Chapter 1: A Continent of Villages, to 1500
- Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)
A serious research tool for finding books and documents in the Smithsonian Institution collections. Type "Indians of North America" for Native American resources.
- Human Evolution
An experimental software package demonstrating how humans evolved. Requires Netscape browser version 2.0 or higher, and Macromedia Shockwave plug-in.
- The West: Time Line, to 1500
Part of the site to the PBS series "The West" first shown Sept. 1996
- THE WEST Episode One "The People (to 1806)"
Brief summary of episode one of the PBS series, including pictures, text, and quotations.
- Natives in the Caribbean
Copper plate engravings of Carribean tribal activities, produced by Theodore De Bry in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Descriptions of the images are provided by De Bry himself.
- Oneida Indian Nation Exhibits (Northeast)
Wampum, bead work, and other artistic forms on exhibit at the Oneida Nation's Cultural Center in New York State. The Oneida are one of the five great tribes that formed the famous Iroquois Confederacy.
- Mississippian Monuments in Arkansas
While the Europeans were experiencing the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Native Americans who lived along the Mississippi River and its tributaries were developing their own unique culture. These prehistoric Native Americans, who are called Mississippian Indians by archaeologists, lived in permanent towns which were built in a fairly standard pattern.
- North Georgia Indians: Moundbuilders (Mississippian)
The ancestors of the Creek tribe were mound-builders in what is now northern Georgia. A brief but interesting description of mound-building culture that persisted until the arrival of Europeans.
- Cahokia
The largest mound-builder city-state in what became the U.S. and Canada.
- Native American Reference Site (Internet Public Library)
This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented. The website will continue to expand, adding additional authors, books, and web resources.
- Woman Spirit
A collection of short biographies about prominent Native American women throughout history.
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