====== Resources : Natives ====== These are resources about native cultures throughout the world. ==== General recommendations ==== **[[http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborl.htm|Links to Aboriginal Resources]]** - Literally thousands of links to numerous topics related to natives in North and South America. Everything from treaties to language lessons to maps can be found. Alas--the site has not been updated for some time so a lot of the links are dead--but that still leaves a few hundred still functioning. **[[http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en-frames/index.html|Aboriginal Portal]]** - Similar to the one above, only this one is maintained by the Canadian government. Nearly 20 different topics, each one subdivided into further sub-topics. Literally hundreds of links - all of them updated on a regular basis. There's even an International section that covers pretty much every region in the world - and a link to a global forum on Indigenous Peoples and the Information Society. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=298576|Sources on history of "magic" in different cultures ?]]** - General discussion on the topic with bibliography suggestions, covers various nationalities globally. For language resources, please see e.g. [[resources:Language Help - African languages]], [[resources:Language Help - Native American languages]], etc. ---- ==== North American native cultures ==== **[[http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/|Index of Native American Resources on the Internet]]** **[[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_NativeAM.html|Full list of North American Native Nations]]** **[[https://web.archive.org/web/20160419101524/http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu:80/farg/rehling/nativeAm/ling.html|Native American languages]]** - Includes maps of their distribution and of the main native language groups of North America. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246268|Native American maps]]** - An overview of maps on the topic. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246268|A collection of maps on historical and current Native American cultures and polities]]** **[[http://users.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/index.html|Native American Flags]]** - A compendium of over 190 tribal flags and flags of tribal associations throughout North America. **[[http://www.inuitmyths.com/|Inuit Mythology]]** **[[http://www.native-languages.org/inuit_culture.htm|A collection of links about Inuit topics]]** **[[http://www.paninuittrails.org/index.html?module=module.about|Pan-Inuit Trails]]** - Interactive Atlas of the Arctic, that shows how the Canadian Arctic has long been explored and mapped by the Inuit people. **[[http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html|Canada's First Peoples]]** - A detailed site focusing on the history, ethnography, economy and culture of the various First Peoples of Canada before European contact. **[[http://www.firstvoices.com/|FirstVoices.com]]** - Audio recordings of the First Peoples indigenous languages of Canada. **[[http://www.metismuseum.ca/main.php|The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture]]** - Pretty much everything you need to know about the Metis of Canada. //Lots// of pictures to view. **[[http://www.metis-history.info/|Metis-history.info]]** - A detailed site with resources on Métis history and related topics. **[[http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Legends-AB.html|Native American legends and other related resources]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257820|When did Native Americans adopt ironworking ?]]** **[[https://wanderingbull.com/eastern-woodlands-native-american-clothing/|Eastern Woodlands Native American clothing]]** - Early modern era clothing styles and accessories of the Eastern Woodland cultures. **[[https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/trade-among-tribes-commerce-plains-europeans-arrived|Trade Among Tribes: Commerce on the Plains before Europeans Arrived]]** **[[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Mississippian_cultures_HRoe_2010.jpg|A nice map of the Mississipi Culture and related nations in pre-Columbian eastern North America]]** **[[http://coastsalishmap.org/start_page.htm|Coast Salish Villages of Puget Sound]]** **[[http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/james-mooneys-ghost-dance-recordings-1894/|James Mooney’s Ghost Dance Recordings (1894)]]** **[[http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/native/|North American Sioux Indian Archery]]** **[[https://qmackie.com/|Northwest Coast Archaeology]]** - Archaeology and historical research into the native cultures of the Pacific Northwest. **[[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jon_Erlandson/publication/235324716_Forts_Refuge_Rocks_and_Defensive_Sites_The_Antiquity_of_Warfare_along_the_North_Pacific_Coast_of_North_America/links/02bfe512eb43f7be32000000/Forts-Refuge-Rocks-and-Defensive-Sites-The-Antiquity-of-Warfare-along-the-North-Pacific-Coast-of-North-America.pdf?origin=publication_detail|Forts, Refuge Rocks and Defensive Sites: The Antiquity of Warfare along the North Pacific Coast of North America]]** - Archaeological research article by Jon Erlandson and Madonna L. Moss, in downloadable .pdf format, on the native fortifications used in the Pacific Northwest. ---- ==== Central American (Mesoamerican) and Caribbean native cultures ==== **[[http://www.famsi.org/index.html|FAMSI.org]]** - Official website of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies Inc. **[[http://www.mesoweb.com/|Mesoweb]]** - A site devoted to the ancient cultures of Mexico and adjacent Central America, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec and Maya. **[[http://www.wordgumbo.com/pe/may/erengmay.htm|English to Mayan (Yucatec)]]** - A dictionary. **[[http://www.alfredcarrada.org/index.html|The Dictionary of the Taino language]]** - Reliable, but may include a few goofs. ---- ==== South American native cultures ==== **[[http://www.mapuche-nation.org/|The Mapuche Nation.org]]** **[[http://www.mapuche.nl/english/mapuche.htm|About the Mapuche]]** **[[http://en.cholchol.org/index.html|The Chol-Chol Foundation: Fair Trade of Mapuche Fine Arts, Promotion, Education, and Preservation of the Mapuche Culture, Resource Development for Mapuche Artisans]]** **[[http://www.davideandrea.com/personal/ideas/inca_stones/index.html|Incan stone-cutting techniques]]** **[[http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3839|Engineering in the Andes Mountains: History and Design of Inca Suspension Bridges (video lecture by John Ochsendorf)]]** **[[http://red-coral.net/Pach.html|The Sacred Hymns of Pachacutec (Incan Poetry)]]** **[[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/|Incan ice mummies discovered during a 1996 archeological expedition]]** **[[http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/inca.html|Overview of the Incan state religion and minor religions in their empire]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261992|Thread recommending sources about the Spanish conquest of the Inca]]** ---- ==== Eurasian native cultures ==== **[[http://www.helsinki.fi/~sugl_smi/senc/en/index.htm|The Encyclopedia of Saami Culture]]** - Includes a nice multimedia section, complete with downloadable yoik songs typical for the Samis. **[[http://home.earthlink.net/~arran4/siida/sami-yoik.htm|Sami Music]]** **[[http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/introduction.shtml|The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire]]** **[[http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/nikolaeva/documentation/index.html|Online documentation about the Kolyma Yukaghirs of Siberia]]** **[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3RteagLoY|1919 documentary film about the Japanese Ainu]]** ---- ==== Australian and Oceanian native cultures ==== **[[http://austhrutime.com/aboriginal_mythology.htm|Australian native mythology]]** **[[http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/aborigines/stories.htm|Mythical stories of Australian natives]]** **[[http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/index.php|The Journal of the Polynesian Society]]** - Online historical/archeological magazine specializing on the research of various Polynesian cultures. Lots of good articles that tackle even obscure topics. 99 % of all volumes in the journal's long history (1897-2010) are now directly available on the site's archive. **[[http://www.pnas.org/content/101/26/9936.full.pdf|Enviroment, agriculture and settlement patterns in a marginal Polynesian landscape]]** ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[pods:native americans|Native American PODs]]** **[[resources:resources#language_help_and_advice|Language Resources and Help]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[resources:resources|Useful Resources Main Directory]]**