Tribal Governments

Tribal Government Listing:

From State and local governments on the net: an alphabetical listing of tribal government web pages, organizations, and links.
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/other_detail.cfm?state=Tribal%20Governments

Decennial Census:

This is decennial census publications and accompanying links on tribal governments from the 1990 census, with limited publications from Census 2000. 
http://www.census.gov/main/www/tribalgov.html

Agencies / Organizations

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs:

This link includes membership information, legislation, and live broadcasts of hearings.
http://www.senate.gov/~scia/nsindex.html

US Department of Health and Human Services 

Publications, grants, programs, policy, and state and local contacts for Native Americans.  http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ana/  
Division of Tribal Services: a compilation of publications, announcements, regulations, and other links.
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/dts/

 

Resource Guides

Guide to Sources on Native Americans:

From the Education and Social Science Library, University of Illinois.  Provides searching tips, abstracts for useful guides, indexes, and directories, and statistical and online resources.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/NativeAmGui.htm

 

Native Americans: Recommended Books and Resources:

Includes a listing of fiction, non-fiction, professional resources, and web links related to Native Americans.
http://ericeece.org/diversity/native.html

 

Native American Documents Project:

This site is from California State University, San Marcos.  Indexes published reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Commissioners for 1871.  Includes quantitative tables on Allotment data.  Indexes 111 documents from the Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation, mostly from the nineteenth century.
http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm

Digital Librarian - Native American Resources:

This is a variety of alphabetically arranged resources for and about Native Americans. 
http://www.digital-librarian.com/nativeamericans.html

GPO Access Multi-Database Search:

This feature will search Congressional Record, Federal Register, Congressional Bills, Public Laws, U.S. Code. For example, a search for Hopi, in the Federal Register, Volume 66 (2001), retrieves 20 results
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/multidb.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library:

American Indian full text resources; some literature, some government documents, much miscellaneous.
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAetext.html

Native American Resources:

This page is from the University of Kansas, and includes links to information on genealogy, site information, Bureau of Indian Affairs statistics, geographic data information, tribal organization links, and links to other interesting information.
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kulib/docs/subject.html#N

GPO and University of Central Oklahoma Browse Topics:

This is an in-depth page that lists information and resources to government information important to Native Americans.
http://library.ucok.edu/gov/browsetopics/nativeam.html

Virtual Shelflist: HE20.300:

This page is a list of electronic government documents from the Department of Human and Health Services, and contains information important to Native Americans.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/SuDocList.htm#he

Native American Resource Guide, UC Berkeley:

This site offers links to electronic information maintained by the University of California at Berkeley.  Contained here are links to bibliographic directories, handbooks, law information, statistic and Census data, federal documents, Californian documents, and Internet resources.  
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/natamergde.html

Canadian Indigenous Peoples Guide:

Purdue University offers information about Canada's government and its many agencies dealing with Indian affairs, which reflects Canada's historic and contemporary relationship with its indigenous inhabitants.
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/canind.html

 

Services

Government Funding for Tribal Libraries:

Below are links to government funding sources for North American Indian tribal libraries.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/govtfund.html

 

Population

Geographic Area Programs:

Here are a list of American Indian and Alaska Native programs from the 2000 Census.
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/aian/aian.html

General Facts from the Census:

Contained here are numerous links to information and facts about Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/aminhot1.html

American Indian and Alaska Native Population Information:

This census site offers information on projections, estimates, and characteristics by tribe and language.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/indian.html

 

History and Culture

Smithsonian Native American History and Culture:

Contained here are a number of resources and information from exhibits, photos, documents, and a great list of recommended readings.  
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/start.htm

Navajo Code Talker Site:

This is a great website that offers in-depth information on the Navajo code talkers from World War II.  Historical information, code glossaries, medals, articles, photos, awards, and biographical information on the code talkers is listed here.
http://www.lapahie.com/NavajoCodeTalker.cfm

National Library of Medicine "If Only You Knew" Exhibit:

This site from the National Library of Medicine features information, photos, links, and biographical information on the history of the health of Native Americans.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_01.html

 

Law

American Indian Law Review Index:

This is an electronic index to the American Indian Law Review.
http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr/ind.html

University of Colorado - Native American Treaties and other Information:

This is government information offered through the University of Colorado at Boulder's website.  They offer some electronic versions of treaties, links to information and resources, and a list of print resources.  Many of these print resources can be found in the UIUC library system.
http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/gov/us/native.htm

Kapplers Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties: I1.107:

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is an historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/

American Indian Law:

The Purdue University Library has many publications containing laws and regulations relevant to American Indians. This guide will discuss federal laws, regulations, and court cases.
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/amindlaw.html

American Indians and Legal Law:

This is a list of electronic and print-format resources created by our own Gov Docs staff and designed to facilitate research on Native Americans and the US legal system, past and present. The emphasis is on government documents and information sources, although a few other relevant publications are included.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/classes/hist298a.htm

Native American Tribal Law Codes:

The Native American Tribal Law Codes are rules (regulations) that are written by and used to govern individual Native American tribes.  Information here covers jurisdiction, Tribal membership, Tribal government, control of conduct, judicial administration, and property possession and domestic relations.
http://envirotext.eh.doe.gov/triblaw.htm

Native American Treaties and Agreements:

The Native American Treaties and Agreements are a collection of Executive Orders, Treaties, Proclamations, and Memorandums concerning United States policy on Native American affairs.  The EnviroText data collection contains a compilation of over 2,500 documents dating from the late 1700s to the present.
http://envirotext.eh.doe.gov/treaties.htm

 

 

Miscellaneous Statistics and Topical Pages

Business:

This is economic and business information provided by the US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

EPA American Indian Environmental Issues:

The American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs. AIEO oversees development and implementation of the Agency's Indian Policy and strives to ensure that all EPA Headquarters and Regional Offices implement their parts of the Agency's Indian Program in a manner consistent with Administration policy to work with Tribes on a government-to-government basis and EPA's trust responsibility to protect Tribal health and environments.
http://www.epa.gov/indian/

The Indigenous Women's Network, our future our responsibility: statement by Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke is Co-Chair of the Indigenous Women's Network, Program Director of the Environmental Program at the Seventh Generation Fund, and this is the speech she gave at the United Nations Fourth world Conference on Women in Beijing, China, on August 31 1995. She addresses the challenges faced by women, as well as the fundamental rights women have.  http://www.igc.apc.org/beijing/plenary/laduke.html