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Study Native Americans

Julia White has an amazing website. Be sure to read her page 'Your Native American Questions and Answers'.

This page of links are primarily related to the people of the ANI-STOHINI/UNAMI NATION although favorite links to other tribes will be also added later. Learn their language online for free! Visit the projects and programs page. Come and learn about the sacred Appalachian Mountain Bog Turtle. Learn how to order an Ani-Stohini/Unami dress or the best herbs in Appalachia.

Brian's Backyard Native American related sites.

Maps of Native American Nations.

NMAI The National Museum of the American Indian. This link is to the teachers page. They offer 3 educational downloads using the PDF format.

American Indians have participated with distinction in United States military actions for more than 200 years. Distinctive cultural values drive them to serve their country. One such value is their proud warrior tradition.

Native American Indian Heritage Month discusses the military involvement of the Indians which are only recently being recognized.

PBS series HOMELAND lesson plans. HOMELAND is the rich and engaging story of four Lakota Indian families from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. This emotionally compelling film weaves a portrait of a spiritual leader, a grandmother, a community activist and an artist over the course of three years.

Tribal Journeys - Ocean Explorer project Begun in 1989 to commemorate Northwest canoe peoples' cultural links to the marine environment, Tribal Journeys is a powerful expression of the highly sophisticated relationship between people and the ocean that was here when the first Europeans visited the Pacific Northwest.

Site has wonderful pictures of Native American Women - Children.

Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends Pre-Columbian, Native Americans of Canada, Native Americans of the United States.

Book Suggestions

Michigan Indian Press Has books about the Michigan Indians, their history, stories and legends.

By Carole Marsh Michigan Indians! : A Kid's Look at Our State's Chiefs, Tribes, Reservations, Powwows, Lore and More from the Past and the Present.

From the IPL Native American Authors Project author John Couchois Wright The Crooked Tree: Indian Legends and a Short History of the Little Traverse Bay Region. ISBN: 188237634X, published by Thunder Bay Press. More info about Mr. Wright including a rare photo.

Cherokee

Learn the Cherokee language. Information of the Cherokee culture, history, genealogy, and more can be learned at Sky's Cherokee Website.

Cherokee Nation traditional stories is a great resource for insight on Cherokee beliefs as well as good old fashioned bedtime stories.

Crafts

Native American Tradition says that if you hang a Dream Catcher over your bed, it will catch the bad dreams in its net. Good dreams spiral around the web and pass through the center and back to you.

Turtle Island Productions Ojibway Dreamcatcher Origin Story.

Music

Spirit, by Peter Buffett I really like this cd. I got it November 2004 while looking for a gift for a friend of mine. You can listen to samples on Amazon.

News

Indian Country Today The Nation's Leading Native American Indian News Source.

Indianz.Com Indianz.Com provides up-to-date, relevant resources about Native American / American Indian tribes in the United States and Alaska and First Nations communities in Canada.

Recipes

Native Way Cookbook - The Cookbook of the Grandmothers' Recipes where you can search by type of dish or Tribe/Nation. Also of importance, click on 'Homework Help' and choose 'For Educators and Youth Leaders'.

Recipes from NativeTech are broken down into three categories: 1. All Indigenous Ingredients & Preparation, 2. Traditional Recipes with Contemporary Ingredients, 3. Today's Native Dishes. You can also do a recipe search by region and tribe.

Search for Native American recipes at Recipezaar such as Pinto Bean Bread, Mikodissimin-Opinabo (Pea, Bean & Potato Soup) and many other recipes.

Respect

Ableza.org teaches you appropriate methods when teaching about Native American Peoples.

One of the biggest mistakes made in the education of today's youth is the homogenization of the Native American people. Please be respectful when teaching about Native Americans. Wisdomkeepers.org is another site that shows you how.

WISE - Working to Improve Schools and Education lists various Native education links.

To a Future Free of Bias Do you remember reading or hearing phrases such as: "Sit cross-legged like Indians," "single file, Indian style," "playing cowboys and Indians," "like a bunch of wild Indians," and "don't be an Indian giver" when you were a child? How about learning to count by enumerating "Ten Little Indians" and learning to read by reciting "I is for Indian" or "E is for Eskimo?" These examples, personally observed by this Choctaw mother, teacher, and student, as well as by most of America's schoolchildren, are still used in schools today. They set the stage for a lifetime of misinformation and cultural bias about American Indians, objectifying them in a way that undoubtedly would not be tolerated or accepted by any other ethnic group.

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