Native American Links
There are thousands of Native American websites out there. VERY few are reliable (i.e. provide author who is an expert on the subject), & readable. Here are a few to try IF you need material beyond the print resources. REMEMBER: you are responsible for making sure the site is reliable!
- J. Cooke

1. World Book Online

2. Britannica Online

3. EBSCOdatabases provides access to:
a. Middle Search Plus = provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines.
b. Primary Search = provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research
c. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
*****To access EBSCO databases follow this path:
Lyme school website
- online resources
- EBSCO databases - (username - converse, password = 03768)
- Children's / YA Resources -
- select: Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia & click “continue”
- enter tribe name & click “search”

4. Native Web
Sponsored by: NativeWeb = an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world.
This is a list of sites. YOU are responsible for determiing the site’s reliability (does it have an author who is an EXPERT in their field). Don’t use sites that don’t have an author!

5. Kidpede (search tribe name)
http://www.historyforkids.org/: Inuit, Aztecs, Pueblo, Iroquois
- written & edited by Dr. Karen Carr, Assoc. Professor Emerita of History, Portland State University.

6. Native Culture Links
Lisa Mitten : librarian for 14 years at the University of Pittsburgh has assembled these links. Make sure the site you choose has an expert author (see above)!

5. National Museum of the American Indian - Artifacts
search for:
Archaeological Items
Ethnographic Items
Modern and Contemporary Arts
Photographic Collections

8. Interactive Indians
Annenberg Learner: Interactives, US HistoryMap; Indians
Christopher W. Czajka, Writer
- Associate Director of the LAB@Thirteen, which creates, supervises, and executes community and educational outreach initiatives associated with Thirteen/WNET's national broadcast and online productions.
- taught at the Idyllwild School for Music and the Arts and at Arizona State University. He holds a B.S. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, and an M.F.A. in Theater for Young Audiences from Arizona State University.