Native American Websites

Compiled byL. Darenberg, Children’s Librarian, Bartram Trail Branch Library, SJCPLS

Techniques for Evaluating American Indian Web Sites

Useful for teachers, librarians, parents and students before they begin using the Internet for research on Native projects. Excellent information that assists the user with evaluating sites for authenticity.

Native American Sites

Created in 1995, this has become the premiere site for information about Native American Peoples in the U.S. and Canada. It is the home of the American Indian Library Association Wed Page written by a mixed-blood Mohawk urban Indian. Most helpful is the extensive “Information on Individual Native Nations” page. Tribally owned sites marked with a drum icon are primary sources. (note: while it appears that the most recent updates are from 2008, if one clicks on links for native nations, many of them are current to 2012)

Native Tech : Native American Technology and Art

(links for crafts, recipes, stories, and much more)

An internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references.

Native American Nations

This is a Kid Info website that includes the history of Native American Indians

Individual Native Tribes including Alaska, Canada, the Caribbean, and North America

Native American Sites on the Internet

Websites, Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities, Webquests

Prepared by the Cumberland County AVA Center staff.

Florida Native Americans

Exploring Florida: A Social Studies Resource for Students and Teachers
Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology,
College of Education, University of South Florida © 2002.

Seminole Tribe of Florida

Copyright © 2012 Seminole Tribe of Florida

Oyate

Oyate is a Native-run non-profit organization whose work includes critical evaluation of books and curricula with Native content. The Web site includes free resources such as “Deconstructing the Myths of the First Thanksgiving” and invaluable, in-depth critiques of classic “Books to avoid”.

American Indian Library Association

An extensive set of links to on-line resources.

American Indians in Children’s Literature

Insight and information for teachers and librarians.