Navajo Web Sites

USEFUL WEBSITES

These sites are primarily for teacher reference but can be used to share with students. Check that the site is functioning before incorporating into a lesson.

Navajo Web sites:

1. The People of the Pueblo of Zuni - their beliefs, food pottery and jewelry.

Good source of information Easy reading

http://www.heard.org/education/rain/cultura4/raincul4.html

2. Pueblo of Zuni (Provides brief info)

http://zuni.k12.nm.us/tribe/main.html

3. Zuni - Encarta reference info

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=04D30000

4. Hopi - Encarta Reference info

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761566536

5. The Navajo National Monument. A very detailed account of prehistory to the Twentieth Century. Provides much of the geological background of the area and the history of the First People to this region.

http://www.nps.gov/nava/adhi/adhi1.htm

6. A History of Navajo Weaving

http://www.americana.net/weaving.html#begining

7. Hidden Ball - A tribal game of the Zuni

http://www.bluemountain.com/eng/nativeamer/cushing3.html

8. Photo Gallery

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Forest/2485/photogallery.html

9. Woman Spirit. Nampajo (Snake Girl) Hopi

http://meyna.com/nampeyo.html

10. Explore the Navajo Nation

http://www.americanwest.com/pages/navajo2.htm

First Nations Legends:

1. The Origin of Corn - Zuni

http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/NAANTH/ZOCORN.HTM

2. The Navajo Creation Story

http://www.lapahie.com/Creation.cfm

3. Zuni Literature. Three Zuni Stories

http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/zuni.htm

4. Spider Rock - Dine/Navajo

http://lehua.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore38.html

5. How the Hopi Indians Reached their World - Hopi

http://lehua.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore65.html

6. How the Great Chiefs made the Moon and the Sun - Hopi

http://lehua.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore74.html

7. At the Rainbow’s End – Dine/Navajo

http://lehua.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore98.html

8. Nisga’a Stories

http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/fph/storytel/nisg1eng.html

NORTHWEST COAST WEBSITES

1. Prince Rupert – First Nations Culture

http://www.tourismprincerupert.com/first_nations.htm

2. Prince Rupert Port -The New World Port

http://www.rupertport.com/home.html

3. The North Pacific Cannery at Prince Rupert

http://www.district.portedward.bc.ca/northpacific/history.htm

4. Where sea and Land Meet Paintings of the traditional cultures of the coastal peoples of British Columbia (Canada) and Washington State (United States)

http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/fph/nwca/nwca01e.html

5. The Haida - Children of Eagle and Raven

http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/fph/haida/haindexe.html#menu

6. Totem Poles Art from the Pacific NorthWest

http://members.aol.com/Art1234567/Totemart.html

Other Useful First Nations Sites:

1. Native Nations Official and Unofficial Tribal Sites:

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/tribes/tribes.htm

2. Native American Food and Recipes

http://www.nativetech.org/food/

3. About Sweetgrass

http://www.nativetech.org/plants/sweetgrass.html

4. The Native American History Archive

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/

5. First Nations Histories

http://www.dickshovel.com/up.html

6. Grand Council of Treaty 8 First Nations

http://www.aboriginalnet.com/treaty8/

7. First Nations Schools On-Line Canada

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/english/11000_e.html

8. Navajo Elementary School

http://www.aps.edu/aps/Navajo/