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Native American Sites 
Comprehensive site with web links addressing individual nations, native organizations, tribal colleges, languages, the mascot issue, native media, powwows, music, arts, storytelling, Indians and the military, native businesses. Maintained by Lisa Mitten, former librarian at Univ of Pittsburgh. 
Edward Curtis' The North American Indian
Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian between 1907 and 1930 with the intent to record traditional Indian cultures. The work comprises twenty volumes of narrative text and photogravure images. Each volume is accompanied by a portfolio of large photogravure plates.

The entire work is presented here, supported largely by funds from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

North American Indian Biographical Database The third release of the North American Indian Biographical Database contains over 41,000 pages of text and images. Included are biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories. 
Aboriginal Links : Canada & US
A page of native web links divided between Canada and the United States. Somewhat difficult in finding items as there is navigation for the categories or sub categories.
Native Web
NativeWeb is one of the oldest and most respected Internet sites for information about Indigenous Peoples around the world. Their  database contains thousands of resources in dozens of categories, searchable by nation, geographic locale and thematic content. NativeWeb provides an automated news digest, an announcement service, an events calendar, and a catalog of books and other media.
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
An historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes. Volumes I through VII are available on the web both as fully searchable digitized text and as page images. The contents may be accessed from the Table of Contents or Index of each volume or through keyword searching.
Useful Sites for Tribal Libraries  

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