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NATIVE AMERICAN
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Alcatraz Island
http://www.csulb.edu/~gcampus/libarts/am-indian/alcatraz/
American Indian Occupation, 1969-1971. Collection of photographs.

American Centuries: A View From New England
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/
Memorial Hall Museum, Deerfield MA focusses on three past "turns of the centuries", 1700, 1800 and 1900. In the exhibit, five themes are explored across these time periods: Native Americans, African Americans, Newcomers (settlers, and immigrants), the Land, and Family Life. There are five areas of study: Children, Eating, Military, Rituals and Work.

Documents for the Study Of American History
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
Extensive collection of documents, writings, letters for the study of American history, 15th century through present.

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
Documents from the years 1778 to 1913; from the National Indian Law Library of the Native American Rights Fund and the University of Oklahoma Law Library.

Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
http://thorpe.ou.edu/
Tribal documents of over 500 federally recognized tribes.

NativeWeb
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/history/
"Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World."

WAAW: Women Artists of the American West
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/waaw/
Although this is actually an online course, it offers resources for the study of women, art, the west and the Native American culture.

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Ann B. Perham  Ann_Perham@needham.k12.ma.us
School Librarian 
Needham High School, Needham, Massachusetts
Updated: January 2012