Native Americans

By Donna L. Gilton

It is the purpose of this page to list library science and education resources about and by Native Americans. Selection tools, which can be used to buy and critique materials, as well as to teach others to do so will also be listed. Some of the sources listed here discuss the learning styles of Native Americans. More on this can be found on the the general page about international, multicultural, and ethnic users. There is also more information on psychological and learning theories, in general.

General Library and Information Resources

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library and Information Network (ATSILIRN). ATSILIRN Protocols.
• American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). AIHEC Virtual Library.
• American Indian Library Association (AILA).
• D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History.
• Dartmouth College. Native American Studies Research Library.
• If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything.
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. Information Resources.
• Mitten, Lisa. Native American Sites.
• Northwest Indian College. NWIC Oksale Program Virtual Library.
• Stanford U. Libraries. Research Quick Start Guides: Native American Studies.
• U. of Arizona. ArizonaNativeNet.
• U. of California, Berkeley. Ethnic Studies Library. Native American Studies Collection.
• U. of Saskatchewon. iPortal: Indigenous Studies Portal Research Tool.

Resources for Collection Development and Evaluation

• American Indian Library Association. (AILA) American Indian Libraries Newsletter. C/o Rhonda Harris Taylor. School of Library and Information Studies. U. of Oklahoma. Norman, OK 73019
• Oyate. 2702 Mathews St. Berkeley, CA 94702 http://www.oyate.org – Reviews and criticizes juvenile materials about Native Americans. The creators of this site have also published two books on this subject.
• Wood, Naomi Caldwell and Lisa A. Mitten. Selective Bibliography and Guide For "I" is Not For Indian: the Portrayal of Native Americans in Books For Young People.

Education Resources

• Alaska Native Knowledge Network.
• The American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES). Winds of Change: A Magazine for American Indian Education.
• Cajete, Gregory. Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education. Kivaki Press, 1993.
• Deloria, Vine. Power and Place: Indian Education in America. Fulcrum Publishers, 2001.
• Gilliland, Hap. Teaching the Native American. Kendall/Hunt, 1992.
• If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything.
• Mitten, Lisa. Tribal Colleges, Native Studies Programs, and Indian Education.
• Reyhner, Jon. Teaching American Indian Students. U. of Oklahoma Press, 1994.
• Sainte-Marie, Buffy. The Cradleboard Project. (Science Curricula)
• Swisher, Karen Guyton. Next Steps: Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education. ERIC, 1999.

• Tribal College Journal.

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