Who Are Alaska Natives?  Exploring Language, Culture, and Traditions	Arctic Studies Center http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/ A Smithsonian site devoted to the history of northern peoples, cultures and environments.  Contains online exhibits, research, and additional resources. Alaska Natives & American Indians: Index to Resources http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/rlinks/natives/index.html A broad index of resources for exploring a variety of topics including: administration of justice, self governance, relationship with national government, subsistence, culture & language, education and organizations. National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/ Provides online exhibits; education; information on outreach and events; and a list of collections, archives, film and video.  Contains information about current exhibits at its three sites in New York City, D.C., and Suitland, MD. Atanarjuat/The Fast Runner-Native Networks http://www.nativenetworks.si.edu/eng/orange/atanarjuat.htm Atanarjuat/The Fast Runner is the first Native-language film to be written, directed and acted by the Inuit.  An action thriller set in pre-contact Igloolik in what is now Arctic Canada, the film unfolds as a life-threatening struggle between powerful natural and supernatural characters.  Native Networks contains a list of titles shown at the Native American Film and Video Festival. Native American Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/ The Internet Public Library provides a database of Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites.  Searchable by author, title and tribe.
Alaska Natives and the US Government	Arctic Council http://www.arctic-council.org/ High-level intergovernmental forum that provides a mechanism to address the common concerns and challenges faced by the Arctic governments and the peoples of the Arctic. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Resource Center http://www.lbblawyers.com/ancsa.htm#laws This site includes reference materials relating to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ("ANCSA") divided into topics: Laws, Regulations, Administrative Actions, Proposed Legislation, Cases, Articles, Government Publications, Agreements, and Native Corporation Links. American Indian and Alaskan Native Data and Links http://factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html US Census Bureau data for the 2000 census.  Categories include tribes, reservations, rankings and comparisons, maps, American Community survey, population projections, and economic data. U.S. Department of the Interior Library: Native Americans http://library.doi.gov/internet/native.html#tribal Contains links to eight categories related to Native Americans: News, Tribal Governments, Inter-Tribal Organizations, U.S. Government Organizations, Legal Sources, Bibliographies, Digital Libraries, Directories of Internet Sites about Native Americans. US Department of Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board http://www.doi.gov/iacb/ Provides promotional opportunities, general business advice, and information on the Indian Arts and Crafts Act to Native American artists, craftspeople, businesses, museums, and cultural centers of federally recognized Tribes. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/ Provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items -- human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. Bureau of Indian Affairs http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html Provides links to Bureau of Indian Affairs press releases, Depart. of Interior links, other US government agencies, inter-tribal organizations, environmental links, cultural links, and declarations.
What is Alaska Native Law?	National Indian Law Library http://www.narf.org/nill/ A public law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law.  Contains a catalog of 10,000+ information sources searchable by an online database. Access to Indian Law Bulletins provide up-to-date developments in Indian law and U.S. court decisions.  Tribal Law Collection makes available codes, constitutions, and intergovernmental agreements. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/ A compilation of laws and treaties between the U.S. government and American Indian tribes: (Laws Compiled to January 13, 1971; Treaties, 1778-1883). Native American Legal Resources-University of Oklahoma Law School http://www.law.ou.edu/native/index.shtml Contains the American Indian Law Review; the Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project; and links to additional resources. American Indian Law-Cornell Law School http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/American_Indian_law Outlines the U.S. Constitution, Federal Statutes, Federal Regulations, and Historic and Recent Judicial Decisions as they pertain to American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.