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Please note that Four Directions has no control over, nor interest in any of the following sites. These sites are suggested as places that may offer information or resources of use or interest to people who visit the Four Directions site. Be sure to evaluate the information you find through these sites carefully.
Feature Link: Center for Educational Technology in Indian America
Building on the foundation of Four Directions the Center for Educational Technology in Indian America is now available to assist educators who work with Native Americans use technology effectively.
Native Culture
. . . a comprehensive portal site for Native American resources on the Internet.
Edward S. Crutis's North American Indian
The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication...
Native Website Evaluation
A site that offers suggestions about evaluating Native American web sites belongs to Elaine M. Cubbins.
The NMAI Virtual Museum Tour
A Virtual Tour of the National Museum of the American Indian Exhibitions Creation’s Journey and All Roads Are Good
Cool School of the Week
Nah Tah Wahsh School Website
Native American Authors
The Native American Authors section of the Internet Public Library maintains
a list of Native American authors; book titles by Native American authors
and cross-references them by tribal affiliation. A project that might be of
interest to some is an analysis of the authors who appear as Native
American. A list of authors who are not included and their works might be
compiled and offered to the Internet Public Library. Others might want to
examine the criteria that the Internet Public Library uses for determining
eligibility for inclusion.
http://www.pitt.edu/~lmitten/indians.html (sometimes this site is not available) Native American Sites
Lisa Mitten's site at the University of Pittsburgh which offers a range of
links to items of interest to the Native American community including and
alphabetical listing of tribes, links to Native American organizations,
links to sites about Native languages, information about the mascot issue,
and many others.
Native American Journalist's Association
The Native American Journalist's Association which, "serves and empowers
Native communications"
National Archeological DataBase
The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies in Arkansas has put together a
number of web resources such as the:
- National Archeological DataBase that includes GIS information about
archeological resources in the United States, information relating to the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and a Native
American Consultation Database which helps locate appropriate contact
information for tribal entities especially for NAGPRA purposes.
Rekindling Traditions
Based in Saskatchewan Canada, Rekindling Traditions Cross-Cultural Science &
Technology Units (CCSTU) Project is based in part upon Greg Cajete's and
other's work in appropriate and effective ways of representing Indigenous
Peoples in modern society and classrooms. The Teacher's Guide that they
have produced presents a basis for why such curriculum is important, and
shares their approach to developing cross-cultural studies in Science and
technology.
The Four Directions Project would like to thank and recognize Katrina Coker for her evaluation of these sites, and recommendations for student projects associated with these and other sites.
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