Native American Culture

Artwork & Handcrafts

• Baskets - Mr. Donn
• Canoes - Mr. Donn
• Jewelry - Native American Art
• Native Tech - Go here for articles about Beads & Beadwork , Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery,Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine Quills, Weaving & Cordage
• Native American Arts and Crafts - Native Languages of the Americas

Boats

• Native American Watercraft - Action Donation Services
• Native American Birchbark Canoes - NativeTech
• Northwest Coast Canoes - Native American Netroots

Clothing

• American Indian Clothing & Regalia - Native American Facts for Kids
• See bottom of page for more links
• Leather & Clothes - Native Tech
• Identity by Design - Smithsonian exhibition about Native American women's clothing
• Native American Hairstyles - Native American Facts for Kids

Education

• American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many - NPR
• About Indian Boarding Schools - Modern American Poetry
• Indian Boarding School Photo Gallery - Modern American Poetry

Food

• American Native Food
• Food & Recipes - Native-American-Online.org
• Native American Food - Native American Facts for Kids
• Food & Recipes - NativeTech

Housing & Homes

• Native American Homes - Native American Facts for Kids
• Native American Homes in Olden Times - Mr. Donn

Hunting

• How Did Indians Make Bows & Arrows - eHow
  • Native American Fishing & Hunting - eHow
  • Hunting techniques - Texas Beyond History
    • Atlatls
    • Mass Kills
    • Clubs and Traps
    • Bows and Arrows

Medicine & Diseases

• Native Americans - Indians.org
  • Describes impact of European settlers on Native American populations in spreading disease
• Diseases Decimate Native American Populations - Dummies.com
• Plains Indian Smallpox - Mountain Man
• Native American Medicine - Native-American-Online.org

Music & Musical Instruments

• Native American Music - InfoPlease
• American Indian Drums - Native American Facts for Kids
• A Brief History of the Native American Flute - Flutopia
• History of the Native American Flute - Ancient Territories

Tools

• Stonework & Tools - Native Tech
• History of the Tomahawk - Native American Art
• Native American Tools - University of Illinois
• Information on Indian Tools & Weapons - eHow

Games & Toys

• Games and Toys - Native Tech
• Be sure you go to the bottom of the page to see the links to info about games, and do not just go to the computer games at the top!

Religion

Beliefs and ceremonies vary a lot from tribe to tribe. You may need to explore this topic by looking at a particular tribe or group of tribes and exploring their belief systems.

• Native American Religion - Indians.org
• Native American Sweatlodge
• VisionQuest - Crystal Links
• Sun Dance - Crystal Links

Weaponry

• Indian Weapons - Indians.org
• Sioux Weapons - Indians.org
• Spears - Indians.org
• Tomahawks - Indians.org

Women & Family

• Women's Issues - American Indian Culture Research Center
• Native American Women - American Indian Heritage Foundation
• Roles of Men & Women (Southeast Cherokee Indians) - Mr. Donn

Websites that cover many topics

Customized search engine for this project

American Indian Articles

Native American Facts for Kids

Non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the indigenous languages of the Western Hemisphere. On our website, we are working to provide a complete library of the available online materials about the more than 800 Amerindian languages and the people that speak them.

Native Americans in Olden Times - Mr. Donn

Native American Technology & Art

American Indian Heritage Teaching Resources

Native American Resources - Multnomah County Library

http://www.law.ou.edu/native/ainations.shtml

National Museum of the American Indian

Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian Photographic Images - Library of Congress

Native Americans Photo Gallery - National Geographic Kids

Maps of Native American Tribes - Native Languages of the Americas

Indian Reservations in the Continental United States

• Download PDF of map (will open in Adobe Acrobat)
• Index of tribes for map