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History: Native American

  1. American Experience -

    Watch over 250 films covering the American Experience from Dinosaur Wars to the Polio Crusade, to Amelia Earhart. Also included are teacher's guides, biographies, interactive maps, primary resources, timelines, and much much more. From PBS.
  2. American Indian Heritage Month -

    History, tribes, words, statistics, reservations, etc.
  3. Colorado History -

    Colorado Indians, miners, cities, virtual field trips, ranchers, trappers, etc.
  4. Edward S. Curtis' The North American Indian -

    Part of the American Memory project by the Library of Congress, contains electronic versions of the photographs taken by Edward S. Curtis of the various Native American tribes.
  5. Mesoweb -

    An exploration of Mesoamerican cultures, specifically the ancient cultures of Mexico and adjacent Central America, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec, and Maya. Specializes in the Maya and Maya history.
  6. National American Indian Heritage Month -

    From the National Park Service.
  7. National Museum of the American Indian -
  8. Native American History -

    A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Native American history. From the University of Washington.
  9. Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness -

    From the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Includes an online exhibition, timeline, interviews, online activities, suggested readings, and more.
  10. Navajo Code Talkers of WWII -
  11. Smithsonian Image Library -

    More than 13 million images held by the 19 museums of the Smithsonian.
  12. Voices of Civil Rights -

    Library of Congress online exhibit featuring individual accounts and oral histories during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.