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Resources : Natives
These are resources about native cultures throughout the world.
General recommendations
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.
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.
Sources on history of "magic" in different cultures ? - General discussion on the topic with bibliography suggestions, covers various nationalities globally.
Native Languages of the Americas: American Indian Dictionaries and Language Books - “Preserving and promoting American Indian languages”. Many resources on the native languages of the Americas.
Inwewinan - Native American Languages - Older site, with plenty of resources on the native languages of the Americas.
North American native cultures
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
Full list of North American Native Nations
Native American languages - Includes maps of their distribution and of the main native language groups of North America.
Native American maps - An overview of maps on the topic.
A collection of maps on historical and current Native American cultures and polities
Native American Flags - A compendium of over 190 tribal flags and flags of tribal associations throughout North America.
A collection of links about Inuit topics
Pan-Inuit Trails - Interactive Atlas of the Arctic, that shows how the Canadian Arctic has long been explored and mapped by the Inuit people.
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.
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.
Metis-history.info - A detailed site with resources on Métis history and related topics.
Native American legends and other related resources
When did Native Americans adopt ironworking ?
A nice map of the Mississipi Culture and related nations in pre-Columbian eastern North America
James Mooney’s Ghost Dance Recordings (1894)
North American Sioux Indian Archery
The Ojibwe People's Dictionary
Northwest Coast Archaeology - Archaeology and historical research into the native cultures of the Pacific Northwest.
Central American (Mesoamerican) and Caribbean native cultures
FAMSI.org - Official website of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies Inc.
Mesoweb - A site devoted to the ancient cultures of Mexico and adjacent Central America, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec and Maya.
English to Mayan (Yucatec) - A dictionary.
The Dictionary of the Taino language - Reliable, but may include a few goofs.
South American native cultures
Incan stone-cutting techniques
The Sacred Hymns of Pachacutec (Incan Poetry)
Incan ice mummies discovered during a 1996 archeological expedition
Overview of the Incan state religion and minor religions in their empire
Thread recommending sources about the Spanish conquest of the Inca
Eurasian native cultures
The Encyclopedia of Saami Culture - Includes a nice multimedia section, complete with downloadable yoik songs typical for the Samis.
The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
Online documentation about the Kolyma Yukaghirs of Siberia
1919 documentary film about the Japanese Ainu
Australian and Oceanian native cultures
Mythical stories of Australian natives
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.
Enviroment, agriculture and settlement patterns in a marginal Polynesian landscape