources through which they can begin and expand their scope of study of the Indians of North America.
Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
Native Languages of North America website dedicated to the survival of the Native Languages
Mother Tongues Discover America's First Languages
The American Indians in Children’s Literature A link to this resource – The American Indians in Children’s Literature blog/website. A resource started by Dr. Debbie Reese, a Nambe Pueblo Indian Librarian.
Cherokee Language The Cherokee Nation is committed to preserving and growing the Cherokee language in both spoken and written forms.

Native Heritage - National Park Service A web portal provided by the National Park Service which includes many web links
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) is an interdisciplinary, international membership-based organization.
National Congress of American Indians
United States Department of the Interior: Indian Affairs
Native American and Tribal Cultural Resources Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Resources for Native Americans Find information about and resources for Native Americans.

National Archives: Indians/Native Americans
History of Survivance: Upper Midwest 19th-Century Native American Narratives When the subject of the exhibit is Native Americans in the Upper Midwestern United States during the extraordinary upheaval of the 19th century, one must be particularly careful about the story being told since the narrative that largely exists is one of cultural denouement, of endings, as told by a colonizing population to its descendants.
Internet Archive-Digital Library - Native Americans Native American collection on Internet Archive: Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.