A PBS site that covers news from around the world.
Headlines and news from around the world in one convenient place!
Country Studies--FOR 201 WORKSHEET
Use these abbreviated summaries to learn about the worlds' nations and their peoples.
Use these comprehensive reports to learn about the worlds' nations and their peoples.
Contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. This allows detailed and precise searching for concepts not easily found with keywords. .
This site is dedicated to promoting the preservation of cultural sites around the world.
Large repository of anthropology journals. Can only be used from on campus.
Find "time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters" at this United Nations site.
This site explores the land rights issues of indigenous minority cultures around the world.
The World Health Organization's East Mediterranean Office provides services and support in eradicating diseases the Middle Eastern area of the world.
University of Waikato, Arts and Science Faculty Research
Mostly New Zealand research and a fair amount of sources on Maori
AFRICA
Africa Traditional Sudanese Medicine
Learn about traditional Sudanese medicine.
DARFUR NOW is a documentary film
a story of hope in the midst of one of humanity's darkest hours — a call to action for people everywhere to end the catastrophe unfolding in Darfur, Sudan.
Learn all about this exciting country. Includes information on their thriving economy.
Our Sudan: Its Pyramids and Progress
Read the book 'Our Sudan'.
Read about the troubles in the region and take action to help!
Welcome to the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission Website
AMERICAS
North Americans (Native Americans)
Last Real Indians: Highlighting "Indigenous artists, writers, musicians, designers, speakers, community organizers, movers, shakers, leaders, success stories, struggles, and current events as viewed through the lens of Indigenous perspective")
NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using technology to... disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world...
Nevada Native American Sites
Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
NumaGroup (formerly Al Mandell's World)
Caribbean
Latin America and South America
Columbia Support Network (Paz y Justicia Para Columbia!)
LANIC (Latin American information and statistics)
ARCTIC CULTURES
Aleut (People of the Aleutian Chain)
Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska
This site "represents and advocates for the Iñupiat of the Arctic Slope, Northwest, Bering Straits; St. Lawrence Island (Siberian) Yupik, and; Central Yup'ik and Cup'ik of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Southwest Alaska."
ASIA
Asia Monitor Resource Center (Monitors and reports on Asian labor issues)
East Asia (Far East)
A radio tour of China's economy from the boom town of Shanghai to the poverty-stricken villages around the Gobi Desert.
SAMIRA ATASH translates traditional Central Asian and Far East influences into beautiful and original Western, contemporary designs.
Middle East and Central Asia
The leading Arabic International Daily
LookLex is a Norway based media house presenting North Africa and the Middle East to a mainly western audience
Learn about this traditional Turkish dance group.
Afghanistan
Afghans: Their History and Culture
This site has information on Afghani geography, people, festivities, food and more.
A Historical Guide To Afghanistan by Nancy Hatch Dupree
Internet Edition
Afghan Links Assembled by U.C. Berkeley Library.
Afghan Resources.
Learn about life in Afghanistan at the BBC News site.
The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
The AREU is an independent research organization whose mission is to conduct and facilitate action-oriented research and learning that informs and influences policy and practice. Fundamental to AREU's vision is that its work should improve Afghan lives.
Learn about the country, buy books and other stuff.
News, information, entertainment, shopping.
Read about the Hazara people and culture and the challenges they face in war-torn Afghanistan.
Read about the history of this famous city.
An ongoing documentary web series following the lives of a few Iraqi 20-somethings trying to survive in Baghdad. The everyday life of the Iraqi citizen has been the great untold story of the Iraq war.
Online resources for the book Kite Runner
The library also has this book on the shelf at PS 3608.O832
Sergei Zharov was here (Afghanistan)
Photographs of people and places in Afghanistan ca. 2004
The Afghans: Their History and Culture
This site outlines the history, food, music and more of the Afghan people.
AUSTRALIA
This site explores Indigenous Australia through storytelling, cultures and histories.
Frog and Toad's Indigenous Australia
A busy and colorful site about Indigenous Australia.
Learn about the Garma Festival, the largest and most vibrant celebration of Yolngu Aboriginal people of Australia
Message Stick - A Portal to Indigenous Australian Information
Reconciliation Australia aims to identify and develop business practices that contribute to the well-being and quality of life of Indigenous Australians.
OCEANIA AND THE PACIFIC
EUROPE
News by and about the Kurdish People.
Learn about this traditional Turkish dance group.
The Sami Peoples of Scandinavia
Introduction to the Sami People
Sami in Finland (includes an excellent map of distribution of the Sami people)